Performance of Twin-Rotor DC Homopolar Motor Zhiwei Wang

A new concept of dual-rotor motor with counter-rotating propeller increases the efficiency of the ship propulsion used in marine industry. This concept can be realized by twin-rotor permanent magnet homopolar disc motor, which is the object of this work. The objectives of this work are to determine the motor electromechanical parameters applying a 3-D FEM modeling and to analyze the motor performance in steady-state and dynamic conditions. From the analysis, the following conclusions were deduced: - To produce the relatively high electromagnetic torque a very high currents have to be supplied to the rotor aluminum discs what is the major deficiency of the motor - The currents are distributed non-uniformly in the disc what makes the electromagnetic torque smaller. To improve this, more brushes should be applied around the disc periphery. - The proposed construction of the motor allows one rotor disc to rotate in direction opposite to the rotation of other rotor disc.... Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Performance of Twin-Rotor DC Homopolar Motor (Zhiwei Wang)