Sensorless operation of a permanent-magnet generator for aircraft

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 101-107

  Burrow, Steve G ^a   Mellor, Phil H ^a   Churn, Phil ^a   Sawata, Takadashi ^a   Holme, Marc Holme ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b GOODRICH CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Embedded aircraft generation; Hybrid permanent magnet (PM) variable reluctance machines; Power factor controlz; Sensorless control

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSED AIR MOTORS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RELUCTANCE MOTORS; ROTORS; SHAFTS (MACHINE COMPONENTS);

BRUSHLESS AC PROTOTYPE EMBEDDED AIRCRAFT GENERATOR; SENSORLESS OPERATION; VECTOR CONTROLLER;

AC GENERATORS;

EID: 39849087401     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2007.912756     Document Type: Article

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