A Controllable Power Distribution Strategy for Open Winding Hybrid Excitation Generator System

The open winding permanent magnet generator system is suitable for applications such as renewable energy power generation systems with multiple power sources, due to its high power density, relatively few power switches, and high degree of integration. However, for this system, it is difficult to quantitatively control the power distribution between different energy sources. In this paper, an open winding hybrid excitation generator system is presented, and for this system, a controllable power distribution strategy is investigated. In the proposed strategy, the excitation current is regulated according to the error in the current loop of the auxiliary energy source, which can achieve the regulation of the output power of the generator and finally realize the power quantitative control of the auxiliary energy source. Then, the topologies of the hybrid excitation machine are analyzed and chosen with emphasize on the influence of the flux regulation capability on the control capability of system power distribution. The experiments are carried out on a parallel hybrid excitation flux-switching (PHEFS) generator system, and the results verify the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed controllable power distribution strategy and the power distribution capability of the PHEFS generator.