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Electrical and Computer Engineering

University of Kentucky

2020

Rotors

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Design Optimization And Comparison Of Direct-Drive Outer-Rotor Srms Based On Fast Current Profile Estimation And Transient Fea, Vandana Rallabandi, Peng Han, Jie Wu, Aaron M. Cramer, Dan M. Ionel, Ping Zhou Oct 2020

Design Optimization And Comparison Of Direct-Drive Outer-Rotor Srms Based On Fast Current Profile Estimation And Transient Fea, Vandana Rallabandi, Peng Han, Jie Wu, Aaron M. Cramer, Dan M. Ionel, Ping Zhou

Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky Faculty Publications

Outer-rotor switched reluctance machines (SRMs) have drawn much attention as promising candidates for in-wheel direct-drive motors of future electric vehicles. This article presents a systematic performance comparison of three outer-rotor SRM topologies for in-wheel traction applications in terms of the specific torque, electromagnetic efficiency, torque ripple, radial force, and mechanical aspects. A generalized design optimization framework for SRMs is proposed to enable the fast evaluation of large numbers of designs generated from the differential evolution by incorporating an analytical current profile estimation into the transient finite element analysis. The relationship between the saliency ratio and converter volt-ampere rating is also …


Optimal Study Of A High Specific Torque Vernier-Type Axial-Flux Pm Machine With Two Different Stators And A Single Winding, Murat G. Kesgin, Peng Han, Narges Taran, Dan M. Ionel Oct 2020

Optimal Study Of A High Specific Torque Vernier-Type Axial-Flux Pm Machine With Two Different Stators And A Single Winding, Murat G. Kesgin, Peng Han, Narges Taran, Dan M. Ionel

Power and Energy Institute of Kentucky Faculty Publications

This paper presents the optimal study of a verniertype axial-flux permanent-magnet (AFPM) machine, which has a high-polarity spoke-type PM rotor, a wound stator with a low number of coils, and a profiled stator. Both stators have profiled teeth to enhance the magnetic interaction between the rotor PM array and stator windings for torque production. Compared to the topology with two wound stators, the studied one has a smaller total axial length and is expected more suitable for applications where the space is limited in axial direction. Both topologies are optimized through 3-dimensional (3D) finite element analysis (FEA) by the combined …