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Dalgıç Pompa Uygulamaları İçin Doğrudan Yol Vermeli Senkron Relüktans Motorunun Tasarım Optimizasyonu Ve Gerçeklemesi
(ELEKTRİK, ELEKTRONİK VE ENFORMATİK ARAŞTIRMA DESTEK GRUBU GRUBU: EEEAG, 2023) Tekgun, Burak; Alan, Irfan; Tekgun, Didem; 0000-0003-2720-8816; 0000-0001-7995-0540; AGÜ, Mühendislik Fakültesi, Elektrik - Elektronik Mühendisliği Bölümü; Tekgun, Burak; Alan, Irfan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
Günümüzde doğal kaynakların korunması ve enerji maliyetlerinin düşürülmesi için enerji kayıplarının azaltılması ortak bir amaç olarak görülmektedir. Elektrik tahrik sistemlerinin küresel enerji tüketiminin yaklaşık %40?ını oluşturduğu düşünüldüğünde elektrik makinalarının verimlerinin artırılması ile sağlanacak avantajların hem ülke bazında hem de evrensel olarak büyük bir öneme sahip olduğu görülmektedir. Uygulama odaklı olarak bakıldığında yer altından su, petrol vb. çıkarmakta kullanılan pompa motorlarının endüstride kullanılmakta olan motorlar arasında oldukça büyük bir paya sahip olduğu görülmektedir. Özellikle dalgıç pompa uygulamalarında kullanılmakta olan pompa motorları gerek motor tasarım hatalarından, gerekse de yanlış motor-pompa konfigürasyonları seçiminden kaynaklanan hatalar nedeniyle çok düşük verimlerle çalışmaktadır. Sağlamlık, ucuzluk ve doğrudan yol verme gibi özelliklerinden dolayı pompa uygulamalarında genellikle indüksiyon motorları (İM) tercih edilmektedir. Fakat İM?lerin en büyük sorunu özellikle küçük ve orta güçte düşük enerji verimi ile çalışmalarıdır. Doğrudan yol vermeli sürekli mıknatıslı motorlar (DY-SMSM) yüksek güç yoğunluğuna sahip olmaları sebebiyle verimi yükseltmek adına İM?lere uygun bir alternatiftir. Fakat bu makinalarda doğrudan yol verme esnasında mıknatısların demagnetizasyonu ve en önemlisi doğada nadir bulunan mıknatısların kullanımından kaynaklı yüksek maliyet ve dışa bağımlılık sorunları araştırmacıları bu makinalara yeni bir alternatif arayışı içine itmektedir. Bu doğrultuda hem doğrudan yol verme özelliği hem de mıknatıs içermeyen yapısı ile doğrudan yol vermeli senkron relüktans motorlar (DY-SenRM) İM?lere uygun bir alternatif olarak karşımıza çıkmaktadır. En basit tanımla bu tip motorlar çalışma prensibi bakımından relüktans motor ve İM?nin bir kombinasyonudur. DY-SenRM?de makinanın rotoruna uygun şekilde gömülen rotor barları ile doğrudan yol verme özelliği kazandırılırken, İM?lerin aksine rotor bakır kayıpları sürekli rejimde sıfıra indirilmektedir. Dahası SenRM?ler İM?lere kıyasla daha yüksek güç ve moment yoğunluğuna sahiptir. SenRM?lerin dezavantajlarına bakıldığında düşük güç faktörü ile çalışma ve rotordaki açıklıklardan kaynaklı yapısal entegrasyon problemleri göze çarpmaktadır. Bu problemler tasarım aşamasında iyi incelenip gerekli önlemler alınmalıdır. Gerekli olduğu durumlarda nadir element bulundurmayan mıknatısların kullanımı güç faktörü sorununu ortadan kaldırdığı gibi verimi de artırmaktadır. Bu projede dalgıç pompaları için 4 kW gücünde DY-SenRM tasarımı üzerine çalışılacaktır. Özellikle sulama amaçlı üretilen yer altı pompa sistemlerinde en çok tercih edilen 6 inç çapındaki dalgıç pompalarına uygun, yüksek verimli 4 kW gücünde bir DY-SenRM?nin tasarım optimizasyonunun yapılması ve gerçeklemesi amaçlanmaktadır. Optimizasyon algoritması olarak çoklu amaç diferansiyel evrim algoritması, benzerlerine göre öne çıkan hızlı yakınsama ve doğru sonuçlara ulaşma özellikleri göz önüne alınarak seçilmiştir. Tasarlanacak DY-SenRM?nin geçici rejim performansı, senkronize olabilme yeteneği, senkron çalışma performansı ve boyutu optimizasyonda göz önüne alınacak metriklerdir. Bu çalışmanın başarıyla sonuçlanması ile DY-SenRM?nin sadece pompa uygulamaları değil, diğer sabit hız uygulamalarında da düşük verimli İM?lerin yerini alması; dolayısıyla düşük maliyetli, yüksek verimli motor teknolojisinin yaygın hale gelmesi ön görülmektedir.
