Establishing the Relative Merits of Synchronous Reluctance and PM-Assisted Technology Through Systematic Design Optimization

Yi Wang, Dan M. Ionel, Minjie Jiang, Steven J. Stretz

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Abstract

This paper describes a systematic method for optimally designing with multiple objectives and differential evolution (DE) algorithms, current regulated electronically controlled synchronous reluctance (SynRel) machines. A large-scale study with thousands of designs calculated with a ultrafast computationally efficient electromagnetic finite-element analysis (CE-FEA) establishes the performance limitations of conventional radially laminated technology with multiple flux barriers. The potential advantages of employing permanent-magnet (PM)-assisted technology with additional ferrites in the rotor are quantified in terms of substantially improved power factor, specific power, and efficiency. Numerical and experimental results for a 10-hp, 1800-r/min typical rating are included.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7438823
Pages (from-to)2971-2978
Number of pages8
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
Volume52
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2016

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Keywords

  • Computationally efficient electromagnetic finiteelement analysis (CE-FEA)
  • computer-automated optimization
  • differential evolution (DE)
  • large-scale optimization
  • permanentmagnet (PM)-assisted
  • power factor
  • synchronous reluctance (SynRel) machine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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