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HARMFIX

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Harmonic Brushless Field Excitation Methods for Electrical Machines
This project is focused on the design and development of new rotor field excitation methods to achieve brushless operation for wound-field electrical machines (EMs). The proposed method will provide an opportunity to reduce the re... This project is focused on the design and development of new rotor field excitation methods to achieve brushless operation for wound-field electrical machines (EMs). The proposed method will provide an opportunity to reduce the reliance of EMs on rare-earth materials of which EU is lacking its resources and eliminate the usage of brushes for their rotor field excitation while improving the reliability and cost-efficiency of the machine systems. Through this method, a new armature winding configuration will be developed to generate not only the fundamental magnetomotive force (MMF) but also a suitable harmonic MMF component in the airgap of the EMs, while powered from a single customary current-controlled voltage source inverter (VSI). The rotor of these machines will be altered to house both harmonic and field windings. The harmonic MMF component will be employed to induce a harmonic current in the harmonic winding of the rotor, which will be rectified to excite the rotor field winding to achieve brushless operation and develop torque. A new topology optimization methodology will be developed to optimize the windings and minimize copper consumption. The EMs employing HARMFIX do not require rare-earth materials, costly auxiliary electromechanical excitation systems or custom-made power electronics circuitry, or control strategies for their brushless operation. Therefore, this method is a truly viable and sustainable alternative for commercial products which are currently employing rare-earth materials, brushless exciters or brushes, and slip rings. ver más
31/10/2025
216K€
Duración del proyecto: 28 meses Fecha Inicio: 2023-06-20
Fecha Fin: 2025-10-31

Línea de financiación: concedida

El organismo HORIZON EUROPE notifico la concesión del proyecto el día 2023-06-20
Línea de financiación objetivo El proyecto se financió a través de la siguiente ayuda:
Presupuesto El presupuesto total del proyecto asciende a 216K€
Líder del proyecto
TAMPEREEN KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR No se ha especificado una descripción o un objeto social para esta compañía.
Perfil tecnológico TRL 4-5