TY - JOUR
T1 - The cascade induction machine
T2 - A reliable and controllable motor or generator
AU - Picovici, D.
AU - Levy, D.
AU - Mahdi, A. E.
AU - Coffey, T.
PY - 2004/3
Y1 - 2004/3
N2 - This paper discusses and analyses a set of two induction machines, with 2p and 2q pole-pairs, respectively, connected in cascade. It highlights the design and development principles of a single unit version of a system consisting of two wire-wound rotor induction machines with their rotors connected in cascade. Presented performance analysis shows the described cascade machine, which is brushless and with no slip rings or commutators, as a reliable, efficient and practical machine that could replace the induction machine, which has a wire-wound rotor. An example of the conversion of a standard squirrel cage six pole induction machine into a (6+2) pole induction machine, without rewinding the stator, is also presented together with simulation and measurements for asynchronous and synchronous modes of operation.
AB - This paper discusses and analyses a set of two induction machines, with 2p and 2q pole-pairs, respectively, connected in cascade. It highlights the design and development principles of a single unit version of a system consisting of two wire-wound rotor induction machines with their rotors connected in cascade. Presented performance analysis shows the described cascade machine, which is brushless and with no slip rings or commutators, as a reliable, efficient and practical machine that could replace the induction machine, which has a wire-wound rotor. An example of the conversion of a standard squirrel cage six pole induction machine into a (6+2) pole induction machine, without rewinding the stator, is also presented together with simulation and measurements for asynchronous and synchronous modes of operation.
KW - Commutators
KW - Squirrel cage induction machine
KW - Wire-wound rotor
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U2 - 10.1016/j.epsr.2003.06.008
DO - 10.1016/j.epsr.2003.06.008
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0344012052
SN - 0378-7796
VL - 68
SP - 193
EP - 207
JO - Electric Power Systems Research
JF - Electric Power Systems Research
IS - 3
ER -