• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제9권6호
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• pp.2187-2193
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• 2014

In this paper, we propose a method for suppressing shaft voltage by modifying the rotor shape and the permanent magnets in interior permanent magnet type high voltage motors. The shaft voltage, which adversely affects the bearing by occurring bearing current, is induced by parasitic components and the leakage flux in motor-driven systems as well as inherent linkage flux between main magnetic flux and shaft according to rotor configuration. Thus, shaft voltage should be analyzed and considered under inverter-driven and non-inverter-driven conditions because inherent linkage flux can analyze under non-inverter-driven condition. In this study, we designed re-arrangement magnet and re-structuring rotor to minimize the shaft voltage. In addition, we optimized the proposed models. The shaft voltage suppression effect of the designed model was validated experimentally and by comparative finite element analysis.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제67권4호
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• pp.522-530
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• 2018

This study proposes the mitigation method of shaft voltage by varying the parasitic capacitance. First, the shaft voltage explained. Second, the parasitic capacitances causing shaft voltage are analyzed respect to geometry of motor and windings. Then, the equivalent circuit is established to obtain the shaft voltage and output torque characteristic and develope appropriate motor structure. Finally, simulation and experiment are conducted to verify that modified motor suppress the shaft voltage. This novel model does not require additional hardware.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• 제8권4호
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• pp.938-944
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• 2013

In this paper, we propose a method for suppressing shaft voltage by modifying the shape of the rotor and the permanent magnets in interior permanent magnet-type-high-voltage motors. Shaft voltage, which is induced by parasitic components and the leakage flux in motor-driven systems, adversely affects their bearings. In order to minimize shaft voltage, we designed a magnet rearrangement and rotor re-structuring of the motor. The shaft voltage suppression effect of the designed model was confirmed experimentally and by comparative finite element analysis.

• Journal of international Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems
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• 제3권3호
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• pp.241-247
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• 2014

The voltage source PWM inverter generally used to drive the air conditioning (A/C) fans has been posing a large issue that the bearings in air conditioning fan motors are highly possible to be corroded electrically. Potential difference called shaft voltage is generated between inner and outer rings of the bearings due to inverter switching. The shaft voltage causes bearing lubricant breakdown dielectrically. As a result, bearing current is caused. This current causes the bearing corrosion. In previous work, we demonstrated that the shaft voltage can be reduced by using an insulator inserted between the outer and inner cores of the rotor in an air conditioning fan motor without grounding. This paper proposes the other countermeasure for reducing the shaft voltage in fan motors. The countermeasure which adds a capacitor between the brackets and the stator core is effective even for fan motors with non-insulated rotor. The effectiveness is confirmed by both simulated and experimental results.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제39권1호
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• pp.28-31
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• 2015

전기기기나 엔진의 축은 여러 가지 원인으로 축기전력이 발생한다. 이런 축과 베어링이 윤활유로 절연되어 있어 콘덴서를 이루고 있고, 콘덴서와 같은 역할로 기전력을 축적하고 있다. 이 축 기전력은 선체에 비해 극히 일부를 제외하고 +전압을 갖고 있다. 이 +전압이 축의 전기 스파크를 일으켜 부식을 야기 시킬 수 있다. 이 부식을 막기 위해 선박에서는 샤프트 그라운드 시스템을 설치하여 운용하고 있다. 이 축기전력을 측정은 프로펠러 축의 전압과 메인엔진의 회전수를 동시에 측정하였다. 측정장치는 내셔널인스트루먼트사의 24비트 A/D컨버터를 사용하여 측정하였고, 프로그램은 Lab View를 사용하였다. 본 논문은 축에 발생되는 기전력을 분석하였고, 분석결과를 이용하여 모델링을 하였다. 결과로 축기전력은 메인엔진의 회전수에 따라 비례하다가 일정회전수를 넘어가면 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 후진보다는 전진이 축기전력이 높은 결과를 얻었다. 전체기전력에 비하면 지구자기의 기전력은 미미하였다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• 제14권5호
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• pp.859-865
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• 2014

