TY - GEN
T1 - A comparative study of conventional and coreless axial flux permanent magnet synchronous motors for solar cars
AU - Taran, Narges
AU - Rallabandi, Vandana
AU - Heins, Greg
AU - Ionel, Dan M.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/8/3
Y1 - 2017/8/3
N2 - Axial Flux Permanent Magnet (AFPM) motors are suitable options for solar powered vehicles due to their compact structure and high torque density. Furthermore, in NS-Type APFM machines, the magnetic stator core may be eliminated, which simplifies the manufacturing and assembly. This paper examines two different machine designs for use in the solar powered vehicle of the challenger class-a single rotor, single stator conventional AFPM machine, and a coreless AFPM machine with multiple stator and rotor discs. The conventional AFPM machine is designed for a one-wheel drive application, while the coreless one is intended for use in a vehicle with two driving wheels. Response surface methodology (RSM) is utilized to select among several hundreds of candidates, in both cases, the designs with minimum losses and mass while meeting the torque requirement. The performance of the selected designs have been studied via 3D finite element analysis (FEA).
AB - Axial Flux Permanent Magnet (AFPM) motors are suitable options for solar powered vehicles due to their compact structure and high torque density. Furthermore, in NS-Type APFM machines, the magnetic stator core may be eliminated, which simplifies the manufacturing and assembly. This paper examines two different machine designs for use in the solar powered vehicle of the challenger class-a single rotor, single stator conventional AFPM machine, and a coreless AFPM machine with multiple stator and rotor discs. The conventional AFPM machine is designed for a one-wheel drive application, while the coreless one is intended for use in a vehicle with two driving wheels. Response surface methodology (RSM) is utilized to select among several hundreds of candidates, in both cases, the designs with minimum losses and mass while meeting the torque requirement. The performance of the selected designs have been studied via 3D finite element analysis (FEA).
KW - Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machines
KW - Coreless Permanent Magnet Motor
KW - Design of Experiments
KW - Finite Element Analysis
KW - Response Surface Methodology
KW - Solar Powered Electric Vehicles
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85030328092&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IEMDC.2017.8002407
DO - 10.1109/IEMDC.2017.8002407
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85030328092
T3 - 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, IEMDC 2017
BT - 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, IEMDC 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2017 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, IEMDC 2017
Y2 - 21 May 2017 through 24 May 2017
ER -
