Optimal Design of Outer Rotor Switched Reluctance Machines for Direct Drive Rim Applications

Vandana Rallabandi; Jie Wu; Aaron M. Cramer; Dan M. Ionel; Ping Zhou

doi:10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557367

Optimal Design of Outer Rotor Switched Reluctance Machines for Direct Drive Rim Applications

Vandana Rallabandi, Jie Wu, Aaron M. Cramer, Dan M. Ionel, Ping Zhou

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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
Title of host publication	2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018
Pages	6104-6109
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781479973118
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557367
State	Published - Dec 3 2018
Event	10th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018 - Portland, United States Duration: Sep 23 2018 → Sep 27 2018

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Name	2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018

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Conference	10th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Portland
Period	9/23/18 → 9/27/18

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Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.

Funding

VI. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The support of ANSYS Inc. and University of Kentucky, the L. Stanley Pigman endowment and the SPARK program, is gratefully acknowledged.

Funders	Funder number
ANSYS, Inc.
University of Kentucky

Keywords

Direct drive
Inverter VA rating
Segmental rotor
Switched reluctance machines

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Control and Optimization
Computer Networks and Communications
Hardware and Architecture
Information Systems and Management

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

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Rallabandi, V., Wu, J., Cramer, A. M., Ionel, D. M., & Zhou, P. (2018). Optimal Design of Outer Rotor Switched Reluctance Machines for Direct Drive Rim Applications. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018 (pp. 6104-6109). Article 8557367 (2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2018). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557367

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