Effect of magnetic material nonlinearities on the acoustic behavior of 4-phase SRMs

Author

Mechmeche, H. ; Hecquet, M. ; Tounzi, Abdelmounaim ; Gillon, F. ; Fritz, G.

Author_Institution

Lab. d´Electrotech. et d´Electron. de Puissance de Lille, L2EP, Ecole Centrale de Lille, Villeneuve-d´Ascq, France

fYear

2014

fDate

2-5 Sept. 2014

Firstpage

1576

Lastpage

1582

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study the saturation effect on the electromagnetic and acoustic behavior of Switched Reluctance Machines (SRMs). Two 4-phase SRMs (8/6 and 16/12) are analyzed through numerical models under the hypothesis of linear and nonlinear magnetic material characteristics. The harmonic content of the radial Maxwell pressure and the radiated acoustic power are compared in both qualitative and quantitative terms. The results show that, in opposite case to induction and synchronous machines, the saturation phenomenon does not increase the harmonic content of the electromagnetic fields of SRMs and even leads to reduce their radiated acoustic power.

Keywords

electromagnetic fields; finite element analysis; magnetic materials; magnetic noise; reluctance motors; SRM; acoustic behavior; electromagnetic behavior; electromagnetic fields; harmonic content; nonlinear magnetic material characteristics; numerical models; radial Maxwell pressure; radiated acoustic power; saturation effect; saturation phenomenon; switched reluctance machines; Acoustics; Harmonic analysis; Materials; Reluctance motors; Stator windings; Bi-Dimensional FFT; Magnetic Noise; Maxwell Pressure; Nonlinearities; Radiated Acoustic Power; Saturation; Switched Reluctance Motors; Travelling Waves; Vibrations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines (ICEM), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Berlin

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICELMACH.2014.6960392

Filename

6960392