Chapter 4: Introduction to Rotating Machines

Module by: NGUYEN Phuc

• The objective of this chapter is to introduce and discuss some of the principles underlying the performance of electric machinery, both ac and dc machines.

• Voltages can be induced by time-varying magnetic fields. In rotating machines, voltages are generated in windings or groups of coils by rotating these windings mechanically through a magnetic field, by mechanically rotating a magnetic field past the winding, or by designing the magnetic circuit so that the reluctance varies with rotation of the rotor.

• The flux linking a specific coil is changed cyclically, and a time-varying voltage is generated.
• Electromagnetic energy conversion occurs when changes in the flux linkage result from mechanical motion.
• A set of such coils connected together is typically referred to as an armature winding, a winding or a set of windings carrying ac currents.
  • In ac machines such as synchronous or induction machines, the armature winding is typically on the stator. (the stator winding)
  • In dc machines, the armature winding is found on the rotor. (the rotor winding)
• Synchronous and dc machines typically include a second winding (or set of windings), referred to as the field winding, which carrys dc current and which are used to produce the main operating flux in the machine.
  • In dc machines, the field winding is found on the stator.
  • In synchronous machines, the field winding is found on the rotor.
  • Permanent magnets can be used in the place of field windings.
• In most rotating machines, the stator and rotor are made of electrical steel, and the windings are installed in slots on these structures.The stator and rotor structures are typically built from thin laminations of electrical steel, insulated from each other, to reduce eddy-current losses.

• Traditional ac machines fall into one of two categories: synchronous and induction.

• In synchronous machines, rotor-winding currents are supplied directly from the stationary frame through a rotating contact.
• In induction machines, rotor currents are induced in the rotor windings by a combination of the time-variation of the stator currents and the motion of the rotor relative to the stator.

• Synchronous Machines

• The armature winding is on the stator, and the field winding is on the rotor.
• The field winding is excited by direct current conducted to it by means of stationary carbon brushes that contact rotating slip rings or collector rings.
• It is advantages to have the single, low-power field winding on the rotor while having the high-power, typically multiple-phase, armature winding on the stator.
• Armature winding (a,a) consists of a single coil of N turns.
• Conductors forming these coil sides are connected in series by end connections.
• The rotor is turned at a constant speed by a source of mechanical power connected to its shaft. Flux paths are shown schematically by dashed lines.

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• The radial distribution of air-gap flux density B is shown in Fig. 4.2(a) as a function of the spatial angle θθ size 12{θ} {} around the rotor periphery.
• As the rotor rotates, the flux –linkages of the armature winding change with time and the resulting coil voltage will be sinusoidal in time as shown in Fig 4.2(b). The frequency in cycles per second (Hz) is the same as the speed of the rotor in revolutions in second (rps).
• A two-pole synchronous machine must revolve at 3600 rpm to produce a 60Hz voltage.
• Note the terms “rpm” and “rps”.

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• The field coils are connected so that the poles are of alternate polarity.
• The armature winding consists of two coils (a1,−a1)(a1,−a1) size 12{ \( a rSub { size 8{1} } , - a rSub { size 8{1} } \) } {}and (a2,−a2)(a2,−a2) size 12{ \( a rSub { size 8{2} } , - a rSub { size 8{2} } \) } {}connected in series by their end connections.
• There are two complete wavelengths, or cycles, in the flux distribution around the periphery, as shown in Fig. 4.4.
• The generated voltage goes through two complete cycles per revolution of the rotor.
• The frequency in Hz is thus twice the speed in rps.

