Characteristics analysis of magnetic force distribution in double-sided AFPM machine with unbalanced structure

Abstract

The axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) machine is widely used in many applications due to its advantages. But the conventional AFPM machine has the major problem such as the deformation and unbalanced air gap occurred because of the large magnetic attraction force between the rotor and the stator. For these problems, the magnetic attraction force must be accuractly calculated in the process of the design step of the mechanical parts. Thus, this paper proposes the analysis method to compute the magnetic attraction force of AFPM machine considering a unbalanced rotor structure. The quasi 3D model with a different air gap condition is introduced to analyze the magnetic flux density and the magnetic attraction force due to the eccentricity of rotor structure. To validate the proposed analysis process with the quasi 3D model, 3D FEM analysis is performed to compare the results. As results, the proposed analysis results was obtained the similar results to 3D FEM analysis results. The proposed method is applied and estimated to the 130 kW AFPM generator.