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Design and Control of a Single Phase DC/Rectified AC/AC Inverter for Low THD Applications
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2018) Tekgun, Burak; Tekgun, Didem; Alan, İrfan; Badawy, Mohamed O.; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
In this paper, a single phase DC/Rectified AC/AC (DC/RAC/AC) inverter is analyzed and compared to classical single phase PWM inverters. A traditional AC power supply (PS) system consists of a DC/DC converter, a cascaded H-bridge inverter, and a passive filter to generate the sinusoidal output voltage. The presented DC/RAC/AC inverter has a similar structure; however, the control of the cascaded units differ. The presented method generates rectified sine wave at the output of the DC/DC converter unit and the H-bridge inverter alternates the rectified sine wave to generate the full sine wave without having an additional output filter; hence, the switching losses at the H-bridge inverter is limited to the line frequency (50-60 Hz). Moreover, the bulk DC bus capacity at the output of the DC/DC converter is reduced significantly. Therefore, the power consumed by the passive elements are minimized. The circuit modes of operation are analyzed and the system is simulated in Matlab/Simulink environment for both traditional and proposed topologies. Results show that the proposed system is superior to the traditional one in terms of efficiency, generated THD with a simplified control structure, and it offers a reduced system size and cost. © 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
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Effect of the Stator Slot Indents on Fluid Damping Loss in Submersible Pump Applications
(IEEE, 2022) Tekgun, Didem; Cosdu, Muhammed Muhsin; Tekgun, Burak; Alan, Irfan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
In this study, the effect of fluid damping on the performance of a 2-pole, 4-kW line start synchronous reluctance machine (LS-SynRM) with different slot opening structures for submersible water pump applications is investigated. Since the submersible pump motors run inside a fluid-filled environment and the fluid viscosity and density differ from the air, it causes an increased damping effect comparing air-filled machines. Hence, a non-negligible damping loss occurs. In this study, the damping effects of the fluids in a 24 slot LS-SynRM for various stator slot indentations are investigated with computational fluid dynamics (CFD) finite element analysis (FEA) to highlight the importance of the fluid damping loss in flooded machines. Results show that the damping loss can go as high as 10% of the motor output power when the stator surface has indentations, and this loss can be cut down to 3.5 % when the surface indentations are eliminated with custom no-slotting wedge structures.
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FEA Based Fast Topology Optimization Method for Switched Reluctance Machines
(Springer, 2022) Tekgun, Didem; Tekgun, Burak; Alan, Irfan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
In this paper, a finite element analysis (FEA) based fast optimization method to optimize a lightweight in-wheel switched reluctance machine is presented. This method speeds up the switched reluctance machine optimization procedure by running the FEA simulations with single-phase constant current excitations for half electrical cycle and estimating the machine performance metrics using the gathered FEA data. Hence, the machine`s dynamic performance estimation process takes shorter for each design candidate. The optimization algorithm employs designs of experiments (DOE), response surface (RS) analysis method, and differential evolution algorithm (DE). Here, the DOE method is used to reduce the search space by narrowing down the upper and lower boundaries of each design variable based on the RS analysis. Although this process does not guarantee getting the Pareto front, it places the search space close to the actual one. Hence, the multi-objective DE optimization finds the Pareto optimal solution set without requiring a large number of iterations as well as a large number of candidate designs for each iteration. The method is applied to a 24/16 SRM that is intended to be used in a lightweight race car as a hub motor. Six dimensionless geometric variables are optimized to satisfy three objective functions, namely torque ripple, motor mass, and copper loss. While the conventional DE takes at least 3000 candidate designs, the proposed method considers only 559 designs to reach a similar Pareto front. It is observed that the proposed method takes about 6 h 30 min compared to the conventional method that takes 32 h 50 min using the same computer. Therefore, the computation time is reduced almost five times with the proposed method.
