A Novel Tapered Rotating Electrical Machine Topology Utilizing Cut Amorphous Magnetic Material

Abstract

Amorphous magnetic materials (AMMs) have been used in low-frequency power transformer applications for more than two decades but not commercially utilized in high-frequency rotating electrical machines despite their low iron losses, which is an order of magnitude lower than conventional silicon iron. This was primarily due to the lack of a suitable handling method and an economical cutting technique. This paper reports a novel brushless synchronous permanent magnet rotating electrical machine that combines the benefits of the previous machine topologies while offering higher torque (due to the larger air-gap surface area compared with the flat axial-field machine) and ease of manufacturing from AMM material, which is suitable for a range of high-efficiency, high-power density, and high-speed machine applications. This paper provides the details and the performance characteristics of this novel tapered-field AMM machine as a generator at high speeds using a bonded rotor magnet topology.