Abstract
Permanent magnet motors and induction motors are used in many electric vehicles (EVs) and synchronous reluctance motors have been used in some experimental EVs. However, none of them meet all the objectives of high efficiency, high power density, and low cost. In this paper, a dual-rotor motor (DRM) is proposed with potential application in EVs. The proposed motor is a proof of concept and is unique because it uses a synchronous and an asynchronous rotor. A conceptual analysis and mechanical configuration of this motor are presented in this paper, and the experimental demonstration of its working principle is also presented. The preliminary results, presented in this paper, show that a DRM with two different rotor types (synchronous and asynchronous) is feasible, and this opens a new direction in R&D of such motors.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 7185-7192 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics |
| Volume | 65 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
Manuscript received February 28, 2017; revised October 11, 2017 and November 30, 2017; accepted January 2, 2018. Date of publication January 23, 2018; date of current version May 1, 2018. This work was supported in part by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India and in part by the Nonferrous Material Technology Development Centre, Hyderabad, India. (Corresponding author: Ankit Dalal.) A. Dalal is with the Nonferrous Material Technology Development Centre, Hyderabad 500058, India (e-mail: [email protected]).
| Funders | Funder number |
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| Material Technology Development Centre | |
| Department of Science and Technology, Government of Kerala |
Keywords
- Design methodology
- dual-rotor motor (DRM)
- electric vehicle (EV)
- induction motor (IM)
- permanent magnet (PM)
- prototype
- testing
