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EPFL2022

Characterization and Verification of Eddy-Current Position Sensing for Magnetic Levitation

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Magnetically-levitated drives are compelling in applications where the long-lifetime operation or process chamber encapsulation is a requirement. To exploit these advantages, contactless position sensors are needed to estimate the position of the rotor. Of ...

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The nonlinear behavior of a rigid rotor supported by herringbone grooved journal gas bearings (HGJBs) was investigated in this study. The two-dimensional narrow groove theory (2D-NGT) was adopted to model the HGJBs. A set of integrated rotor-bearing state ...

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SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD2020

Small scale very high speed slotless permanent magnet motors

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This research work has been triggered by an industrial project aimed at modelling and manufacturing a small-scale very high speed motor. Very high speed electrical motors offer the main advantage of reducing the size of a system. Indeed, at constant output ...

EPFL2020

A low-cost, autonomous mobile platform for limnological investigations, supported by high-resolution mesoscale airborne imagery

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Two complementary measurement systems – built upon an autonomous floating craft and a tethered balloon – for lake research and monitoring are presented. The autonomous vehicle was assembled on a catamaran for stability, and is capable of handling a variety ...

2019

Electrical effects in winding of large electrical ac machines application to advanced large size DFIM

Frédéric Michael Maurer

To meet the electrical grid's demand on pump power variation, GE Renewable Energy develops since 10 years variable speed machines (also called Doubly Fed Induction Generators or DFIG). Within turbogenerators, the phenomenon of circulating currents in Roebe ...

EPFL2019

Spatially Sampled Pressure Profile Measurements in Externally Pressurized Gas Journal Bearings

Jürg Alexander Schiffmann, Eliott Philippe Guenat, Karim Magdi Zakaria Abdelrahman Shalash

Externally pressurized gas journal bearings (EPGJB) are widely adopted to support high speed rotors. This paper presents novel experimental benchmark test data which enables EPGJB model validation. Axial and circumferential pressure profile measurements ar ...

2018

High precision trajectory and speed sensor and measuring method

Kamiar Aminian, Benedikt Fasel

A method for contactlessly determining an exact passage of an athlete at points placed along a track in sports, wherein the method comprises gearing the athlete with a wearable magnetometer sensor unit, whereby the magnetometer sensor unit is equipped with ...

2016

Closed-loop magnetic bearing and angular velocity control of a reaction sphere actuator

Olivier Pierre Chételat, Yves Perriard, Leopoldo Rossini

This article presents the first closed-loop magnetic bearing and angular velocity experimental results of a reaction sphere actuator for satellite attitude control. The proposed reaction sphere is a permanent magnet spherical actuator whose rotor is suppor ...

Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd2015

Integrated Hall Magnetic Angle Sensors

Radivoje Popovic

A magnetic angle sensor is a matched combination of a permanent magnet, affixed to a rotating shaft, and a magnetic field sensor. The magnet part of the angle sensors is configured so as to create either a magnetic field with an angle-dependent component p ...

Soc Microelectronics, Electron Components Materials-Midem2014

Bits from Photons: Oversampled Image Acquisition Using Binary Poisson Statistics

Martin Vetterli, Yue Lu, Luciano Sbaiz, Feng Yang

We study a new image sensor that is reminiscent of traditional photographic film. Each pixel in the sensor has a binary response, giving only a one-bit quantized measurement of the local light intensity. To analyze its performance, we formulate the oversam ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2012

Bits from Photons : Oversampled Binary Image Acquisition

Feng Yang

The trends in the design of image sensors are to build sensors with low noise, high sensitivity, high dynamic range, and small pixel size. How can we benefit from pixels with small size and high sensitivity? In this dissertation, we study a new image senso ...

EPFL2012

High Bandwidth CMOS Magnetic Sensors Based on the Miniaturized Circular Vertical Hall Device

Mirjana Banjevic

Hall-effect devices make up by far the largest part of all magnetic sensors on the market today. The main reason is compatibility of Hall devices with modern semiconductor technology. In particular, integrated Hall sensor micro-systems fabricated in low-co ...

EPFL2011

Very high-speed slotless permanent-magnet motors : theory, design and validation

Pierre-Daniel Pfister

The development of very high-speed motors has evolved fascinatingly in the last few years. Due to their speed, their low weight and their high power density, the need for such motors has recently increased for various different applications. Among them, su ...

EPFL2010

Finite Element Model of Hydro Generators Coupled to a Grid Simulation Software

Gilles Rosselet

For the simulation of electrical power systems (adjustable speed drives, wind farms, complete grids, etc.) the Kirchhoff's model is used. Each of the components of this model (transmission line, circuit breaker, electrical machines, etc.) is represented by ...

EPFL2010

Sensorless Position Control of Piezoelectric Ultrasonic Motors : a Mechatronic Design Approach

Markus Flückiger

This dissertation considers mechatronic systems driven by piezoelectric ultrasonic motors (PUM). The focus is set on optimal system design and sensorless position control. Mechatronic industry faces the challenge to deliver ever more efficient and reliable ...

EPFL2010

Development of a Hybrid MEMS BLDC Micromotor

Yves Perriard, Christian Köchli, Sebastiano Merzaghi

This paper addresses the design of a new hybrid MEMS micromotor. It is a small 3-phases axial flux BLDC motor. The stator is realized following the almost CMOS technology rules used for MEMS manufacture and the coils have two copper layers. The rotor is ma ...

2009

Optimization design of a segmented Halbach permanent magnet motor using an analytical model

Yves Perriard, Miroslav Markovic

We present an optimization design of a slotless permanent-magnet brushless dc motor (400 W, 6000 rpm), with two-segment Halbach arrays. The optimization is based on a motor analytical model which is obtained by solving the magnetic scalar potential using t ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2009