- Title
- Performance evaluation of DC motors for electric rope shovels based on air gap flux measurement
- Creator
- Mirzaeva, G.; Betz, R. E.; Summers, T. J.
- Relation
- 19th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Systems (AUPEC'09). AUPEC'09: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Systems 2009 (Adelaide, SA 27-30 September, 2009)
- Relation
- http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpls/abs_all.jsp?arnumber=5356590
- Publisher
- IEEE Computer Society
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- DC motors remain an attractive solution for mining applications, such as rope shovels and draglines, due to their robustness, good dynamic performance and vast experience accumulated within the industry. To achieve optimal performance of the DC machines under increasingly demanding operation conditions, it is important to thoroughly understand their performance limitations under conditions dictated by mining environment. For this purpose, a unique test facility has been developed in Hunter Valley (NSW, Australia) to be able to complete extensive experiments, under controlled conditions, on the full size DC motors used by Australian mining industry. This paper will explain about the structure of the facility, the test methodology and the instrumentation. The main focus of the experimental program is to obtain real time measurements of flux distribution in the air gaps of the DC machines, together with other important parameters. Physically measured flux distribution under different conditions will allow to accurately determine a variety of important characteristics, including electromagnetic conditions of commutation. To the best of the authors' knowledge, only theoretical or indirectly obtained results on flux distribution in the air gap are currently available. The paper includes theoretical predictions as well as experimentally measured flux distributions for two commonly used types of DC motors, physical interpretation of these results and their relation to the motors' performance.
- Subject
- DC motors; air gap flux measurements; draglines; electric rope shovels; electromagnetic conditions; flux distributions; mining applications; performance evaluations
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/918916
- Identifier
- uon:8738
- Identifier
- ISBN:9780863967184
- Rights
- Copyright © 2009 IEEE. Reprinted from AUPEC'09: Proceedings of the 19th Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference: Sustainable Energy Technologies and Systems 2009. This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Such permission of the IEEE does not in any way imply IEEE endorsement of any of University of Newcastle's products or services. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to pubs-permissions@ieee.org. By choosing to view this document, you agree to all provisions of the copyright laws protecting it.
- Language
- eng
- Full Text
- Reviewed
- Hits: 1136
- Visitors: 1423
- Downloads: 378
| Thumbnail | File | Description | Size | Format | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| View Details Download | ATTACHMENT01 | Publisher version (open access) | 1 MB | Adobe Acrobat PDF | View Details Download |