TY - JOUR
T1 - Analytical Modeling of a Double-Rotor Multiwinding Machine for Hybrid Aircraft Propulsion
AU - Zhao, Hang
AU - Liu, Chunhua
AU - Song, Zaixin
AU - Wang, Wusen
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received January 19, 2020; revised April 5, 2020; accepted May 18, 2020. Date of publication May 25, 2020; date of current version October 30, 2020. This work was supported in part by the Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China, under Project 51677159, in part by the Research Grants Council, Hong Kong SAR, China, under Project CityU 21201216, in part by the Science Technology and Innovation Committee of Shenzhen Municipality, China, through the Shenzhen—Hong Kong Innovation Circle Category D Project under Project SGDX2019081623101559, and in part by the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China, under Strategic Research Grant SRG-11218519 and Applied Research Grant ARG-9667214. (Corresponding author: Chunhua Liu.) The authors are with the School of Energy and Environment, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, and also with the Shen-zhen Research Institute, City University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen 518057, China (e-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]). Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TTE.2020.2997607
Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 IEEE.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - In this article, a new double-rotor multiwinding machine (DRMWM) that utilizes the flux modulation principle is proposed for propulsion system of hybrid electric aircrafts (HEAs). First, the operation principle of DRMWMs and the corresponding HEA propulsion configuration are introduced, where different operation modes of two rotors and three sets of windings of DRMWMs to cope with various flight tasks of HEAs are elucidated. Then, an improved subdomain method is utilized to solve the magnetic field distribution of DRMWMs with the consideration of saturation effect of soft-magnetic material (SMM). Finally, a prototype is manufactured to verify the effectiveness of the proposed improved subdomain method in predicting the electromagnetic performances of DRMWMs. The experiment shows that the DRMWM is a good candidate to be applied in HEA with different operation modes.
AB - In this article, a new double-rotor multiwinding machine (DRMWM) that utilizes the flux modulation principle is proposed for propulsion system of hybrid electric aircrafts (HEAs). First, the operation principle of DRMWMs and the corresponding HEA propulsion configuration are introduced, where different operation modes of two rotors and three sets of windings of DRMWMs to cope with various flight tasks of HEAs are elucidated. Then, an improved subdomain method is utilized to solve the magnetic field distribution of DRMWMs with the consideration of saturation effect of soft-magnetic material (SMM). Finally, a prototype is manufactured to verify the effectiveness of the proposed improved subdomain method in predicting the electromagnetic performances of DRMWMs. The experiment shows that the DRMWM is a good candidate to be applied in HEA with different operation modes.
KW - Aircraft
KW - electrified transportation
KW - flux modulation
KW - hybrid propulsion
KW - operation modes
KW - permanent-magnet machine
KW - subdomain method
KW - unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85096163434&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/TTE.2020.2997607
DO - 10.1109/TTE.2020.2997607
M3 - Journal article
AN - SCOPUS:85096163434
SN - 2332-7782
VL - 6
SP - 1537
EP - 1550
JO - IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
JF - IEEE Transactions on Transportation Electrification
IS - 4
M1 - 9099518
ER -