Brush

Model considering voltage drop of carbon brushes

    Brush

Library

Modelica/Electrical/Machines/Losses/DCMachines

Description

Model of voltage drop and losses of carbon brushes. For currents between -ILinear and ILinear the voltage drop shows a linear behavior as depicted in Fig. 1. For positive currents greater or equal than ILinear the voltage drop equals V. For negative currents less or equal than -ILinear the voltage drop equals -V.

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Fig. 1: Model of voltage drop of carbon brushes

Note:

The voltage drop v is the total voltage drop of all series connected brushes.

See also

BrushParameters

If it is desired to neglect brush losses, set brushParameters.V = 0 (this is the default).

Parameters

Brush_0

NameLabelDescriptionData TypeValid Values

mo_brushParameters

brushParameters

Brush loss parameters

FromModelica('Modelica.Electrical.Machines.Losses.BrushParameters')

mo_useHeatPort

useHeatPort

=true, if heatPort is enabled

Number

0
1

Brush_1

NameLabelDescriptionData TypeValid Values

mo__nmodifiers

Number of Modifiers

Specifies the number of modifiers

Number

mo__modifiers

Modifiers

Add new modifier

Structure

mo__modifiers/varname

Variable name

Cell of strings

'v'
'i'
'lossPower'

mo__modifiers/attribute

Attribute

Cell of strings

'start'
'fixed'

mo__modifiers/value

Value

Ports

NameTypeDescriptionIO TypeNumber

p

implicit

Positive electrical pin

input

1

n

implicit

Negative electrical pin

output

1

Port 3

implicit

Optional port to which dissipated losses are transported in form of heat

input

mo_useHeatPort

See Also