Whenever an electrical machine is meant to be fed by a power converter, the design should be approached as a system optimization, more than a simple machine sizing. A great variety of electrical machines is available to accomplish this goal, and the task of comparing the different options can be very difficult. A general purpose sizing equation, easily adjustable for every topology, that could ...

The speed of the machine has to be increased from zero and brought to the operating speed. This is called starting of the motor. The operating speed itself should be varied as per the requirements of the load. This is called speed control. Finally, the running machine has to be brought to rest, by decelerating the same. This is called braking. The torque speed characteristics of the machine is ...

The undergraduate electrical machines course belongs to basic courses in electrical en‐ gineering. It is especially crucial for the students studying continuing subjects like electrical drives and control of electrical drives. Thus, a good knowledge of the behav‐ ior of electrical machines in various control modes and various supply and the changeable parameters of machines is needed to underst...

The aim of this paper is to prove that fuzzy logic algorithm is a suitable control technique for fast processes such as electrical machines. This theory has been experimented on different kinds of electrical machines such as stepping motors, dc motors and induction machines (with 6 phases) and the experimental results show that the proposed fuzzy logic algorithm is the most suitable control tec...

Design and Application of Electrical Machines is a Special Issue Energies [...]

Almost all electricity in the UK is generated by rotating electrical generators, and approximately half of it is used to drive electrical motors. This means that efficiency improvements to electrical machines can have a very large impact on energy consumption. The key challenges to increased efficiency in systems driven by electrical machines lie in three areas: to extend the application of var...

This article presents a vibration diagnostic method designed for Permanent Magnets (PM) electrical machines–traction motors and generators. Those machines are commonly used in traction drives of electrical vehicles and small wind or water systems. The described method is very innovative and unique. Specific structural properties of machines excited by permanent magnets are used in this method e...