Design and Implementation of Claw Pole Alternator for Aircraft Application
Keywords:
Claw pole alternator, electromagnetic analysis, finite element method, Light Combat AircraftAbstract
Nowadays most of the countries develop special aircraft and utilize them for defense applications. This paper deals with the modeling, simulation, and implementation of the Claw pole synchronous generator. The design specifications of the designed generators are compatible for aircraft applications. The main objective of this work was to estimate and test the performance of the claw pole alternator under high speed operation. The electromagnetic design of the machine was carried out using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software. The performance of the machine was tested under laboratory environment. The results of experimentation were compared with those of simulation and proved.
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