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Wound field synchronous machine control system and method
Assignee: Transportation IP Holdings LLC
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Filing: 2003-05-02
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Granted: 2005-03-22
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Expires: 2023-05-02
Abstract
Abstract A wound field synchronous machine control system comprises: an auxiliary winding for obtaining auxiliary AC voltage from the wound field synchronous machine; a phase controlled rectifier for rectifying the auxiliary AC voltage and supplying rectified DC voltage to the wound field synchronous machine; and a controller. The controller is configured for using a voltage signal across the auxiliary winding to obtain volt-second values of the auxiliary winding and using the volt-second values for firing angle control of switches of the phase controlled rectifier. Alternatively or additionally, the controller is configured for obtaining airgap flux values of the wound field synchronous machine and using the airgap flux values for firing angle control of switches of the phase controlled rectifier.
Inventors
- 👤 Neil Richard Garrigan
- 👤 Henry Todd Young
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 01:05
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02P; H02P9/00; H02P9/14; H02P9/26; H02P9/30; H02P9/305; B; B60; B60L; B60L50/00; B60L50/10; B60L2210/00; B60L2210/20; B60L2220/00; B60L2220/10; B60L2220/14; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/60; Y02T10/64; Y02T10/70; Y02T10/7072; Y02T10/72
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
61 words
A flux observer for a wound field synchronous machine coupled to a direct current load, the flux observer comprising analog electronics, digital electronics, or a combination of analog and digital electronics configured receive machine field and direct current load currents from sensors and to to use the sensed machine field and direct current load currents to provide a magnetizing flux estimate.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
61 words
A flux observer for a wound field synchronous machine coupled to a direct current load, the flux observer comprising analog electronics, digital electronics, or a combination of analog and digital electronics configured receive machine field and direct current load currents from sensors and to to use the sensed machine field and direct current load currents to provide a magnetizing flux estimate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
The flux observer of claim 1 wherein the flux observer comprises a load saturation model for receiving the sensed machine field and direct current load currents and providing the magnetizing flux estimate.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
73 words
The flux observer of claim 1 wherein the flux observer comprises a load saturation model for receiving the sensed machine field and direct current load currents and providing a preliminary magnetizing flux estimate; and a correction function for receiving a direct axis machine auxiliary current and providing an auxiliary current correction factor; a summation element using the preliminary magnetizing flux estimate and the auxiliary current correction factor to obtain the magnetizing flux estimate.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
45 words
A method for observing flux in a wound field synchronous machine coupled to a direct current load, the method comprising sensing machine field and direct current load currents and using the sensed machine field and direct current load currents to provide a magnetizing flux estimate.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
45 words
A method for observing flux in a wound field synchronous machine coupled to a direct current load, the method comprising sensing machine field and direct current load currents and using the sensed machine field and direct current load currents to provide a magnetizing flux estimate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 4 wherein using the sensed machine field and direct current load currents comprises using a load saturation model for receiving the sensed machine field and direct current load currents and providing the magnetizing flux estimate.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 5 wherein sensing occurs while exciting a field winding of the wound field synchronous machine and while maintaining an auxiliary winding of the wound field synchronous machine as an open circuit.
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