Influence of Eccentricity Faults on IPM Motor Equivalent Circuit Characteristics
(IEEE, 2025) Tekgun, Didem; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) machines are preferred in various modern applications due to their high efficiency, compact design, and reliability. They are especially favored in electric vehicle (EV) powertrains but also play a key role in hybrid vehicles, electric motorcycles, industrial automation systems, robotics, and home appliances such as air conditioners and washing machines. Eccentricity is a critical and challenging issue since it causes an unbalanced airgap magnetic flux and forces, eventually resulting in vibration, noise, and a higher likelihood of motor malfunction over time. This study investigates the effects of eccentricity faults on the motor's magnetic flux density and corresponding equivalent circuit parameters through Finite Element Analysis (FEA). The results show that the two types of eccentricity, static and dynamic, produce noticeable variations in the airgap magnetic flux as well as in key equivalent circuit parameters. Specific equivalent circuit parameters are particularly sensitive to different eccentricity faults, making them key indicators for early fault detection.
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Investigating the Role of Stator Slot Indents in Minimizing Flooded Motor Fluid Damping Loss
(MDPI, 2023) Tekgun, Didem; Tekgun, Burak; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
This research examines how fluid damping loss affects the operation of a two-pole, 5.5 HP (4 kW) induction machine (IM) within the context of different slot opening configurations developed for downhole water pump applications. Since these motors operate with their cavities filled with fluid, the variations in fluid viscosity and density, compared to air, result in the occurrence of damping losses. Furthermore, this loss can be attributed to the motor's stator and rotor surface geometry, as the liquid within the motor cavity moves unrestrictedly within the motor housing. This study involves the examination of the damping loss in a 24-slot IM under different stator slot indentations. The investigation utilizes computational fluid dynamics (CFD) finite element analysis (FEA) and is subsequently validated through experiments. The aim of this work is to emphasize the significance of fluid damping loss in submerged machines. Results reveal that the damping loss exceeds 8% of the motor output power when the stator surface has indentations, and it diminishes to 3.2% of the output power when a custom wedge structure is employed to eliminate these surface indentations.
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Investigating the Tradeoff Between the MMF Distortion and End Turn Length of a 2-Pole Line Start SynRM Performance
(Springer int Publ Ag, 2023) Tekgun, Didem; Cosdu, Muhammed M.; Tekgun, Burak; Alan, Irfan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
Conventional 2-pole AC machine windings have long end windings and generate harmonics, which increase losses and reduce torque density. This study investigates the performance tradeoff between the level of distortion (THD) in winding magneto-motive force (MMF) and end turn length on a 2-pole line start Synchronous Reluctance Machine (LS-SynRM) machine. A two-stage approach is used, winding and geometry optimization. Various multilayer winding configurations having unevenly distributed number of turns are investigated. First, the percentage of the turns in a coil group is optimized for minimum harmonics and end turn length for all structures. Second, geometric optimization is performed on selected winding configurations. Sixteen different configurations are optimized, and Pareto optimal solutions are obtained. Later, these solutions are graded with a new score-based assessment method to quantify the quality of the results. It is concluded that the designs having lower THD in winding MMF perform better than the designs with shorter end turns in terms of efficiency and torque density.
