Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0348022
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Design and Control of Sensorless, Brushless, Linear Permanent Magnet Motors for Fluid Pumping. Many machines require reciprocating motion and achieve it by mechanical conversion of rotary motion. In particular, pistons for liquid pumping and gas compression are usually driven by a crank on a rotary electric motor. Driving the piston directly by a linear motor eliminates the cost, weight, inefficiency and wear of the mechanical conversion. This project will design, construct and test high efficiency, tubular, linear permanent magnet motors for fluid pumping. Further, an intelligent electronic controller will be developed to control the motor speed and reversals without sensors in the motor. Initial applications will be solar powered water pumping and purification.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 03-2003
End Date: 12-2005
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $250,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Electrical and Electronic Engineering | Neural Networks, Genetic Alogrithms And Fuzzy Logic | Other Electronic Engineering | Electrical Engineering
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Conservation and efficiency | Residential and commercial | Appliances and electrical machinery and equipment |
