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ECE Ph.D. Qualifying Exam ES-1 August 2008



Problem 1

Coenergy Calculation

The mechanical rotor position $ \theta_{rm} $ is such that $ \theta_r = \theta_{rm} $, implying that the number of poles is $ P = 2 $. Coenergy will be calculated in steps using a sequential ramping process. Before any steps can be completed, the contribution to coenergy of fixing the mechanical system should be documented (zero unless the mechanical system can store energy).

$ \begin{equation} W_{c,0} = 0 \end{equation} $

The first step in the coenergy calculation will ramp dummy variable $ i_1' $ from $ 0 $ to its final value of $ i_1 $ while dummy variable $ i_2' = 0 $ is held at its initial value. Substitute $ i_m = i_1 + 2i_2 $ as needed.

$ \begin{align} W_{c,1} &= \left.\int_{i_1' = 0}^{i_1} \lambda_1\left(i_1', i_2', \theta_r\right) \, di_1'\right|_{i_2' = 0} + \left.\int_{i_1' = 0}^{i_1} \lambda_2\left(i_1', i_2', \theta_r\right) \, di_1'\right|_{i_2' = 0} \\ W_{c,1} &= \int_{i_1' = 0}^{i_1} \left[5i_1' + 10\left(1 - \frac{1}{1 + i_1' + \cancelto{0}{2i_2'}}\right) \cos(\theta_r)\right] \, di_1' + \int_{i_1' = 0}^{i_1} \left[\cancelto{0}{i_2'} + 20\left(1 - \frac{1}{1 + i_1' + \cancelto{0}{2i_2'}}\right) \cos(\theta_r)\right] \, di_1' \\ W_{c,1} &= \frac{5}{2} i_1^2 + 10\left(i_1 - \ln|1 + i_1| + \cancelto{0}{\ln|1 + 0|}\right) \cos(\theta_r) + 20\left(i_1 - \ln|1 + i_1| + \cancelto{0}{\ln|1 + 0|}\right) \cos(\theta_r) \\ W_{c,1} &= \frac{5}{2} i_1^2 + 10\left(i_1 - \ln|1 + i_1|\right) \cos(\theta_r) + 20\left(i_1 - \ln|1 + i_1|\right) \cos(\theta_r) \end{align} $

The second step in the coenergy calculation will ramp dummy variable $ i_2' $ from $ 0 $ to its final value of $ i_2 $ while dummy variable $ i_1' = i_1 $ is held at its final value. Substitute $ i_m = i_1 + 2i_2 $ as needed.

$ \begin{align} W_{c,2} &= \left.\int_{i_2' = 0}^{i_2} \lambda_1\left(i_1', i_2', \theta_r\right) \, di_2'\right|_{i_1' = i_1} + \left.\int_{i_2' = 0}^{i_2} \lambda_2\left(i_1', i_2', \theta_r\right) \, di_2'\right|_{i_1' = i_1} \\ W_{c,2} &= \int_{i_2' = 0}^{i_2} \left[5i_1 + 10\left(1 - \frac{1}{1 + i_1 + 2i_2'}\right) \cos(\theta_r)\right] \, di_2' + \int_{i_2' = 0}^{i_2} \left[i_2' + 20\left(1 - \frac{1}{1 + i_1 + 2i_2'}\right) \cos(\theta_r)\right] \, di_2' \\ W_{c,2} &= 5 i_1 i_2 + 10\left(i_2 - \ln|1 + i_1 + 2i_2| + \ln|1 + i_1|\right) \cos(\theta_r) + \frac{1}{2} i_2^2 + 20\left(i_2 - \ln|1 + i_1 + 2i_2| + \ln|1 + i_1|\right) \cos(\theta_r) \end{align} $

The final step is the sum all the individual coenergy contributions $ W_c(i_1, i_2, \theta_r) = \sum_{k = 0}^{2} W_{c,k}(i_1, i_2, \theta_r) $. Recall that $ i_1, i_2 \geq 0 $ to simplify the absolute value signs.

$ \begin{align} W_c(i_1, i_2, \theta_r) &= W_{c,0} + W_{c,1} + W_{c,2} \\ W_c(i_1, i_2, \theta_r) &= \begin{split} &{}0 + \frac{5}{2} i_1^2 + 10\left(i_1 - \cancel{\ln|1 + i_1|}\right) \cos(\theta_r) + 20\left(i_1 - \cancel{\ln|1 + i_1|}\right) \cos(\theta_r) \\ &{}+ 5 i_1 i_2 + 10\left(i_2 - \ln|1 + i_1 + 2i_2| + \cancel{\ln|1 + i_1|}\right) \cos(\theta_r) \\ &{}+ \frac{1}{2} i_2^2 + 20\left(i_2 - \ln|1 + i_1 + 2i_2| + \cancel{\ln|1 + i_1|}\right) \cos(\theta_r) \end{split} \\ W_c(i_1, i_2, \theta_r) &= \frac{5}{2} i_1^2 + 5 i_1 i_2 + \frac{1}{2} i_2^2 + 10\left[i_1 + i_2 - \ln(1 + i_1 + 2i_2)\right] \cos(\theta_r) + 20\left[i_1 + i_2 - \ln(1 + i_1 + 2i_2)\right] \cos(\theta_r) \end{align} $

The last two terms have the same variable dependence, so the coefficients may be added.

$ \begin{equation} \boxed{W_c(i_1, i_2, \theta_r) = \frac{5}{2} i_1^2 + 5 i_1 i_2 + \frac{1}{2} i_2^2 + 30\cos(\theta_r)\left[i_1 + i_2 - \ln(1 + i_1 + 2i_2)\right]} \end{equation} $

Electromechanical Torque Calculation

Electromechanical torque is just the partial derivative of coenergy with respect to mechanical rotor position.

$ \begin{align} T_e &= \frac{\partial W_c(i_1, i_2, \theta_r)}{\partial \cancelto{\theta_r}{\theta_{rm}}} \\ T_e &= 0 + 0 + 0 - 30\sin(\theta_r)\left[i_1 + i_2 - \ln(1 + i_1 + 2i_2)\right] \end{align} $

Thus, the electromechanical torque equation is obtained for this device.

$ \begin{equation} \boxed{T_e = -30\sin(\theta_r)\left[i_1 + i_2 - \ln(1 + i_1 + 2i_2)\right]} \end{equation} $


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