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• One pair of poles equals 360 electrical degrees or 2 ππ size 12{π} {} electrical radians.
• Since there are poles/2 wavelengths, or cycles, in one revolution, it follows that

• The coil voltage of a multipole machine passes through a complete cycle every time a pair of poles sweeps by, or (poles/2) times each revolution. The electrical frequency fefe size 12{f rSub { size 8{e} } } {} of the voltage generated is therefore

• • The rotors shown in Figs.4.1 and 4.3 have salient, or projecting, poles with concentrated windings. Fig.4.5 shows diagrammatically a nonsalient-pole, or cylindrical, rotor.
• The field winding is a two-pole distributed winding; the coil sides are distributed in multiple slots around the rotor periphery and arranged to produce an approximately sinusoidal distribution of radial air-gap flux.
• Most power systems in the world operate at frequencies of either 50 or 60 Hz.
• A salient-pole construction is characteristic of hydroelectric generators because hydraulic turbines operate at relatively low speeds, and hence a relatively large number of poles is required to produce the desired frequency.
• Steam turbines and gas turbines operate best at relatively high speeds, and turbine- driven alternators or turbine generators are commonly two- or four-pole cylindrical- rotor machines.

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• A simplified schematic view of a three-phase, two-pole machine with one coil per phase is shown in Fig. 4.6 (a)
• Fig. 4.6(b) depicts a simplified three-phase, four-pole machine. Note that a minimum of two sets of coils must be used. In an elementary multipole machine, the minimum number of coils sets is given by one half the number of poles.
• Note that coils (a,a) and (a',−a')(a',−a') size 12{ \( { {a}} sup { ' }, - { {a}} sup { ' } \) } {} can be connected in series or in parallel. Then the coils of the three phases may then be either Y- or ΔΔ size 12{Δ} {}-connected. See Fig. 4.6(c).

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• The electromechanical torque is the mechanism through which a synchronous generator converts mechanical to electric energy.
  • When a synchronous generator supplies electric power to a load, the armature current creates a magnetic flux wave in the air gap that rotates at synchronous speed.
  • This flux reacts with the flux created by the field current, and an electromechanical torque results from the tendency of these two magnetic fields to align.
  • In a generator this torque opposes rotation, and mechanical torque must be applied from the prime mover to sustain rotation.
• The counterpart of the synchronous generator is the synchronous motor.
  • Ac current supplied to the armature winding on the stator, and dc excitation is supplied to the field winding on the rotor. The magnetic field produced by the armature currents rotates at synchronous speed.
  • To produce a steady electromechanical torque, the magnetic fields of the stator and rotor must be constant in amplitude and stationary with respect to each other.
  • In a motor the electromechanical torque is in the direction of rotation and balances the opposing torque required to drive the mechanical load.
  • In both generators and motors, an electromechanical torque and a rotational voltage are produced which are the essential phenomena for electromechanical energy conversion.
  • Note that the flux produced by currents in the armature of a synchronous motor rotates ahead of that produced by the field, thus pulling on the field (and hence on the rotor) and doing work. This is the opposite of the situation in a synchronous generator, where the field does work as its flux pulls on that of the armature, which is lagging behind.

• Induction Machines

• Alternating currents are applied directly to the stator windings. Rotors currents are then produced by induction, i.e., transformer action.
  • Alternating currents flow in the rotor windings of an induction machine, in contrast to a synchronous machine in which a field winding on the rotor is excited with dc current.
  • The induction machine may be regarded as a generalized transformer in which electric power is transformed between rotor and stator together with a change of frequency and a flow of mechanical power.
• The induction motor is the most common of all motors.
  • The induction machine is seldom used as a generator.
  • In recent years it has been found to be well suited for wind-power applications.
  • It may also be used as a frequency changer.
• In the induction motor, the stator windings are essentially the same as those of a synchronous machine.The rotor windings are electrically short-circuited.
  • The rotor windings frequently have no external connections.
  • Currents are induced by transformer action from the stator winding.
  • Squirrel-cage induction motor: relatively expensive and highly reliable.
• The armature flux in the induction motor leads that of the rotor and produces an electromechanical torque.
  • The rotor does not rotate synchronously.
  • It is the slipping of the rotor with respect to the synchronous armature flux that gives rise to the induced rotor currents and hence the torque.
  • Induction motors operate at speeds less than the synchronous mechanical speed.
  • A typical speed-torque characteristic for an induction motor is shown in Fig.4.7.

