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access icon free Design and analysis of E-core PM-assisted switched reluctance motor

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Received 08/09/2019, Accepted 23/12/2019, Revised 08/09/2019, Published 09/01/2020

This study proposes a modified structure of the E-core permanent magnet (PM) assist switched reluctance motor by relocating the PM blades inside the stator core. For this purpose, the PMs are removed from the stator poles and placed slantwise inside the yoke. The proposed yoke-PM assist structure is characterised with higher average torque and a lower torque ripple with respect to the conventional pole-PM assist structure. An analytical approach based on the magnetic equivalent circuit is applied at the preliminary design stage to predict the performance of the motor. Based on the presented analytical modelling, the physical dimensions of the motor are optimised via a genetic algorithm to maximise the motor torque and the overall steady state performance. For further verifications, the finite-element analysis simulation results are verified by the experimental tests on the motor prototype.

Inspec keywords: finite element analysis; genetic algorithms; stators; equivalent circuits; reluctance motors; torque

Other keywords: switched reluctance motor; preliminary design stage; stator core; modified structure; presented analytical modelling; motor prototype; motor torque; E-core PM; yoke-PM; analytical approach; PM blades; magnetic equivalent circuit; steady state performance; stator poles; lower torque ripple; E-core permanent magnet assist; conventional pole-PM assist structure; higher average torque

Subjects: Numerical analysis; Finite element analysis; Synchronous machines; Optimisation techniques

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