Double stator switched reluctance rotating machine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9647520-B2
Application number	US-201514746578-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2015
Priority date	Jan 10, 2013
Publication date	May 9, 2017
Grant date	May 9, 2017

Abstract

A double stator switched reluctance rotating machine includes an annular rotor, an outer stator that is disposed outside the rotor, and an inner stator that is disposed inside the rotor, and has a structure in which the outer and inner stators are connected to each other in parallel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A double stator switched reluctance rotating machine comprising:
an annular rotor;
an outer stator that is disposed outside the rotor; and
an inner stator that is disposed inside the rotor,
wherein the outer and inner stators are connected to each other in parallel, and a magnetomotive force of the inner stator is smaller than a magnetomotive force of the outer stator.

2. The double stator switched reluctance rotating machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein the number of phases of the outer stator is the same as the number of phases of the inner stator, and coils, which have phases corresponding to each other, are connected to each other in parallel.

3. The double stator switched reluctance rotating machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
conduction modes that include some or all of a first mode in which a current flows in only the inner stator, a second mode in which a current flows in only the outer stator, and a third mode in which a current flows in both the outer and inner stators, and a switch that switches the conduction modes.

4. The double stator switched reluctance rotating machine according to claim 3 , further comprising:
current measuring member configured to measure currents flowing in winding wires, which have phases corresponding to each other, of the outer and inner stators; and
current control member configured to perform current control corresponding to each of the conduction modes on the basis of measurement results of the current measuring member.

5. The double stator switched reluctance rotating machine according to claim 4 , further comprising:
an inverter that includes a parallel circuit connecting the winding wires, which have phases corresponding to each other, of the outer and inner stators in parallel,
wherein the current measuring member includes a first ammeter that measures a current flowing in the winding wire of the outer stator in the parallel circuit, and a second ammeter that measures a current flowing in the winding wire of the inner stator in the parallel circuit.

6. The double stator switched reluctance rotating machine according to claim 4 , further comprising:
an inverter that includes a parallel circuit connecting the winding wires, which have phases corresponding to each other, of the outer and inner stators in parallel,
wherein the current measuring member includes a first ammeter that measures a current flowing in the winding wire of the outer stator in the parallel circuit, and a second ammeter that measures an input current or an output current of the parallel circuit, and
the current control member obtains a current, which flows in the winding wire of the inner stator, from a difference between measurement results of the first and second ammeters.

7. The double stator switched reluctance rotating machine according to claim 4 , further comprising:
an inverter that includes a parallel circuit connecting the winding wires, which have phases corresponding to each other, of the outer and inner stators in parallel,
wherein the current measuring member includes a first ammeter that measures a current flowing in the winding wire of the inner stator in the parallel circuit, and a second ammeter that measures an input current or an output current of the parallel circuit, and
the current control member obtains a current, which flows in the winding wire of the outer stator, from a difference between measurement results of the first and second ammeters.

8. The double stator switched reluctance rotating machine according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a power converter including
a parallel circuit that connects the winding wires, which have phases corresponding to each other, of the outer and inner stators in parallel, and
switching elements that are provided on input and output sides of the winding wires and are driven so as to convert power,

wherein the power converter includes the switching elements of the input or output side on the winding wires of the outer and inner stators of the parallel circuit as the switches.

9. The double stator switched reluctance rotating machine according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a control device that switches the conduction mode according to a rotational load of the rotor.

10. The double stator switched reluctance rotating machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein a yoke portion of the rotor has a thickness corresponding to magnetic characteristics of the outer and inner stators.

Assignees

• Ihi Corp

Inventors

• Tojima Narifumi
• Jikumaru Takehiro
• Handa Norihisa
• Hirao Toshiyuki

Classifications

• H02P25/092

  Converters specially adapted for controlling reluctance motors · CPC title

• H02P25/18

  with arrangements for switching the windings, e.g. with mechanical switches or relays · CPC title

• H02K16/04 Primary

  Machines with one rotor and two stators · CPC title

• H02P25/22

  Multiple windings; Windings for more than three phases · CPC title

• H02K1/246

  Variable reluctance rotors · CPC title