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• DC Machines

• There are two sets of windings in a dc machine.

• • The armature winding is on the rotor with current conducted from it by means of carbon brushes.
  • The field winding is on the stator and is excited by direct current.
• An elementary two-pole dc generator is shown in Fig. 4.8.

• Armature winding: (a,a) , pitch  180o180o size 12{"180" rSup { size 8{o} } } {}
• The rotor is normally turned at a constant speed by a source of mechanical power connected the shaft.

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• The air-gap flux distribution usually approximates a flat-topped wave, rather than the sine wave found in ac machines, and is shown in Fig. 4.9(a).
• Rotation of the coil generates a coil voltage which is a time function having the same waveform as the spatial flux-density distribution.
• The voltage induced in an individual armature coil is an alternating voltage and rectification is produced mechanically by means of a commutator. Stationary carbon brushes held against the commutator surface connect the winding to the external armature terminal.
• The need for commutation is the reason why the armature windings are placed on the rotor.
• The commutator provides full-wave rectification, and the voltage waveform between brushes is shown in Fig. 4.9(b).

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• If the machine is acting as a generator, the torque opposes rotation.
• If the machine is acting as a motor, the torque acts in the direction of the rotation.

• Most armatures have distributed windings, i.e. windings which are spread over a number of slots around the air-gap periphery.

• The individual coils are interconnected so that the result is a magnetic field having the same number of poles as the field winding.
• Consider Fig. 4.10(a).
  • Full-pitch coil: a coil which spans 180 electrical degrees.
  • In Fig. 4.10(b), the air gap and winding are in developed form (laid out flat) and the air-gap mmf distribution is shown by the steplike distribution of amplitude

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• It is appropriate to focus our attention on the space-fundamental sinusoidal component of the air-gap mmf.

• In the design of ac machines, serious efforts are made to distribute the coils making up the windings so as to minimize the higher-order harmonic components.
• The rectangular air-gap mmf wave of the concentrated two-pole, full-pitch coil of Fig.4.10(b) can be resolved to a Fourier series comprising a fundamental component and a series of odd harmonics.

• The fundamental component FaglFagl size 12{F rSub { size 8{ ital "agl"} } } {}and its amplitude (Fagl)peak(Fagl)peak size 12{ \( F rSub { size 8{ ital "agl"} } \) rSub { size 8{ ital "peak"} } } {}are

• Fig. 4.11(a) shows phase a of the armature winding of a simplified two-pole, three-phase ac machine and phases b and c occupy the empty slots.
• The windings of the three phases are identical and are located with their magnetic axes 120 degrees apart.The winding is arranged in two layers, each full-pitch coil of NcNc size 12{N rSub { size 8{c} } } {} turns having one side in the top of a slot and the other coil side in the bottom of a slot a pole pitch away.
• Fig. 4.11(b) shows that the mmf wave is a series of steps each of height 2Ncia2Ncia size 12{2N rSub { size 8{c} } i rSub { size 8{a} } } {}. It can be seen that the distributed winding produces a closer approximation to a sinusoidal mmf wave than the concentrated coil of Fig.4.10 does.

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• The modified form of (4.3) for a distributed multipole winding is

• The peak amplitude of this mmf wave is

• Eq. (4.5) describes the space-fundamental component of the mmf wave produced by current in phase a of a distributed winding.

• If ia=Imcosωtia=Imcosωt size 12{i rSub { size 8{a} } =I rSub { size 8{m} } "cos"ωt} {} the result will be an mmf wave which is stationary in space and varies sinusoidally both with respect to θaθa size 12{θ rSub { size 8{a} } } {} and in time.
• The application of three-phase currents will produce a rotating mmf wave.