This study presents an electromagnetic model for predicting shaft voltages in a 2-pole field-excited synchronous generator. After the first observations on shaft voltages were made more than a century ago, extensive work has been conducted on eliminating, mitigating, and integrating the aforementioned phenomena. Given that emphasis has been placed on modeling shaft- and bearing-induced voltages in AC motors driven by variable frequency drives, similar efforts toward a model that is dedicated to generators are insubstantial. This work endeavors to improve current physical interpretation and prediction methods for shaft-induced voltages in generators through semi-analytical derivation. Aside from the experimental validation of the model, investigations regarding the behavior of shaft voltages under varying machine complexities and operating conditions clarify previous uncertainties regarding these phenomena. The performance of the numerical method is also assessed for application in eccentricity fault diagnosis.

• 제어로봇시스템학회논문지
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• 제8권10호
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• pp.867-873
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• 2002

We have designed and fabricated the slidacs type automatic voltage regulator(SVR) that is able to control the output voltage continuously according to load variation. Especially, the frictions between the surface of contact of the slidacs coils and the output wire moving shaft arc reduced by modifying the mechanical configuration of surface of contact of slidacs from the conventional sliding one into the proposed rotary one composed of cylindrical bearing. Thus, SVR using cylindrical bearing proposed in this study has less noise than the conventional one owing to the reduction of friction, and its breakdown ratio caused by the abrasion of contact materials is reduced as well. We have designed U motor driving circuit for controlling the output wire moving shaft, and introduced the digital control method using the pulse width modulation(PWM) output for controlling DC motor.

• 전기학회논문지
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• 제65권11호
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• pp.1827-1834
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• 2016

This paper presents a high efficient generator with PM(Permanent Magnet) exciter. The proposed PM exciter for the generator can produce a linear output voltage according to the engine speed. This output voltage is directly used to control the field current of the generator to adjust the generator output voltage. In the proposed generator system, since the field winding current can be supplied by the PM exciter, the generator can self-start without any battery or an external power supply due to the low residential flux. Furthermore, the operating efficiency of the generator is higher than a conventional winding exciter. The main problem of the proposed generator system, the field winding current controller has to be embedded inside the generator, and it rotates according to the generator shaft. In this paper, the proper embedded current controller is designed for the proposed generator system. Due to the embedded controller cannot be connected to the outside the generator controller, the measured instantaneous output voltage of the generator is transferred by the photo isolated communication using shaft aligned infrared transmitter and receiver to keep the constant generator output voltage. In this paper, 10kW, 380V engine generator with PM exciter and the embedded DAVR(Digital Automatic Voltage Regulator) are described. The proposed high efficiency generator is simulated and tested to verify the effectiveness.

• 한국생산제조학회지
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.8-14
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• 2013

This paper intends to provide the whirling characteristics of an asymmetric rotor-shaft system with a non-ideal DC motor. The equations of motion have been derived in terms of system parameters such as the internal/external damping, the asymmetry and the motor voltage. By imposing the conditions that the motor input power should be balanced by the dissipated power, steadystate whirling characteristics are obtained such as the whirling amplitude, the whirling frequency and the stability diagrams. Results show that the whirling stability is affected by the internal/external damping and the asymmetry as well as the motor voltage. Also, the whirling amplitude at the steadystate is increased and the motor speed is lowered as the internal damping becomes higher or the external damping is reduced. In addition, the asymmetry causes the variation of the whirling orbit, which becomes splitted into two distinct trajectories. Finally, non-ideal characteristics of the DC motor is found to reduce the whirling motion in case of steadystate whirling with high asymmetry and high internal damping.

• 한국소음진동공학회논문집
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• 제21권10호
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• pp.924-933
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• 2011

The possibility of noncontact excitation of vibrations in a shaft was investigated in order to enable online structural health monitoring of a shaft during its rotating condition without stop operation. The proposed noncontact exciter was devised to exclusively generate one of two shaft vibration modes, so called longitudinal and flexural. Using the prototypes and a lot of experiments on them, it was proven that bias magnetic field, exciting voltage, center frequency, and geometry of yokes have crucial impacts on its output characteristics.