Abstract Solid rotor induction motors (SRIMs) are asynchronous motors suited for high speed applications. This work presents an experimental case study where standard loss segregation procedures for induction motors are performed with a two-phase smooth solid rotor induction motor in order to verify their applicability. Even though the machine is supposed to operate at high frequency, the tests are performed at reduced frequency and voltage in order to avoid the effects of time harmonics. An adjustment in the separation of losses is proposed to contemplate the effects of the high no-load slip, and the behavior of the stray losses under high per-unit slip is analyzed in a load test. The test results are finally extrapolated for the rated condition.

Abstract This paper addresses the influence of the primary and secondary resistances on the behavior of minor hysteresis loops when the electromagnetic device is fed by three-level PWM (pulse width modulation) voltage. To study the device transferring energy to a load, the experimental approaches are different of traditional procedures to material characterization, where problems inherent to the process are added. Analytical, FEM and experimental analysis are performed on a toroidal transformer equipped with a flux sensing coil. The leakage fluxes related to the primary and secondary currents are shown to cause errors in the measurement of the core magnetization current. A solution to mitigate this problem is employed, consisting in twisting and winding together primary and secondary conductors. Experimental methodologies for obtaining the value of the iron losses when the device is transferring energy to a load are also performed. The study shown showed that supply voltage with three-level PWM waveform causes minor hysteresis loops and the greater the resistance value of the excitation winding, the larger the areas of the minor hysteresis loops. On the other hand, by increasing the energy transferring to a load the minor loops areas tend to decrease.

Abstract In this work we propose a new method to separate iron losses by removing low frequency tests and reducing the number of experiments. The article deals with methodologies that use numerical methods to find the mathematical model coefficients of magnetic loss separation in hysteresis loss (Wh), eddy current loss (Wed) and excess loss (Wex). Three methodologies are presented and depend on experimental tests such as (i) varying magnetic induction Bm and constant supply frequency (f) of 50 Hz, (ii) constant magnetic induction around 1 T and varying frequency. The first methodology is based on Newton’s method to solve the numerical system generated with experimental data from two laboratory experiments. These data were reported in past references. Another two methodologies are based on genetic algorithms (GA). One of them depends on experimental data from both experiments and the another depends on experimental data only from experiment (i). Results indicate that genetic algorithms method presents excellent solutions in comparison with other ones. The GA method with two tests allows a better representation of the experimental behavior of the sample with maximum errors varying from 1.10% to 0.20%. In GA method with one test, minimization varied from 6.924 × 10−05 to 3.186 × 10−05.

Abstract Compressors operating in refrigeration systems, typically with built-in induction motors, represent an important energy demand. The applicability of standard methods for efficiency determination of induction motors is limited in this context by the constructive characteristics of these motors, such as the shared compressor frame and the inaccessibility of the shaft. The main contributions of this paper are to provide an overview of standard and alternative methods for efficiency testing of single and polyphase motors, according to technical standards and to the state of the art, and to offer guidelines for the method selection. The options cover dynamometer tests, loss segregation and equivalent circuit methods, some even applicable without direct access to the motor. Experimental application examples in single and three- phase motors are presented. Beyond the context of compressors, the discussion is relevant for inaccessible motors in general.

Abstract The Jiles-Atherton scalar hysteresis model presents five parameters used to represent the material tested and used to calculate the magnetic losses. This article presents a comparative analysis of the performance of two methods of identifying these parameters. In the first method, the equations of Jiles-Atherton were assembled into a single non-linear ordinary differential equation as a function of the variables of interest. An algebraic system of five equations with five unknowns is obtained by evaluating the non-linear ordinary differential equation in five points belonging to the branch of the experimental hysteresis loop. The parameters are obtained by solving this system of equations using the method of Non-Linear Least Squares (NLLS). In the second method, the inverse model of Jiles-Atherton is used to calculate the magnetic field H from the experimental values of magnetic induction B. Using the method of genetic algorithms (MGA), the objective function given by the sum of the relative error of calculated magnetic field and experimental magnetic field along the hysteresis loop is minimized. To validate methods the experimental curves were compared with calculated ones. When applying the methods, it was verified that NLLS besides providing more accurate results, it is faster when compared to MGA. In the MGA the convergence of the calculated magnitudes to the experimental magnitudes improves when one of the chromosomes of the initial population is the solution obtained applying NLLS.

Abstract The single phase equivalent circuit is largely used to model the three-phase induction motors in steady-state operation and under sinusoidal balanced voltages. Depending on the desired application, the circuit may or may not represent core losses, a double cage or even the variation of parameters due to skin effect and saturation. However, the determination of the circuit parameters through standard methods, such as those described in IEEE Standard 112, may not be possible in many situations given the lack of the necessary resources. This paper presents initially a survey on the determination of circuit parameters from alternative methods, i.e., non-standard tests. Special focus is given to methods which employ only data usually provided by manufacturers on catalogs and nameplates. Six analytical methodologies used in the context of efficiency estimation at steady-state operation are assessed, compared and then combined in order to improve results. The assessment is based on the closeness of the resulting parameter values to reference values and on the inexistence of absurd results, such as negative electrical resistances. The combination of methods has improved the accuracy of calculations for the studied motors.

Abstract An accurate modeling of materials is essential to obtain reliable results in fields calculation. The Jiles-Atherton approach is widely used for modeling the magnetic hysteresis and depends on its set of five parameters to properly represent material. In this article is proposed an original methodology for obtaining this set of parameters avoiding the derivatives rough calculation and using the calculation of integrals. From the model equations, a new methodology with two nonlinear algebraic systems of five equations in five unknowns is obtained. The initial magnetization curve, the anhysteretic curve and filtering data are not necessary. The proposed methodology also does not restrict the search space of parameters. The parameters assume values in the interval (0,∞). Calculated data were compared with experimental data to validate the methodology. The simulations showed that the proposed method can obtain an accurate set of parameters from a single experimental hysteresis loop and with low computational effort.

Este estudo se refere a caracterização, medição e análise das perdas no ferro. Apresenta-se uma metodologia de caracterização dos materiais magnéticos em função da variação da indução no material, procurando apontar, na medida do possível, algumas questões que existem nestes ensaios e explorar as perdas no ferro sob regimes de fluxo magnético nas formas senoidal e não-senoidal, em função da variação da freqüência de operação.

The iron losses are evaluated, measured and analyzed. The Si-Fe sheets are magnetically characterized under a sinusoidal induction waveform and at one frequency. In this study, the iron losses are predicted with the magnetic core working in a non-sinusoidal regime and other frequencies and we present a novel magnetic material characterization methodology in function of the flux density variation in the material, trying to denote some problems in the characterization analysis and to explore the iron losses under magnetic flux regimes with sinusoidal and non-sinusoidal waveforms.

O presente artigo aborda o acoplamento de dispositivos eletromagnéticos não lineares com conversores estáticos operando com malha de realimentação. O dispositivo eletromagnético é modelado pelo método dos elementos finitos em duas dimensões e o conversor estático é estudado no espaço de estado. As equações do dispositivo eletromagnético, do conversor e do controle são acopladas e resolvidas simultaneamente. Uma aplicação com um inversor em ponte completa com uma malha de alimentação é apresentada.

A static converter with its control loop coupled to a non-linear electromagnetic device is studied. The electromagnetic device is modelled by two-dimensional finite element method and the static converter is studied in the state space. The converter and electromagnetic device equations are then coupled together and solved simultaneously. An application with a full bridge inverter is presented.