• Rotor windings are often distributed in slots to reduce the effects of space harmonics.

• Fig. 4.12(a) shows the rotor of a typical two-pole round-rotor generator.
• As shown in Fig. 4.12(b), there are fewer turns in the slots nearest the pole face.
• The fundamental air-gap mmf wave of a multipole rotor winding is

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• Because of the restrictions imposed on the winding arrangement by the commutator, the mmf wave of a dc machine armature approximates a sawtooth waveform more nearly than the sine wave of ac machines.

• Fig. 4.13 shows diagrammatically in cross section the armature of a two-pole dc machine.

• The armature coil connections are such that the armature winding produces a magnetic field whose axis is vertical and thus is perpendicular to the axis of the field winding.
• As the armature rotates, the magnetic field of the armature remains vertical due to commutator action and a continuous unidirectional torque results.
• The mmf wave is illustrated and analyzed in Fig. 4.14.

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• Fig. 4.15(a) shows schematically a four-pole dc machine.
• The machine is shown in laid-out form in Fig. 4.15(b).

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• The peak value of the sawtooth armature mmf wave can be written as

• The behavior of electric machinery is determined by the magnetic fields created by currents in the various windings of the machine.

• The investigations of both ac and dc machines are based on the assumption of sinusoidal spatial distribution of mmf.
• Results from examining a two-pole machine can immediately be extrapolated to a multipole machine.

• Consider machines with uniform air gaps.

• Fig. 4.16(a) shows a single full-pitch, N-turn coil in a high-permeability magnetic structure μ→∞μ→∞ size 12{μ rightarrow infinity } {} , with a concentric, cylindrical rotor.

• In Fig. 4.16(b) the air-gap mmf FagFag size 12{F rSub { size 8{ ital "ag"} } } {}is plotted versus angle θaθa size 12{θ rSub { size 8{a} } } {}.
• Fig. 4.16(c) demonstrates the air-gap constant radial magnetic field HagHag size 12{H rSub { size 8{ ital "ag"} } } {}.

• For a distributed winding, the air-gap magnetic field intensity is

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• The air-gap magnetic-field distribution of machines with nonuniform air gaps is more complex than that of uniform-air-gap machines.

• Fig. 4.17(a) shows the structure of a typical dc machine and Fig. 4.17 (b) shows the structure of a typical salient-pole synchronous machine.

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• Detailed analysis of the magnetic field distributions requires complete solutions of the field problem.

• Fig. 4.18 shows the magnetic field distribution in a salient-pole dc generator (obtained by finite-element solution).

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• To understand the theory and operation of polyphase ac machines, it is necessary to study the nature of the mmf wave produced by a polyphase winding.

• Fig. 4.19(a) shows the space-fundamental mmf distribution of a single-phase winding.

• Note that from Eq. (4.5), FaglFagl size 12{F rSub { size 8{ ital "agl"} } } {} is

• • This mmf distribution remains fixed in space with an amplitude that varies sinusoidally in time at frequency ωcωc size 12{ω rSub { size 8{c} } } {} , as shown in Fig. 4.19(a).
• The air-gap mmf of a single-phase winding exicted by a source of ac current can be resolved into rotating traveling waves.
  • By the identity cosαcosβ=12cos(α−β)+cos(α+β)cosαcosβ=12cos(α−β)+cos(α+β) size 12{"cos"α"cos"β= { {1} over {2} } "cos" \( α - β \) +"cos" \( α+β \) } {}

• FaglFagl size 12{F rSub { size 8{ ital "agl"} } } {}travels in the +θa+θa size 12{+θ rSub { size 8{a} } } {}direction and FaglFagl size 12{F rSub { size 8{ ital "agl"} } } {}travels in the −θa−θa size 12{ - θ rSub { size 8{a} } } {} direction.
• This decomposition is shown graphically in Fig. 4.19(b) and in a phasor representation in Fig. 4.19(c).

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