AC series voltage regulator for permanent magnet generators

Author

Pennatini, Alessio ; Bagnoli, Paolo Emilio ; Franchi, Emilio

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Univ. of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

fYear

2010

fDate

14-16 June 2010

Firstpage

484

Lastpage

489

Abstract

This paper deals with an AC series voltage regulator for permanent magnet generators. This project is internationally registered with the publication number WO/2009/004466. Mains examples of employment includes: motorcycle generators, wind-turbines, agricultural equipments, diesel generators. The comparison with the state-of-the-art parallel architecture is discussed together with energy efficiency simulations, specific advantages and disadvantages for both the solutions. The operation principles of the proposed regulation system is explained with the help of block diagrams and circuits, and two practical implementations are discussed: the first one realized entirely with analog electronics, the second one with a microcontroller. Finally some experimental measurements are provided to validate the theory of operation.

Keywords

AC generators; permanent magnet generators; voltage regulators; wind turbines; AC series voltage regulator; agricultural equipments; diesel generators; motorcycle generators; permanent magnet generators; wind-turbines; AC generators; Circuit simulation; Employment; Energy efficiency; Microcontrollers; Motorcycles; Parallel architectures; Permanent magnets; Regulators; Voltage; AC electrical supplying; Permanent magnet generators; series voltage regulator; wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Electrical Drives Automation and Motion (SPEEDAM), 2010 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4986-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-7919-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SPEEDAM.2010.5542151

Filename

5542151