This study presents a hybrid excitation permanent magnet synchronous generator (HEPMSG) with a stator third harmonic winding to solve the problems of adjusting the air-gap magnetic field of the permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) and simplify the excitation system structure. The electromotive force (EMF) of the stator third harmonic winding, induced by the inherent third harmonic magnetic field in the air gap, provides the adjustable field current for the rotor field winding via the controllable rectification. The proposed machine structure is described, and the generation mechanism and the excitation principle of the stator third harmonic EMF are analysed. The conditions for maximum excitation current output are discussed, and the integrated design methods of the stator third harmonic winding and the rotor excitation winding are described. Based on the finite element method, the performances of the third harmonic excitation system are numerically compared for different stator third harmonic windings, and the open-circuit voltage regulation characteristics under different control angles are analysed. A 2.5 kW HEPMSG prototype with a stator third harmonic winding is manufactured and tested. The predicted and experimental results are in good agreement, which verifies the correctness of the excitation principle of the proposed HEPMSG.
This study proposes a brushless hybrid excitation permanent magnet synchronous generator (HEPMSG) with rotor tooth harmonic winding. The rotor tooth harmonic electromotive force (EMF), induced by the inherent tooth harmonic magnetic field in the air gap, will provide the field current for the rotor field winding after the rectification. The structure and principle of the machine are introduced, and the generation mechanism of the rotor tooth harmonic EMF is analysed. The influence of design parameters on the rotor field current provided by the tooth harmonic excitation system is discussed. The performance of the tooth harmonic excitation is calculated and analysed for different design parameters including stator slot width, air‐gap length, tooth harmonic winding turns, skewed stator slot and magnetic saturation, and the optimal design parameters of the HEPMSG are obtained. One HEPMSG prototype with rotor tooth harmonic winding was developed, and five different working conditions of the tooth harmonic excitation system were tested. The maximum field current is obtained by comparing the connection mode of the tooth harmonic winding.
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