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Design of a rotational iron loss measurement system

Entwicklung eines Messsystems zur Bestimmung von Eisenverlusten bei Drehmagnetisierung
  • Martin Kitzberger

    Dipl.-Ing. Martin Kitzberger was born in Linz, Austria, in 1990. He received the Dipl.-Ing degree in Mechatronics in 2016 and is engaged as a scientific researcher at the Institute for Electrical Drives and Power Electronics of Johannes Kepler University Linz since then. His field of research includes electrical drives and power electronics, magnetic material characterization and material modeling.

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    , Gerd Bramerdorfer

    Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Gerd Bramerdorfer received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria, in 2014. Since 2007, he has been with the Department of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, where he was involved in various research projects and held classes in the field of electric machines and power electronics. He is currently an Assistant Professor with Johannes Kepler University Linz. His current research interests include design, modeling, and optimization of high-efficient brushless electric machines as well as magnetic bearings and bearingless machines. Dr. Bramerdorfer is a member of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), the IES Electrical Machines Technical Committee, and a Reviewer of several IEEE journals and conferences.

    , Dietmar Andessner

    Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Dietmar Andessner received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria. Since 2004 he held a position as a senior researcher at this institute. In December 2015 he moved to the Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH (LCM) and is currently working on electrical machine design and project management.

    , Gereon Goldbeck

    M.Sc. Gereon Goldbeck was born in Georgsmarienhütte, Germany, in 1988. He received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Germany, in 2015. He joined the Institute of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics of Johannes Kepler University Linz as a scientific researcher and is involved in modeling and optimization of electrical drives, magnetic material characterization and the development of software tools.

    and Wolfgang Amrhein

    o.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. sc. techn. Wolfgang Amrhein was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany, in 1957. He received the M.Sc. (Dipl.-Ing.) degree in electrical engineering in 1982 from the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, and his Ph.D. (Dr. sc.techn.) degree in 1988 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland. From 1982 to 1990, he was with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich as a Scientific Assistant. In 1990, he joined Papst Motoren GmbH, St. Georgen, Germany, where he became the Head of the development department in 1992. Since 1994, he has been a Professor and subsequently the Head of the Institute of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics, Johannes Kepler University (JKU), Linz, Austria. From 2000 to 2007 he was Scientific Head of the Linz Center of Competence in Mechatronics, Austria, together with Prof. R. Scheidl. Since 2010 he is also Head of the JKU HOERBIGER Research Institute for Smart Actuators at JKU. His research interests include electric drives, with special emphasis on small electric motors, magnetic bearing systems, bearingless motors, and power electronics.

From the journal tm - Technisches Messen

Abstract

This article is about the design of a measurement system for measuring iron losses in soft magnetic composites under controlled circular flux density patterns. With conventional measurement setups for iron loss determination, material samples are usually magnetized along a single spatial direction. However, in some parts of electrical machines magnetization loci over time substantially divert from the patterns used during conventional alternating loss measurements. Based on previous findings, iron losses strongly depend on the actual two dimensional magnetization locus over time. Therefore, the measurement with alternating magnetization cannot fully reflect the magnetizing conditions and iron losses present during machine operation. Available data especially for soft magnetic composites (SMC) regarding rotational losses is very limited. Hence, in this article a new measurement setup for the investigation of iron losses under controlled circular flux density loci was designed. It turns out, that iron losses show a significant deviation when comparing alternating and rotational losses with regard to the flux density magnitude and frequency.

