Research of Voltage Amplitude Fluctuation and Compensation for Wound Rotor Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine

This paper presents an unexpected fluctuation of voltage for a 30-kW wound rotor brushless doubly-fed machine (BDFM) in a standalone power generation system. To address this issue, an improved method of harmonic injection is introduced. A voltage and current double closed-loop control strategy, based on control winding (CW) current decoupling, is applied through the entire experiment. Consequently, the experimental outcomes are fairly aligned with the dynamic simulations in most conditions. However, the voltage fluctuation in the power winding (PW) can be observed for a certain speed range. Harmonic analysis is then carried out on experimental data of PW voltage and CW current. A pair of interharmonic waves, which are symmetric with respect to the fundamental wave, is demonstrated to exist in PW voltage and CW current. Due to the analysis, these harmonic conjugate waves are caused by the high-order magnetomotive force tooth harmonics and current harmonics within a specific speed range. Accordingly, the control strategy of harmonic injection is employed to effectively eliminate these harmonic conjugate waves. The experimental results further highlight that the voltage amplitude can be maintained with less harmonic contents by our tailored control scheme. In addition, the formation and presence of harmonic conjugate waves may lead to the voltage amplitude fluctuation of BDFM in the standalone power generation system.

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