Performance of Homopolar Inductor Alternator With Diode-Bridge Rectifier and Capacitive Load

This paper presents the performance of homopolar inductor alternator (HIA) with diode-bridge rectifier and capacitive load. According to the conduction and commutation rules, all the operational modes included in the bridge rectified capacitive load are considered. A simplified average-value mathematical model is established; furthermore, we derive the load characteristic under every operation mode. Using the fundamental machine differential equations and the connecting characteristics between alternator and rectifier, we establish a port-network state model of the system. The performance of the HIA with bridge rectifier and capacitive load can be predicted from charging current, commutating angle, and given parameters of the alternator. Theoretical results are compared with the simulation results obtained from numerical procedure.