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This paper presents a design study of a 3-phase AC main exciter (ME) for an aircraft starter-generator. A computationally efficient methodology for optimizing the design of the ME is presented. The optimisation is carried out using coupled two-dimensional (2D) magnetostatic finite element solver and particle swarm optimisation procedure (PSO). The ME design is then analysed using 3D FE to account for the end-winding effects, and the results are fed into a lumped-parameter circuit model of the ME. The circuit model allows for the operating modes of the ME being analysed in a computationally efficient manner also accounting for non-linearities. The theoretical findings are experimentally validated on a prototype generator. © 2011 IEEE.
Author(s): Wrobel R, Griffo A, Mlot A, Yon J, Mellor P, Turner J, Rolfe B, Stevenson R, Collins R
Publication type: Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstract)
Publication status: Published
Conference Name: IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition: Energy Conversion Innovation for a Clean Energy Future, ECCE 2011, Proceedings
Year of Conference: 2011
Pages: 3998-4004
Online publication date: 01/11/2011
Publisher: IEEE
URL: https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2011.6064313
DOI: 10.1109/ECCE.2011.6064313
Library holdings: Search Newcastle University Library for this item
ISBN: 9781457705427
