Analysis and performance of a novel two-phase drive for fan and water-pumping applications

Author

Smith, I.R. ; Creighton, Gerald ; Mhango, L.M.C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Loughborough Univ. of Technol., UK

Volume

36

Issue

4

fYear

1989

fDate

11/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

530

Lastpage

538

Abstract

The authors describe a novel form of drive, comprising a two-phase induction motor fed by a two-phase inverter, for use in heating, ventilating, demisting, engine-cooling, and water-pumping applications in public service vehicles and passenger cars. A theoretical analysis of the arrangement is presented and a comparison is made between a number of predicted and experimental characteristics for two practical designs. One of these is a fan drive for engine-compartment ventilation and the other a motor-pump drive for a water-cooling system. In both cases, an acceptable range of speed control is achieved (i.e. ±10% of the normal full-load speed of 3300 r/min.), and an accurate prediction of the performance is provided

Keywords

electric drives; induction motors; invertors; pumps; road vehicles; demisting; engine-cooling; fan drive; heating; passenger cars; public service vehicles; speed control; two-phase drive; two-phase induction motor; two-phase inverter; ventilating; water-pumping; Capacitors; Costs; DC motors; Heat engines; Inverters; Performance analysis; Rotors; Stators; Torque; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.43003

Filename

43003