Class Act Electromechanical Energy Conversion
Class Act Electromechanical Energy Conversion
Class Act Electromechanical Energy Conversion
The electrical energy loss is the heating loss due to current flowing in the winding of the energy converter. This
loss is known as the i2R loss in the resistance (R) of the winding. The field loss is the core loss due to changing
magnetic field in the magnetic core. The mechanical loss is the friction and windage loss due to the motion of the
moving components. All these losses are converted to heat. The energy balance equation can therefore be written
as
Electromechanical Energy Conversion
Now consider a differential time interval dt during which an increment of electrical energy dWe (excluding the i2R
loss) flows to the system. During this time dt, let dWf be the energy supplied to the field (either stored or lost, or
part stored and part lost) and dWm the energy converted to mechanical form (in useful form or as loss, or part
useful and part as loss). In differential forms, equation can be expressed as
Core losses are usually small, and if they are neglected, dWf will represent the change in the stored field energy.
Similarly, if friction and windage losses can be neglected, then all of dWm will be available as useful mechanical
energy output. The losses do not contribute to the energy conversion process.
Field Energy
Consider the electromechanical system of the figure below. The movable part can be held in static equilibrium by
the spring. Let us assume that the movable part is held stationary at some air gap and the current is increased
from zero to a value i. Flux will be established in the magnetic system.
𝑑𝑊𝑚 = 0
From equation of previous slide, we have
𝑑𝑊𝑒 = 𝑑𝑊𝑓
𝑑Φ 𝑑𝜆
𝑒=𝑁 𝐹𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑎𝑦 ′ 𝑠 𝐿𝑎𝑤 ; 𝜆 = 𝑁Φ ∴ 𝑒 =
𝑑𝑡 𝑑𝑡
𝑑𝑊𝑒 = 𝑒𝑖 𝑑𝑡
𝑑𝑊𝑓 = 𝑖 𝑑𝜆
Field Energy
The relationship between coil flux linkage λ and current i for a particular air gap length is shown in figure. The
incremental field energy dWf is shown as the cross hatched area in this figure. When the flux linkage is increased from
zero to λ, the energy stored in the field is
𝜆
𝑊𝑓 = න 𝑖 𝑑𝜆
0
This integral represents the area between the λ-axis and the λ−i characteristic, the entire area shown shaded in figure.
𝑁𝑖 = 𝐻𝑐 𝑙𝑐 + 𝐻𝑔 𝑙𝑔
𝜆 = 𝑁Φ = 𝑁𝐵𝐴
where
A is the cross-sectional area of the flux path
B is the flux density, assumed same throughout
Field Energy
𝐻𝑐 𝑙𝑐 + 𝐻𝑔 𝑙𝑔
𝑊𝑓 = න 𝑁𝐴 𝑑𝐵
𝑁
For the airgap 𝐻𝑔 = 𝐵 Τ𝜇0
𝐵
𝑊𝑓 = න 𝐻𝑐 𝑙𝑐 + 𝑙𝑔 𝐴 𝑑𝐵
𝜇0
𝐵
𝑊𝑓 = න 𝐻𝑐 𝑙𝑐 𝐴 𝑑𝐵 + 𝑙 𝐴 𝑑𝐵
𝜇0 𝑔
𝐵2
𝑊𝑓 = න 𝐻𝑐 𝑑𝐵 × 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑔𝑛𝑒𝑡𝑖𝑐 𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑎𝑙 + × 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑢𝑚𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑖𝑟 𝑔𝑎𝑝
2𝜇0
where 𝑤𝑓𝑐 = 𝑐𝐵𝑑 𝑐𝐻 is the energy density in the magnetic material
𝑤𝑓𝑔 is the energy density in the airgap, 𝑉𝑐 is the volume in the magnetic material, 𝑉𝑔 is the volume of the airgap.
𝑊𝑓𝑐 is the energy in the magnetic material and finally, 𝑊𝑓𝑔 is the energy in the airgap.
Field Energy
Normally, energy stored in the air gap (Wfg) is much larger than the energy stored in the magnetic material (Wfc). In
most cases Wfc can be neglected.
𝐵𝑐
𝐻𝑐 =
𝜇𝑐
Therefore,
𝐵𝑐 𝐵𝑐2
𝑤𝑓𝑐 = න 𝑑𝐵𝑐 =
𝜇𝑐 2𝜇𝑐
Exercise
The dimensions of the actuator system of are shown in figure below. The magnetic core is made of cast steel whose
B-H characteristic is shown in figure (right side). The coil has 250 turns, and the coil resistance is 5 Ω. For a fixed air
gap length g=5mm, a dc source is connected to the coil to produce a flux density of 1.0 T in the air gap.