Clean Energy Capability Portfolio | Storage Technologies |
Design and Control of Permanent-Magnet
Synchronous Machines
for Flywheel-storage
Specialists in permanent magnet ( PM ) type electric machines and drive systems . Strong capabilities in designing and optimising high-speed PM machine geometries and developing advanced control techniques to further improve performance for emerging applications , such as flywheel storage . |
Competitive Advantage • Expertise in PM machine design and control
• Mechanical sensorless control for PM machine
• Expertise in designing very-high-speed PM machine drives suitable for applications , such as the flywheel storage
• Developing advanced on-line parameter identification techniques
• Advanced control techniques for the generator-side converters of Wind Energy Conversion
• Advanced techniques for on-line parameter identification with potential use in remote condition monitoring for offshore generators
Impact • PM motor-generators with a rated speed in excess of 50,000 rpm
• Advanced control schemes and drivers for smooth energy conversion
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Capabilities and Facilities • Finite-element packages , including Magsoft and ANSYS , with optimisation tools developed in-house
• Simulation platforms ( Matlab – Simulink , PSIM ), FPGA and DSP systems with high-performance signal acquisition , estimation and switch gate-drive interfaces
• Two and three-level inverters
• Several machine drive set-ups complete with shaft position sensors , torque sensors and highly dynamic loads
• Four-quadrant dynamometer for testing direct-drive wind generators
• High-speed (> 50,000 rpm ) PM machine test bed
Our Collaborators • Conry Tech
• CSIRO
• Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics ( WEMPEC )
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Successful Applications |
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• Sensorless control techniques for PM motor drive |
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• Development of novel interior-type PM motors with speed capability > 50,000 rpm
• Advanced control techniques for the direct-drive PM generators
• Patented fractional-slot concentrate wound PM machine technology
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Associate Professor Rukmi Dutta
School of Electrical Engineering and Telecommunications
T : + 61 2 9385 7884
E : rukmi . dutta @ unsw . edu . au
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• Pending patent application — design optimisation package for PM machine |
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