Design and Performance Analysis of 25 kW Class HTS Induction/Synchronous Motor With Self-Organizing Method for Transportation Applications

Abstract

We proposed a non-empirical self-organizing design method to obtain a unique stator structure for a high-temperature superconducting induction/synchronous machine. The method starts from a line current model with an approximately ideal sinusoidal distribution of the air-gap magnetic field. It keeps increasing the cross-sectional area of the windings under appropriate constraints to achieve a model with realistic current density. In this work, we applied this method to design a 25 kW-class high-temperature superconducting induction/synchronous motor. In the model, each slot has three-phase windings with different areas representing different numbers of turns. The width and height of the two slots are different for each pole and phase. The results demonstrated that the self-organizing design method significantly suppressed the torque ripple of the motor and reduced the high-order harmonics. The self-organizing windings are equivalent to a short-pitching configuration, which produce a more sinusoidal air-gap flux density than windings in general design. Reducing torque ripple to the lowest possible level facilitates the practical use of superconducting machines for transportation applications.