Design of an induction machine with damper windings for noise and vibrations reduction
ISSN: 0332-1649
Article publication date: 24 June 2019
Issue publication date: 14 August 2019
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to present a design method for induction machines including a three-phase damper winding for noise and vibrations reduction.
Design/methodology/approach
In the first part, the principle of the damper winding is recalled. The second part presents the iterative design method which is applied on a 4-kW pulse width modulation (PWM)-fed induction machine to study the impact of the additional winding on the geometry. In the third part, the finite-element method is used to validate the designed geometry and highlight the harmonic flux density reduction. Finally, some experimental results are given.
Findings
The study shows that the impact of the additional three-phase winding on the geometry and weight of the machine is low. Moreover, the proposed noise reduction method allows one to reduce the total noise level of a PWM-fed induction machine up to 8.5 dBA.
Originality/value
The originality of the paper concerns the design and characterization of a three-phase damper winding for a noiseless induction machine. The principle of this proposed noise reduction method is new and has been patented.
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Acknowledgements
This work has been completed within the framework of CE2I project (Convertisseur d’Energie Intégré Intelligent). CE2I is co-financed by European Union with the financial support of European Regional Development Fund, French State and the French Region of Hauts-de-France.
The authors would like to thank SATT Nord-de-France (Société d’Accélération du Transfert de Technologie) that has patented this invention (Cassoret and Romary, 2016).
Citation
Bauw, G., Cassoret, B., Ninet, O. and Romary, R. (2019), "Design of an induction machine with damper windings for noise and vibrations reduction", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 38 No. 4, pp. 1253-1262. https://doi.org/10.1108/COMPEL-10-2018-0425
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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