TY - GEN
T1 - Optimal Design of Outer Rotor Switched Reluctance Machines for Direct Drive Rim Applications
AU - Rallabandi, Vandana
AU - Wu, Jie
AU - Cramer, Aaron M.
AU - Ionel, Dan M.
AU - Zhou, Ping
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/12/3
Y1 - 2018/12/3
N2 - This paper discusses the optimal design of external rotor switched reluctance (SR) machines for direct drive applications. The machines considered for this study include SR motors with a higher number of rotor poles than stator teeth; machines employing a larger number of stator teeth than rotor poles, as well as machines with segmented rotor constructions. Differential evolution is utilized for the optimization, and two objectives, of mass and loss are considered. A comprehensive comparison of the mass, loss, and inverter VA rating required to meet target torque for all three studied machine was performed, in which, hundreds of candidate designs were analyzed. The calculations are also benchmarked with results from a prototype motor.
AB - This paper discusses the optimal design of external rotor switched reluctance (SR) machines for direct drive applications. The machines considered for this study include SR motors with a higher number of rotor poles than stator teeth; machines employing a larger number of stator teeth than rotor poles, as well as machines with segmented rotor constructions. Differential evolution is utilized for the optimization, and two objectives, of mass and loss are considered. A comprehensive comparison of the mass, loss, and inverter VA rating required to meet target torque for all three studied machine was performed, in which, hundreds of candidate designs were analyzed. The calculations are also benchmarked with results from a prototype motor.
KW - Direct drive
KW - Inverter VA rating
KW - Segmental rotor
KW - Switched reluctance machines
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U2 - 10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557367
DO - 10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557367
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85060293199
T3 - 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018
SP - 6104
EP - 6109
BT - 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 10th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018
Y2 - 23 September 2018 through 27 September 2018
ER -