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Investigation of the Effects of Multi-Layer Winding Structures in Two Pole Synchronous Reluctance Machines
(IEEE, 2021) Tekgun, Didem; Cosdu, Muhammed Muhsin; Tekgun, Burak; Alan, Irfan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
In this paper, a comparative study is performed between single, various double, and triple-layer winding structures to investigate the effects of the winding MMF harmonics and end winding length on the two-pole synchronous reluctance machines (SynRM). A two-step design approach is used including winding and geometry optimization using multi-objective differential evolution (MODE) algorithm. In the first stage, a Pareto front is obtained which determines the number of turns for each coil group for all winding configurations. Later in the second stage, three results are selected from the first stage to perform a geometric optimization to distinguish the effects of the THD and end winding length on the synchronous performance of a 4 kW two-pole SynRM. For the same average torque output, efficiency, mass, and the torque ripple of the selected designs are investigated and compared. Based on the analysis, it is concluded that rather than focusing on shortening the end winding length, reducing the MMF harmonics have a more positive effect on the machine performance as reduced harmonics resulted in efficiency improvement up to 2 points and torque ripple is reduced up to 8 points while having similar motor mass.
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Modified Induction Machine Equivalent Circuit Including Solid Shaft Eddy Currents
(MDPI, 2023) Tekgun, Didem; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
The shaft eddy currents cause a significant saturation in two-pole induction machines (IMs) as they generate an opposing field and repulse the main flux, thus tightening the flux path. This results in inaccurate performance estimations with the magnetizing inductance measured in no-load conditions when the machine is loaded. This article presents a modified IM equivalent circuit considering the rotor back iron saturation effects caused by the solid shaft eddy currents using experimental measurements and recursive parameter estimation techniques. The classical equivalent circuit (CEC) parameters are determined with the standard test techniques followed by the parameter estimation of the newly introduced modified equivalent circuit (MEC) parameters. The proposed modified equivalent circuit is benchmarked with CEC and finite element analysis (FEA) simulations with and without considering eddy effects. The proposed MEC model and the FEA that consider eddy effects performed better than the other models and yielded a negligibly small error over a wide range of loading conditions. Compared to the FEA, the proposed MEC estimates the IM performance much faster, which makes it more appealing for IM performance estimations.
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A Modular Three-Phase Buck-Boost Motor Drive Topology
(IEEE, 2020) Tekgun, Didem; Tekgun, Burak; Alan, Irfan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
The voltage-source inverter (VSI) is a fundamental power electronic device to drive three-phase electrical machines with high performance. In this paper, a modular three-phase DC/Rectified AC/AC (DC/RAC/AC) inverter supplying a permanent-magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) is proposed. In this topology, the three-phase VSI is composed of three single-phase modules connected in parallel. Each single-phase inverter module consists of a non-inverting bidirectional buck-boost DC/DC converter and a cascaded H-bridge inverter. Here, the DC/DC converter generates rectified AC waveforms and the H-bridge inverter alternates these signals to create the intended AC voltage waveform. Therefore, the bulk DC Bus capacitor and boost converter inductor, which exist in a typical battery-powered voltage boosting topology can be eliminated which results in a smaller size and reduced cost. In addition, the switching losses only occur in the DC/DC converter unit and the H-bridge inverter switching losses are negligible due to the zero-voltage switching while in a conventional structure, high-frequency switching occurs both in the DC/DC converter and the six-switch inverter causing reduced overall system efficiency. The proposed inverter is controlled with a well-known field-oriented control (FOC). This paper presents the operating principle, design, and control structure of the proposed three-phase inverter. The functionality of the three-phase inverter is verified through PowerSim simulations. The proposed motor drive system is compared to the conventional one while driving a 4 kW PMSM with FOC and the whole system efficiency difference map is generated. The biggest difference is recorded as 3.8 points favoring the proposed system.
