Test benches

The test bench presented on this page, are part of the platform “Conversion” at Ampère Lab.

Electrical machines benches

Synchronous Reluctance Machine
Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Generator
Rapid Control Prototyping on industrial targets

Synchronous Reluctance Machine

Synchronous reluctance machines have seen renewed interest in recent years due to the absence of permanent magnets (usually neodymium magnets) and the consequent reduction in the use of rare earths in these electrical machines.

Some current research issues:

Modeling of remanent magnetization.
Consideration of magnetic saturation in electro-magnetic torque generation.
Joint design of the machine and its control system.

Publications :

Romain Delpoux, Thomas Huguet, Federico Bribiesca Argomedo, Loïc Queval, Jean-Yves Gauthier, et al.. Finite element dq-model for MTPA flux control of Synchronous Reluctance Motor (SynRM). 32nd International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE 2023), Jun 2023, Helsinki, Finland. ⟨hal-04086999v2⟩
L. Schuller, J. -Y. Gauthier, R. Delpoux and X. Brun, “Dynamical Model of Residual Magnetism for Synchronous Reluctance Machine Control,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 69, no. 11, pp. 10926-10934, Nov. 2022, doi: 10.1109/TIE.2021.3127050.
Laurent Schuller, Jean-Yves Gauthier, Romain Delpoux, Xavier Brun. A starting from zero DC voltage build-up procedure for a magnet-free synchronous reluctance generator in reduced speed operation. Electrimacs 2022, May 2022, Nancy, France. ⟨hal-03594082⟩
L. Schuller, R. Delpoux, J. -Y. Gauthier and X. Brun, “Voltage Control Based on a Non-Linear Load Observer for Synchronous Reluctance Generator,” 2022 European Control Conference (ECC), London, United Kingdom, 2022, pp. 1024-1030, doi: 10.23919/ECC55457.2022.9838259.
L. Schuller, R. Delpoux, J. -Y. Gauthier and X. Brun, “Online Estimation and Compensation of Back-Electromotive Forces for Synchronous Reluctance Machine,” IECON 2021 – 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Toronto, ON, Canada, 2021, pp. 1-6, doi: 10.1109/IECON48115.2021.9589041.

Technical specifications:

Synchronous Reluctance machine: MSRV Bonfiglioli BSR90LE154055FB5

Nominal caracteristics
Nominal Power	1,5 kW
Nominal Speed	1500 rpm
Nominal Torque	9,5 Nm
Nominal current	4,1 A
Nominal Voltage	400 V (Y)
Load motor	PMSM Leroy-Somer 95UMC300HAAAA

Inverter : IGBT, 600VDC, 10A