Research Article

Hybrid Swarm Algorithms for Parameter Identification of an Actuator Model in an Electrical Machine

Table 1

Parameters in the electromechanical model.

ParameterUnitExplanation

𝑅 𝑐 The resistance of the control winding.
𝐿 𝑐 mHThe inductance of the control winding.
𝑘 𝑐 𝐵 1 N/(A m)The eccentricity coupling factor of the control winding multiplied with the complex conjugate of the first air-gap field harmonic [34].
𝑀 𝑟 , 𝑐 , 2 𝑀 𝑐 , 𝑟 , 2 mHMutual inductance of rotor cage and control winding multiplied by itself and divided by rotor cage inductance of four-pole harmonic ( 𝑀 𝑐 , 𝑟 , 2 𝑀 𝑐 , 𝑟 , 2 / 𝐿 𝑟 , 2 ) .
𝛾 𝑟 , 2 1/s 𝑅 𝑟 , 2 𝑀 𝑐 , 𝑟 , 2 / 𝐿 𝑟 , 2 , where 𝑅 𝑟 , 2 is the rotor cage resistant of 4-pole harmonic.
𝑋 𝑐 , 𝜖 , 2 𝐵 1 Wb/mThe eccentricity coupling factor of control winding multiplied with first air-gap field harmonic.
𝛼 T 2 A coefficient related to the unbalanced magnetic pull towards the shortest air-gap (gap between stator and rotor) [33].
𝑘 𝑟 , 2 𝐵 1 / 𝑀 𝑟 , 𝑐 , 2 N/(m Wb)The coupling factor of rotor cage multiplied with the complex conjugate of the first air-gap field harmonic and divided by rotor cage inductance of four-pole harmonic.
𝑋 𝑟 , 𝜖 , 2 𝐵 1 / 𝑀 𝑟 , 𝑐 , 2 Wb/mThe eccentricity coupling factor of rotor cage four-pole harmonic multiplied with the first air-gap field harmonic and divided by rotor cage inductance of four-pole harmonic.