Losses and efficiency in alternate switched‐flux permanent magnet machines
ISSN: 0332-1649
Article publication date: 1 January 2012
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to compare the performance of conventional, novel E‐ and C‐core switched‐flux permanent magnet (SFPM) machines having different combinations of stator and rotor pole numbers, with particular reference to the conductor and magnet eddy current loss and iron loss.
Design/methodology/approach
The electromagnetic performance of the analysed machines is compared using the finite element (FE) analysis.
Findings
Both iron and conductor eddy current losses increase with the rotor pole number, while the 11‐ and 13‐rotor pole machine always exhibit lower magnet eddy current loss than those of the 10‐ and 14‐rotor pole machines, respectively. The E‐ and C‐core machines use half the number and volume of magnets and also exhibit higher efficiency than those of the conventional SFPM machine.
Originality/value
Investigation of the influence of stator and rotor pole combinations on the performances of conventional, novel E‐ and C‐core SFPM machines, include losses and efficiency.
Keywords
Citation
Chen, J.T. and Zhu, Z.Q. (2012), "Losses and efficiency in alternate switched‐flux permanent magnet machines", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 31 No. 1, pp. 54-70. https://doi.org/10.1108/03321641211184823
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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