Power- and machine-electronics 1914-1966 Citation for published version (APA): Wyk, van, J. D. (1966). Power- and machine-electronics 1914-1966: a selected bibliography and review on the electronic control of electrical machines. South African Institute of Electrical Engineers. Document status and date: Published: 01/01/1966 Document Version: Publisher’s PDF, also known as Version of Record (includes final page, issue and volume numbers) Please check the document version of this publication: • A submitted manuscript is the version of the article upon submission and before peer-review. There can be important differences between the submitted version and the official published version of record. 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University, Eindhoven, Netherlands, and at present with the Group on Automation, The South African Iron and Steel lndustrial Corporation, Ltd., Vanderbijlpark. 85 pages: 21 x 27 cm, 1 099 items entered, 20 figures. This bibliography has been compiled by the author in the course of several years of research work at the Technological University Eindhoven, Netherlands. The purpose was to collect the relevant information from all available sourees published from the turn of the century to 1966. A second volume covering the literature from 1966 to 1970 is in preparation. Brief summary of contents: Historica! notes and evaluation. Classification of the fields of power-electranies and machine-electronics. List of journals cited in the bibliography. Bi bliog ra ph i cal i nformation, classified systematically. Alphabetical author index. The bibliographical information has been arranged chronologically within each defined systematic class. This facilitates retrieval and gives an indication of the subject development. Copies of the Bibliography can be obtained from the lnstitute at the above address. Price: R4.00 per copy postage paid. Remittances to be in South African Currency. IN CE 28058 11/70 THE SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS P.O. BOX 61019 KELVIN HOUSE MARSHALLTOWN 2, HOLLAAD STREET TRANSVAAL JOHANNESBURG REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA TRANSVAAL REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA POWER· AND MACHINE· ELECTRONlOS 1914 -1966 A selected bibliography and review on the electronic control of electrica/ machines By J. D. Van Wyk* * Formerly with the Group on Electromechanical Energy Conversion, Technological University Eindhoven, Netherlands, and at present with the Group on Automation, lscor, Vanderbylpark. CONTENTS 1 Summary 5 2 lntroductory remarks 5 3 Historical notes 5 4 Classification of the fields of power electranies and machine- electranies 16 5 Practical comments concerning the bibliography . 19 6 Bibliography 6.0 List of Journals 22 6.1 General published work 25 6.2 Power electronic frequency changers 29 6.3 PEREM-systems or machine electronic systems 6.3.1 Group I systems (Frequency changers in combination with induction and synchronous machines) 48 6.3.2 Group 11 systems. (a) Rotor regulated induction machines . 54 (b) Voltage regulated machines 55 6.4 Semiconductor power switches 63 6.5 Alphabetical list of authors 76 7 Acknowledgement . 85 1 SUMMARY in 1896 in the work of Görges1 where he reports This work contains a bibliography concerning on the first observations concerning the Görges• power electranies and machine-electranies or phenomenon. PEREM-systems. In a short historica! introduetion The methods of achieving this much sought some aspects of the development of electronic after result by using power-electranies farms the power switches, circuits and some electrical basis of this study. Apart trom these solutions, machine regulation systems are outlined. however, the years have presented a rich array of methods to change the torque-speed relationship. In this way the history of the mercury-arc ree­ An interesting and comprehensive survey has been tifier and the thyristor is traced. lt is attempted to 2 presented by Laithwaite , indicating the extent of ascertain the origin of the idea of building an the demand tor simple variabie speed drives. inverter, of using it tor electrical machine control, of electronic choppers, of electronic voltage regu­ When the study of the subject of machine­ lation of electronic machines and of electronic electranies was cammeneed by the author no rotor controL bibliography on this subject could be found. This resulted in the present work. The bibliography Classification of the fields of power and mac­ does nat pretend to be comprehensive. The extent hine electranies is discussed briefly, and some of the technical-scientific literature at present is practical comments on the bibliography given. such as to almast exclude the possibility of one person compiling a comprehensive bibliography in the span of a tew years. The work does, how­ 2 INTRODUCTORY REMAAKS ever, pretend to present the growth of the subject. Rotating electrical machines have a relatively long history compared to some other branches of 3 HlSTORICAL NOTES electrical engineering. For the duration of this historica! development schemes have been de­ 3.0 General remarks. vised to change the relationship between torque 3.1 The development of the different switching delivered by, and mechanica! speed of, a par­ devices. ticular machine. The relationship between these two mechanica! variables of the machine, being 3.2 Power electronic frequency changers. determined by the electrical parameters of the machine, the parameters of the supply and the 3.3 The development of machine electronics. type of machine, is of a predestined farm tor a 3.3.1 Electronic commutators. specific machine operating trom one of the nor­ 3.3.2 Rotor control of induction machines. mally available supplies. The motivation tor the above mentioned search has been the tact that the 3.3.3 Voltage control of machines by power requirements of the driven loads will nat always electron i es. match the predestined relationship between torque and speed. Practical execution of the 3.0 General remarks theoretica! schemes suggested to achieve this end did nat always follow so easily and the eventual The history of the control of electrical machines widespread practical application of the solutions by switching devices appears to consist of alter­ to the problem was in many instances prevented nating periods of supremacy of mechanica! and by the intricate combination of economics, static (gaseous or solid-state) switches. reliability, efficiency, power factor, speed range, regulation, simplicity, ease of control and main­ The aidest known switch used in the control tenance, power-to-weight ratio, obsoleteness of electrical machines is the mechanica! commu­ and the many other factors determining the prac­ tator. Subsequently the gaseaus valves showed tical future of a salution to a problem in promise tor generating the switching functions engineering practice. necessary to control machines. These devices had some disadvantages and at a time it appeared During this development it is interesting to that the mechanica! metallic rectifier (a modified note the interest stimulated by every new device commutator!) was the future promise. Almast showing promise tor the control of electrical simultaneously it was succeeded by a device machines. The enthusiasm with which the search developing in parallel-the transductor or mag­ tor changing the torque-speed relationship has netic amplifier. The era of the semiconductor always been persecuted may be experienced even switches then dawned-an era trom which we, 5 being still concerned in its development, are able 1889 Fleming investigated the property of uni­ to derive but little historica! perspective. lateral conductivity of the electric are in air, while between 1894 and 1898 Sahulka described the Numerous works have been published and results