Integration of Filter Elements in Electric Drives

Electric drives are becoming widely accepted and are found in hybrid electric vehicles and in higher-end home appliances. Traditional drive designs separate the power electronics and the electric machine, which reduces the potential for integration and the possibility of beneficial opportunities. Opportunities exist in electric drives for integration of filter elements. Integration can consist of utilizing existing magnetic material for an input inductor, or using the rotor inertia to displace electrical filtering. Though integration, mass, cost, or both can be reduced. This could be particularly important for vehicular or residential electric machine and drive applications. An integrated inductor design is done using magnetic equivalent circuits and examined with finite element analysis. Rotor inertia is used to displace electrical passive components and thereby reduce the filter requirements of the dc-link capacitor. This is shown in permanent magnet synchronous machine drive simulation.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Nee, Brett Michael

Contributors dc:contributor

• Chapman, Patrick L.

• Engineering, Electronics and Electrical

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3301200

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/81066