TY - GEN
T1 - Winding factors and magnetic fields in permanent magnet brushless machines with concentrated windings and modular stator cores
AU - Heins, Greg
AU - Ionel, Dan
AU - Thiele, Mark
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Removing some sections of the stator yoke in a permanent magnet brushless machine can be beneficial for reducing punching waste and simplifying motor manufacture. However in some cases, restricting the possible flux paths in this way will have a detrimental impact on the torque and air-gap harmonics. This paper discusses the potential implications of modular stator core arrangements and presents the air-gap flux density harmonics and winding factors for potential slot/pole combinations. FEA simulations are presented to support the analytical calculations. The analysis suggests that the performance reduction from using a modular stator is minimal when the number of slots and poles are similar but drops off substantially when this is not the case. A modular core stator will increase the MMF sub-harmonics due to the magnet field but can reduce the sub-harmonics due to the armature if a single layer winding is used. The effect of slotting is very similar for a modular and conventional core machine and FEA results match previously published analytical analyses.
AB - Removing some sections of the stator yoke in a permanent magnet brushless machine can be beneficial for reducing punching waste and simplifying motor manufacture. However in some cases, restricting the possible flux paths in this way will have a detrimental impact on the torque and air-gap harmonics. This paper discusses the potential implications of modular stator core arrangements and presents the air-gap flux density harmonics and winding factors for potential slot/pole combinations. FEA simulations are presented to support the analytical calculations. The analysis suggests that the performance reduction from using a modular stator is minimal when the number of slots and poles are similar but drops off substantially when this is not the case. A modular core stator will increase the MMF sub-harmonics due to the magnet field but can reduce the sub-harmonics due to the armature if a single layer winding is used. The effect of slotting is very similar for a modular and conventional core machine and FEA results match previously published analytical analyses.
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U2 - 10.1109/ECCE.2013.6647382
DO - 10.1109/ECCE.2013.6647382
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84891059959
SN - 9781479903351
T3 - 2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2013
SP - 5048
EP - 5055
BT - 2013 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2013
T2 - 5th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exhibition, ECCE 2013
Y2 - 15 September 2013 through 19 September 2013
ER -