Modern Hybrid Excited Electric Machines

Abstract

The paper deals with the overview of different designs of hybrid excited electrical machines, i.e., those with conventional permanent magnets excitation and additional DC-powered electromagnetic systems in the excitation circuit. The paper presents the most common topologies for this type of machines found in the literature—they were divided according to their electrical, mechanical and thermal properties. Against this background, the designs of hybrid excited machines that were the subject of scientific research of the authors are presented.

Keywords

• permanent magnet machines
• hybrid excitation
• electric vehicles
• wind power generator
• finite element methods
• variable speed machines