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A Multi-Functional Quasi-Single Stage Bi-Directional Charger Topology for Electric Vehicles
(Elsevier, 2024) Tekgun, Burak; Tekgun, Didem; Alan, Irfan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
In this paper, a multi-functional quasi-single stage, bi-directional electric vehicle charger topology is proposed to realize high efficiency power conversion in all AC/DC, DC/DC, and DC/AC forms. The proposed circuitry includes a noninverting buck boost converter (NBB) and an H-bridge inverter. The NBB converter generates the desired output voltage waveform in the rectified form then the inverter unfolds the waveform to the AC waveform. The advantages of this circuit are the reduced losses due to the high frequency switching only occurring at the NBB converter and passive element sizes are smaller leading to reduced losses and cost. The proposed charger is designed for 2 kVA rating and simulated for all vehicle, grid, and another vehicle interaction modes. Then the circuit is experimentally tested and is validated that the proposed circuit can operate in all three modes at a wide range of loading and power factor conditions with over 92% efficiency.
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A New Oval Shaft, High Performance, 2 Pole Line Start Synchronous Reluctance Machine for Submersible Pump Applications
(Ios Press, 2022) Tekgun, Didem; Alan, Irfan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
In this paper, a 2 pole, 4 kW, 6 inches diameter line start synchronous reluctance machine (LS-SynRM) as a submersible water pump motor is designed and optimized with a new oval shaft structure. The aim is to improve the machine performance by widening the flux path on the rotor via narrowing down the shaft on the q-axis. This way a wider d-axis flux path is obtained, and accordingly, the d-axis inductance, the saliency ratio L-d/L-q, and the inductance difference L-d-L-q are increased. First, a set of structural analyses is carried out on a 7-flux barrier rotor in 3 stages: modal, harmonic, and static structural analyses. According to analysis results, the safe limit for the shaft size reduction is determined as 8 mm to avoid excessive deformations and undesired vibrations due to resonance. Later, the machine is optimized using Multi-Objective Differential Evolution (MODE) algorithm with a narrower shaft. The quality of the Pareto front solutions shows that the oval shaft machine is superior to the circular shaft machine in terms of efficiency, motor mass, and torque ripple. The maximum recorded efficiency improvement for the same size LS-SynRM is 4 points and the same size commercial induction machine is around 20 points.
Power Factor Improvement of a Permanent-Magnet Vernier Machine with Harmonic Injected Excitation Currents
(IEEE, 2025) Karatepe, Hasan Can; Tekgun, Didem; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
Permanent-magnet vernier machines (PMVM) are recognized for their high torque density but low power factor (PF) due to high inductive reactance. This paper presents a method for improving the PF of a PMVM by injecting additional harmonics into the excitation currents. This injection is done through the motor drive, unlike many proposed methods for enhancing PF, thus eliminating any modifications needed on the machine's geometric design. In this paper, different sets of harmonic injected currents are fed to a 14-rotor pole 12-slot PMVM with short-pitched coils on Finite Element Analysis (FEA) to demonstrate the effects of individual and combined harmonic currents. Corresponding performance characteristics of each simulation case, such as PF and torque density, are investigated. Simulation results indicate that PF can be improved by the proposed method of harmonic current injection. A comparison with a similarly sized permanent-magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) is made to demonstrate that the proposed method can be an alternative to widely used PMSMs.
Structural Integrity Analysis of a Two-Pole Synchronous Reluctance Machine With Non-Circular Shaft
(IEEE, 2023) Tekgun, Didem; Tekgun, Burak; Alan, Irfan; 01. Abdullah Gül University; 02. Mühendislik Fakültesi; 02.05. Elektrik & Elektronik Mühendisliği
This paper investigates the structural strength of a 6-inch diameter, two-pole, 4 kW line start synchronous reluctance machine (LS-SynRM) designed with a new non-circular shaft structure that serves as a pump motor. Flux paths on the rotor are widened while narrowing down the shaft of the motor on the q- axis to improve the motor efficiency. By using this method, a wider path is created for the flux in the d-axis. As a result, the inductance in the d-axis, the ratio of inductance between the d-axis and q-axis (referred to as saliency ratio), and the difference in inductance between the d-axis and q-axis are all amplified. To evaluate the structural strength of the machine, a series of analyses are conducted, including modal, harmonic, and static examination on the rotor using ANSYS Structural. The findings indicate that to prevent redundant deformations and undesirable vibrations because of resonance, the maximum safe limit for shaft size reduction is determined as 8 mm.