Permanent Magnet Claw Pole Motor Research Articles

Design, Analysis, and Comparison of Permanent Magnet Claw Pole Motor with Concentrated Winding and Double Stator

Permanent magnet motors have become an important component of industrial production, transportation, and aerospace due to their advantages of high torque density, high power density, high reliability, low losses, and high efficiency. Permanent magnet claw pole motor (PMCPM) is a special type of transverse flux motor which has a higher torque density compared to traditional permanent magnet motors. Due to the absence of winding ends, its axial space utilization is high, and the usage of windings is greatly reduced, reducing the cost and weight of the motor. PMCPM has the advantages of small space, a light weight, a high torque density, a high efficiency, and simple production, which have potential for use in the field of electric vehicles. The double-stator structure design can improve the torque density, efficiency, and radial space utilization of PMCPM, which helps to expand their applications in the field of electric vehicles. This article designs two PMCPM with concentrated winding while different rotor structures (PMCPM1 and PMCPM2) and a three-dimensional finite element method is employed to compare and analyze the performance of PMCPM1 and PMCPM2 and the traditional PMCPM (TPMCPM). Multiphysics analysis is carried out for PMCPM1 and PMCPM2. The stress of the inner and outer stators during interference assembly are analyzed. In this paper, a hybrid material core design is proposed, in which the stator yoke is rolled by silicon steel material and the stator claw pole is pressed by the SMC die method. The multiphysics simulation performance of the PMCPM1 and PMCPM2 with hybrid cores is analyzed.

Quantitative comparison of low-cost electrical machines with soft magnetic composite and ferrite magnet materials

Because of its special structure and manufacturing process, the soft magnetic composite (SMC) material has shown its advantages over silicon sheets, including magnetic and thermal isotropy, low high-frequency core loss, low material wastes during its manufacturing process, etc.. Considering the price of SMC raw material can be very cheap in the future, it is an ideal material for developing the low-cost electrical machine. Combined with SMC cores and low-cost ferrite magnets, some electrical machines with SMC and ferrite magnets for low-cost applications were developed in the past decades, which include the transverse flux flux switched permanent magnet motor (TFFSPMM), axial flux claw pole permanent magnet motor (AFCPM), axial flux vernier motor (AFVM), dual rotor axial flux permanent magnet motor (DRAFM) and axial radial flux permanent magnet motor (RAFM). To better utilize SMC material, all these machines are designed following the design guidelines of SMC machines. Though both of them with good performance for low-cost applications, it is necessary to know the main advantages of each machine. The main target of this paper is to compare these machines quantitatively. For obtaining the comparison results fairly all these machines are optimized by using the sequential robust Taguchi method. Finally, it can be seen that the AFVM and TFFSPMM are with relatively high torque ability and the DRAFM is with high efficiency and power factor ability.

Research and Analysis on Design Characteristics of High-Speed Permanent Magnet Claw Pole Motor With Soft Magnetic Composite Cores for Wide Temperature Range

As the operating temperature of the motor increases, the material properties will be seriously affected, such as soft magnetic materials, hard magnetic materials, and winding insulation properties. For high-speed permanent magnet motors, the higher loss density and smaller heat dissipation area make the impact of temperature more serious. However, according to the test standard, the magnetic properties are usually measured at room temperature, ignoring the effect of temperature. To accurately design magnetic devices, it is necessary to understand the behavior of magnetic materials at different temperatures. In this article, a new high-speed permanent magnet claw-pole motor with soft magnetic composite for a wide temperature range is proposed. The design process mainly includes the calculation and analysis of material temperature characteristics, bearing support, topological structure, rotor stress calculation, and so on. Finally, a prototype is manufactured and tested to verify the design process.

Выбор оптимальной конструкции электродвигателя привода пильгерстана для технологии изготовления бесшовных труб

This paper dwells upon optimizing the design of motors for pilger mills making seamless pipes of large diameter. The options are grouped into four types: high-speed motor with a reduction drive; low-speed motor, no reduction drive (replaces the existing motor); a motor that uses the flywheel as the rotor of another motor; no flywheel, a motor of equivalent inertial mass used instead. This research applies ANSYS Electronics Desktop: special software for computing electric machines which employs finite-element analysis. The options are compared against each other. Energy indicators coupled with a minimum use of active materials is the criterion applied to choose the best option. The replace the existing obsolete DC commutator motor, the paper proposes a drive based on a brushless claw-pole permanent-magnet motor that is more reliable thanks to contactless current feed while also using less copper and offering better energy indicators due to zero excitation loss.

Robust Tolerance Design Optimization of a PM Claw Pole Motor With Soft Magnetic Composite Cores

In the past decades, various methods have been investigated for assessing performance variation and robust optimization for electromagnetic device design under uncertainties and/or tolerances. However, in actual production, the manufacturing tolerances are variable to a certain extent, which can be optimized for integrating the performance, manufacturing cost, and production quality. This paper proposes a tolerance design optimization approach by optimizing the design parameters and tolerances simultaneously based on design for six sigma technique. A permanent magnet claw pole motor with soft magnetic composite cores is optimized by using the proposed approach. For this high-dimensional optimization problem involving electromagnetic and thermal performance, Kriging model and 3-D thermal network model are employed under the multilevel framework for increasing the optimization efficiency. Finally, through the analysis, the proposed robust tolerance optimization method shows good performance with improved motor performance as well as the diversity controlling without cost increasing.

