Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 6104-6109 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781479973118 |
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| State | Published - Dec 3 2018 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | 10th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018 - Portland, United States Duration: Sep 23 2018 → Sep 27 2018 |
Publication series
| Name | 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018 |
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Conference
| Conference | 10th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018 |
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| Country/Territory | United States |
| City | Portland |
| Period | 09/23/18 → 09/27/18 |
Funding
VI. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The support of ANSYS Inc. and University of Kentucky, the L. Stanley Pigman endowment and the SPARK program, is gratefully acknowledged.
Keywords
- Direct drive
- Inverter VA rating
- Segmental rotor
- Switched reluctance machines