Modern electric machines and drives for wind power generation: A review of opportunities and challenges

H Chen, Y Zuo, KT Chau, W Zhao… - IET Renewable Power …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With ever‐increasing concerns on energy crisis and environmental protection, there is a fast‐
growing interest in wind power generation systems. As electric machines and drives are …

Brushless doubly‐fed induction machines for wind turbines: developments and research challenges

TD Strous, H Polinder… - IET Electric Power …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The brushless doubly‐fed induction machine (DFIM) provides an interesting alternative to
the commonly applied conventional DFIM in modern multi‐megawatt (MW) wind turbines …

A review of the advancements in the design of brushless doubly fed machines

OI Olubamiwa, N Gule - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Research interest on brushless doubly fed induction machines (BDFMs) is increasing, as
they offer higher reliability compared to doubly fed induction generators (DFIGs) in wind …

Rotational Iron losses in brushless Doubly fed Machines

S Abdi, E Abdi, H Toshani - 2022 International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper the rotational characteristics of the magnetic field in Brushless Double Fed
Induction Machines (BDFIM) iron circuit is studied. The BDFIM has a complex magnetic field …

Converter rating optimisation for a brushless doubly fed induction generator

A Oraee, E Abdi, RA McMahon - IET Renewable Power …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
This article studies the converter rating requirement of a Brushless doubly‐fed induction
generator (DFIG) for wind turbine applications. Practical constraints such as the generator …

Derivation of Equivalent Circuit Rotor Current from Rotor Bar Current Measurements in Brushless Doubly-Fed Machine

E Abdi, S Abdi, R McMahon… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a method to estimate the BDFM equivalent circuit rotor current from rotor
bar current measurements. Rotor currents are measured using a specially designed …

Simplified Experimental Estimation of Equivalent Circuit Parameters for Brushless Doubly Fed Machines

S Abdi, E Abdi - IECON 2023-49th Annual Conference of the …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new and simplified method for estimating the equivalent circuit
parameters of the Brushless Doubly Fed Machine (BDFM) using only stator terminal …

Optimal design parameter determination for brushless doubly fed induction machines

M Yousefian, HA Zarchi, S Abdi… - … on Electrical Machines …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Brushless doubly fed induction machines (BDFIM) have prominent features for variable
speed applications. The design and performance analysis of the machine is however …

Design of the brushless DFIG for optimal inverter rating

This paper presents an optimisation method for the converter rating for a Brushless Doubly-
Fed Induction Generator (Brushless DFIG) wind turbine, considering grid's requirements on …

A light-weight rotor design for brushless doubly fed machines

S Abdi, E Abdi, R McMahon - 2018 XIII International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a new optimized rotor design for Brushless Doubly Fed Machines (BDFMs) is
proposed. The BDFM is considered as an attractive generator particularly for offshore wind …