Multi-objective Design Optimization of Three-Phase Induction Motor Using NSGA-II Algorithm

Abstract

The modeling of electrical machine is approached as a system optimization, more than a simple machine sizing. Hence wide variety of designs are available and the task of comparing the different options can be very difficult. A number of parameters are involved in the design optimization of the induction motor and the performance relationship between the parameters also is implicit. In this paper, a multi-objective problem is considered in which three phase squirrel cage induction motor (SCIM) has been designed subject to the efficiency and power density as objectives. The former is maximized where the latter is minimized simultaneously considering various constraints. Three single objective methods such as Tabu Search (TS), Simulated Annealing (SA) and Genetic Algorithm (GA) is used for comparing the Pareto solutions. Performance comparison of techniques is done by performing different numerical experiments. The result shows that NSGA-II outperforms other three for the considered test cases.