Emerging Multiport Electrical Machines and Systems: Past Developments, Current Challenges, and Future Prospects

Ming Cheng, Peng Han, Giuseppe Buja, Milutin G. Jovanovic

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Abstract

Distinct from the conventional machines with only one electrical and one mechanical port, electrical machines featuring multiple electrical/mechanical ports (the so-called multiport electrical machines) provide a compact, flexible, and highly efficient manner to convert and/or transfer energies among different ports. This paper attempts to make a comprehensive overview of the existing multiport topologies, from fundamental characteristics to advanced modeling, analysis, and control, with particular emphasis on the extensively investigated brushless doubly fed machines for highly reliable wind turbines and power split devices for hybrid electric vehicles. A qualitative review approach is mainly adopted, but strong efforts are also made to quantitatively highlight the electromagnetic and control performance. Research challenges are identified, and future trends are discussed.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)5422-5435
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
Volume65
Issue number7
Early online date23 Nov 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jul 2018

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