• DocumentCode
    2202515
  • Title

    Iron loss reduction in an interior PM automotive alternator

  • Author

    Zivotic-Kukolj, V. ; Soong, W.L. ; Ertugrul, N.

  • Author_Institution
    Adelaide Univ., SA, Australia
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    2-6 Oct. 2005
  • Firstpage
    1736
  • Abstract
    This paper examines the iron loss characteristics of a high-flux interior PM machine. The machine was designed as a concept demonstrator for a 6 kW automotive alternator and has a wide field-weakening range. Initial experimental results revealed a high iron loss during field-weakening operation. Finite-element analysis was used to investigate the cause of the high iron losses and to predict their magnitude. The effects of changes in the machine design were examined in order to reduce iron losses and hence improve the machine performance.
  • Keywords
    alternators; automotive components; finite element analysis; permanent magnet machines; 6 kW; field-weakening operation; finite-element analysis; high-flux interior permanent magnet machine; iron loss reduction; machine design; permanent magnet automotive alternator; Alternators; Automotive engineering; Iron; Loss measurement; Magnetic field measurement; Power generation; Power measurement; Rotors; Stators; Velocity measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Industry Applications Conference, 2005. Fourtieth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2005
  • ISSN
    0197-2618
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-9208-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IAS.2005.1518681
  • Filename
    1518681