TY - CHAP A1 - Hopkins, Andrew A1 - Hopfensperger, Bernhard A1 - Mellor, Phil T1 - DC-link Capacitor Reduction in Low Voltage and High Power Integrated Modular Motor Drives T2 - 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 29 Sept.-3 Oct. 2019, Baltimore, MD, USA N2 - The development of 48V high power (>15 kW) automotive propulsion drives demands close integration of the power electronics and the electrical machine. Due to the large operating currents distributed multi-phase topologies are needed and physically separating the power converter from the e-machine would involve heavy cabling and costly connections. The volume and cost of the filter capacitor represents a major challenge in closely integrated high power integrated modular motor drives and techniques are needed to minimize this. The DC-link capacitor requires a large ripple current handling capability and cost, size and reliability limitations result in suitable candidate technologies being those with low volumetric energy densities. Use of interleaved multi three-phase machines are attractive due to the associated capacitor ripple current reduction. Discontinuous modulation schemes may also be employed as a technique for reducing the current ripple. In this paper techniques for capacitor ripple reduction are assessed through simulation and compared. KW - Capacitors KW - carrier phase shift KW - DC-link capacitor KW - dual 3-phase inverter KW - integrated modular motor drive KW - Interleaving KW - Inverters KW - Low voltage KW - Motor drives KW - Pulse width modulation KW - ripple current reduction KW - winding displacement KW - Windings Y1 - 2019 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2019.8913213 SP - 3208 EP - 3214 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hopfensperger, Bernhard A1 - Daubner, Andreas A1 - Herrmann, Fabian A1 - Hopkins, Andrew A1 - Mellor, Phil T1 - Investigation of Shifted PWM Methods for a Dual Three-Phase System to Reduce Capacitor RMS Current T2 - PCIM Europe Digital Days 2020: International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management: 07.-08.07.2020, Online [proceedings] N2 - Mild hybrid automotive topologies containing a 48V high power (>15 kW) electric drive system demand a high integration of power electronics and electrical machine. A multi-phase motor winding topology helps to keep the per-phase operating currents to a reasonable level. Close integration and multi-phase system have led to a drive system with dual 3-phase systems supplied by a common 48V DC-link, which allows to shift PWM patterns for reduction of DC-link capacitor ripple current and size. This paper derives some basic rules for combinations of common PWM methods for dual 3-phase systems without magnetic cross-coupling. Experimental measurements verify simulated results. KW - Elektroantrieb KW - dual three phase system Y1 - 2020 UR - https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9177989 SN - 978-3-8007-5245-4 SP - 124 EP - 131 PB - VDE-Verlag CY - Berlin, Offenbach ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grauvogl, Dominik A1 - Stauder, Peter A1 - Hopfensperger, Bernhard A1 - Gerling, Dieter T1 - Multiphysics Design of a Wound Field Synchronous Machine with Magnetic Asymmetry T2 - Proceedings of the 2021 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC): 17-20 May 2021, Hartford, CT, USA N2 - In this paper a multiphysics development method is used for designing a novel wound field synchronous machine of the future generation of high voltage traction drives. This method covers the domains of electromagnetics, the mechanical strength, thermal behavior and the magnetic noise. It is shown that the proposed novel asymmetric design with a circular flux barrier in combination with an asymmetric pole offset is fulfilling the requirements according to performance and torque ripple. A fatigue strength rotor mechanic concept is included. A hybrid cooling concept consisting of a water jacket cooled stator and air cooled rotor ensures the needed continuous power. Unacceptable noise levels are excluded by investigating the equivalent radiated power (ERP) level due to radial forces in the air gap. Finally, the multi-physical workflow resulted in a fully developed component with a high degree of maturity. KW - air cooling KW - wound field synchronous machine KW - cooling concept KW - fatigue limit KW - flux barrier Y1 - 2021 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMDC47953.2021.9449564 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Grauvogl, Dominik A1 - Krabinski, Jeffrey A1 - Stauder, Peter A1 - Hopfensperger, Bernhard A1 - Gerling, Dieter T1 - NVH Comparison of a Novel Wound Field Synchronous Machine with Magnetic Asymmetry with a PSM for a HV Electric Drive T2 - 2021 JSAE Annual Congress (Spring) Proceedings; online meeting (No.76-21) N2 - This paper shows how magnetic noises can be reduced with a wound field synchronous machine (WFSM) with magnetic asymmetry compared to a permanent magnet synchronous machine (PSM), operating at base speed range and full load. In order to reproduce a real noise behavior, the two rotor types are operated in a complete electric drive unit (EDU) consisting of an electric motor, gearbox, inverter and overall housing. In the concept study, the noise characteristics of the two electric machines is evaluated and compared via mechanical finite element method (FEM) simulations using the equivalent radiated power (ERP) level and Campbell diagrams. Furthermore, it is shown that critical frequency orders can already be identified by the analysis of the magnetic force density from the electromagnetic design without computationally intensive ERP calculations. In this context, the ERP investigations have shown that the unique feature of the magnetically asymmetric WFSM is the reduction of the slot harmonics. At the current state of the art, the slot harmonics can only be reduced with a rotor skewing. The disadvantage of this is a reduction in performance and a more expensive production. It is also remarkable that the magnetic asymmetry reduces the slot harmonics more than the rotor skewing in the PSM. In addition, both machines are still considered with a short-pitched stator winding to optimize the overall noise level by reducing the 24th frequency order. KW - Elektroantrieb KW - Synchronmaschine KW - traction drive system KW - NVH KW - e-axle KW - magnetic asymmetry Y1 - 2021 UR - https://tech.jsae.or.jp/paperinfo/en/content/p202101.343/ PB - JSAE ER -