Techniques for Multilevel Design Optimization of Permanent Magnet Motors

The multilevel method has been presented for design optimization of electrical machines and drive systems for optimal system performances and efficiency in our previous work. For framework design of the multilevel optimization method, four techniques are presented in this paper, including the sizing equation, local sensitivity analysis, global sensitivity analysis, and design of experiments techniques. For each technique, a general and theoretical analysis procedure is presented before the application study. To demonstrate the effectiveness, a permanent magnet claw-pole motor with soft magnetic composite core and 3-D finite-element analysis model is investigated to minimize the material cost and maximize the output power while keeping the volume constant. The calculated motor performance based on this 3-D finite-element model has been verified by the experimental results. As shown, these techniques are simple to implement, and the resultant multilevel optimization framework can significantly improve the motor performance and reduce the required sample number of finite-element analysis.

Core Loss Calculation for Soft Magnetic Composite Electrical Machines

Soft magnetic composite (SMC) materials are especially suitable for developing electrical machines with complex structure and three-dimensional (3-D) magnetic flux path. In these SMC machines, the magnetic field is in general 3-D and rotational, so the mechanism and calculation of core loss may be quite different from that in traditional electrical machines with laminated steels in which the magnetic field is restrained. This paper investigates the calculation of core loss in a permanent magnet claw pole motor with SMC stator core. First, core loss models are developed based on the experimental data on SMC samples by using a 3-D magnetic property tester. Then, 3-D magnetic time-stepping field finite element analysis (FEA) is conducted to find the flux density locus in each element when the rotor rotates. The core loss is computed based on the magnetic field FEA results by using the developed core loss models. The calculations agree well with the experimental measurements on the SMC motor prototype.

Design and Analysis of a Claw Pole Permanent Magnet Motor With Molded Soft Magnetic Composite Core

Soft magnetic composite (SMC) materials and SMC electromagnetic devices have undergone substantial development in the past decade. Much work has been conducted on designing and prototyping various types of electrical machine. However, the iron cores were often made by cutting existing SMC preforms that were formed by compacting SMC powder in simple cylinder or bar-shape molds, and the magnetic properties of the cores may deteriorate significantly during the cutting process. To investigate ldquoindustry production-readyrdquo products, this paper presents the design and analysis of a claw-pole permanent magnet (PM) motor with a molded SMC core of low mass density to replace the existing induction motor in a dishwasher pump. The magnetic properties of the molded SMC core are measured and utilized in the motor design and analysis. Finite element analysis (FEA) of magnetic field is carried out to accurately determine key motor parameters, and an improved phase variable model is applied to predict the motor performance. Both parameter computation and performance prediction are validated by the experimental results on the prototype.

Influence of inductance variation on performance of a permanent magnet claw pole soft magnetic composite motor

Winding inductance is an important parameter in determining the performance of electrical machines, particularly those with large inductance variation. This paper investigates the influence of winding inductance variation on the performance of a three-phase three-stack claw pole permanent magnet motor with soft magnetic composite (SMC) stator by using an improved phase variable model. The winding inductances of the machine are computed by using a modified incremental energy method, based on three-dimensional nonlinear time-stepping magnetic field finite element analyses. The inductance computation and performance simulation are verified by the experimental results of an SMC claw pole motor prototype.

Thermal analysis of soft magnetic composite motors using a hybrid model with distributed heat sources

This paper presents a hybrid thermal model with distributed heat sources for thermal analysis of soft magnetic composite (SMC) motors. The model uses a combination of lumped and distributed thermal parameters, which can be obtained from motor dimensions and thermal constants. The model can be used to calculate the core loss in each part, in combination with three-dimensional magnetic field finite-element analysis. The thermal model is applied to calculate the temperature distributions in a claw pole permanent-magnet motor with SMC stator.

Development of a permanent magnet claw pole motor with soft magnetic composite core

This paper reports the development of a three-phase permanent magnet claw pole motor with soft magnetic composite stator, taking advantage of the unique properties of the material. Advanced design and performance analysis methods were employed, such as the three-dimensional finite element analysis of magnetic fields for parameter calculation and dimension optimisation, rotational core loss models combined with finite element method for core loss prediction, and hybrid thermal model with distributed heat sources for the temperature rise calculation, etc. The design and analyse methods are validated by experiment on the prototype driven by a brushless DC drive scheme.

Design and construction of a single phase claw pole permanent magnet motor using composite magnetic material

To investigate the application of composite magnetic materials in electrical machines, a small single phase claw pole permanent magnet motor using soft material as the stator core has been designed and constructed. Based on the three-dimensional magnetic field analysis, the induced stator emf, cogging torque, and the steady state motor performance when operated as a synchronous motor are predicted.