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In this paper, a permeance model that can be employed to estimate the no-load damper current loss and voltage waveform harmonics in large hydrogenerators is presented. The importance of modeling the damper magnetomotive force and inductances correctly is emphasized, and detailed descriptions are presented. The computed harmonics are compared with values obtained from time-stepped finite-element calculations and measured data. The results are in good agreement. The influence of pole-topole damper bar connections, and of the number of damper bars on the voltage waveform, is explained.

Electrical machines with contra-rotating rotors find applications in directdrive energy conversion systems and in ship propulsion systems that employ hydraulic machinery with two contra-rotating stages. In this article, the operating characteristics of permanent magnet machines with two contra-rotating rotors moving on opposite sides of a common stator core are studied via two-dimensional finite element analysis. Particular attention is devoted to the special flux distortion patterns that arise in contra-rotating machine topologies. The study suggests that the introduction of a screening iron core between the rotors provides for negligible flux distortion levels during contra-rotating synchronous operation of the two rotors.

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