Zusammenfassung

Dieser Artikel beschreibt das Design einer Messvorrichtung zur Bestimmung der Eisenverluste in Soft Magnetic Composite (SMC) Materialien bei eingeprägter kreisförmiger Drehmagnetisierung. Häufig werden die im Material auftretenden Eisenverluste mit Messmethoden bestimmt, bei denen die Magnetisierung nur entlang einer einzigen Raumrichtung des zu untersuchenden Materials variiert wird. Aktuelle Verlustmodelle basieren ebenfalls meist auf Messdaten welche bei einachsiger alternierender Magnetisierung erfasst wurden. Bei elektrischen Maschinen treten jedoch in manchen Bereichen von Rotor und Stator komplexere zweiachsige zeitlich veränderliche Magnetisierungsverläufe auf. Neuere Untersuchungen zeigen, dass die Eisenverluste eine starke Abhängigkeit vom zweidimensionalen zeitlichen Flussdichteverlauf im Material aufweisen. Die einachsige Verlustmessung deckt somit die Magnetisierungsverläufe und Eisenverluste welche in der realen Maschine auftreten nicht zufriedenstellend ab. Es kommt dadurch zu Abweichungen in den tatsächlich auftretenden Eisenverlusten, von den zuvor durchgeführten Messungen und den daraus abgeleiteten Verlustmodellen. Speziell für SMC Materialien sind derzeit nur wenig Daten über den Anteil dieser sogenannten Drehverluste verfügbar. Der in diesem Artikel vorgestellte Messaufbau ermöglicht die messtechnische Bestimmung von Drehverlusten in Soft Magnetic Composite Material. Es zeigt sich, dass alternierende Verluste und Drehverluste je nach beobachteter Flussdichteamplitude und Frequenz einen unterschiedlichen Betrag aufweisen.

Funding statement: The projects are kindly supported by the Austrian and Upper Austrian government.

About the authors

Martin Kitzberger

Dipl.-Ing. Martin Kitzberger was born in Linz, Austria, in 1990. He received the Dipl.-Ing degree in Mechatronics in 2016 and is engaged as a scientific researcher at the Institute for Electrical Drives and Power Electronics of Johannes Kepler University Linz since then. His field of research includes electrical drives and power electronics, magnetic material characterization and material modeling.

Gerd Bramerdorfer

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Gerd Bramerdorfer received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria, in 2014. Since 2007, he has been with the Department of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, where he was involved in various research projects and held classes in the field of electric machines and power electronics. He is currently an Assistant Professor with Johannes Kepler University Linz. His current research interests include design, modeling, and optimization of high-efficient brushless electric machines as well as magnetic bearings and bearingless machines. Dr. Bramerdorfer is a member of the IEEE Industry Applications Society, the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES), the IES Electrical Machines Technical Committee, and a Reviewer of several IEEE journals and conferences.

Dietmar Andessner

Dipl.-Ing. Dr. Dietmar Andessner received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria. Since 2004 he held a position as a senior researcher at this institute. In December 2015 he moved to the Linz Center of Mechatronics GmbH (LCM) and is currently working on electrical machine design and project management.

Gereon Goldbeck

M.Sc. Gereon Goldbeck was born in Georgsmarienhütte, Germany, in 1988. He received the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences, Germany, in 2015. He joined the Institute of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics of Johannes Kepler University Linz as a scientific researcher and is involved in modeling and optimization of electrical drives, magnetic material characterization and the development of software tools.

Wolfgang Amrhein

o.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr. sc. techn. Wolfgang Amrhein was born in Aschaffenburg, Germany, in 1957. He received the M.Sc. (Dipl.-Ing.) degree in electrical engineering in 1982 from the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany, and his Ph.D. (Dr. sc.techn.) degree in 1988 from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Switzerland. From 1982 to 1990, he was with the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich as a Scientific Assistant. In 1990, he joined Papst Motoren GmbH, St. Georgen, Germany, where he became the Head of the development department in 1992. Since 1994, he has been a Professor and subsequently the Head of the Institute of Electrical Drives and Power Electronics, Johannes Kepler University (JKU), Linz, Austria. From 2000 to 2007 he was Scientific Head of the Linz Center of Competence in Mechatronics, Austria, together with Prof. R. Scheidl. Since 2010 he is also Head of the JKU HOERBIGER Research Institute for Smart Actuators at JKU. His research interests include electric drives, with special emphasis on small electric motors, magnetic bearing systems, bearingless motors, and power electronics.

Acknowledgment

This work was conducted within LCM GmbH as a part of the COMET K2 program of the Austrian government. The authors thank all supporters with special thanks to voestalpine, who provide funding for this particular research.

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Received: 2017-7-31
Revised: 2017-10-5
Accepted: 2018-1-19
Published Online: 2018-2-9
Published in Print: 2018-4-25

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