This paper presents design procedures of a transverse flux linear motor (TFLM). The minimum and maximum flux linkage was determined by the simplified equivalent magnetic circuit and estimated average magnetic flux density at the air gap region by considering the shape of applied magnetomotive force (MMF). With this information, the number of turns of each phase winding was calculated based on t...

The Current Source Inverter technology is well suited for medium voltage induction motor drives. Because the CSI drive generally features simple converter structure, motor friendly waveforms, inherent four-quadrant operation capability and reliable fuse less short circuit protection. The main draw back lies in its dynamic torque response. An improved Direct Torque Control method is proposed her...

To understand the physics of muscle contraction and molecular motor movement, we develop a model for nonequilibrium free energy transduction based on a diffusion in a periodic force field. It is shown that a nonconservative force is sufficient and necessary for a steady state with circular flux, but is not sufficient for a global unidirectional transport synonymous to motor protein movement. A ...

In the permanent magnet linear synchronous motor (PMLSM), force ripple is harmful, useless and disturbing. The force ripple is basically composed of two components: detent force and mutual force ripple. This force is influenced by the geometric parameters of the permanent magnet (PM) motors; such as width, thickness and length of the magnet poles, length and thickness of the rotor and stato...

This paper presents a new rotor flux oriented linearizing control with speed estimation scheme for adjustable speed induction motor (IM) drive. In this scheme, rotor flux oriented vector control is used to linearize the IM drive, and decouple torque and flux. Also, a stator flux based flux estimator is used to estimate the synchronous speed. The motor speed is estimated by measuring only two li...

This paper presents an improved direct torque control (DTC) algorithm as compared to a traditional DTC scheme. In the traditional scheme, a pair of hysteresis comparators is used to control motor stator flux and electromagnetic torque. This causes a variable switching frequency which results in a high flux and torque ripples. To mitigate these issues, an improved DTC algorithm based on a double...