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Title: Extended cage adjustable speed electric motors and drive packages

Patent ·
OSTI ID:335487

The rotor cage of a motor is extended, a second stator is coupled to this extended rotor cage, and the windings have the same number of poles. The motor torque and speed can be controlled by either injecting energy into or extracting energy out from the rotor cage. The motor produces less harmonics than existing doubly-fed motors. Consequently, a new type of low cost, high efficiency drive is produced. 12 figs.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
Assignee:
Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corp., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,886,445/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-887,019
OSTI ID:
335487
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 23 Mar 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

Design of a brushless doubly-fed induction motor for adjustable speed drive applications conference October 1996