Title :
Rotor design for high efficiency induction motors for railway vehicle traction
Author :
Kondo, M. ; Ebizuka, R. ; Yasunaga, A.
Author_Institution :
Vehicle Control Technol. Div., Railway Tech. Res. Inst., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
Induction motors are widely used as traction motors of railway vehicles. Improving the efficiency of the induction motors is very important to save energy in railway operation. In this paper, we propose a new rotor design that can reduce the harmonic secondary copper loss in the traction motors and improve the efficiency of them.
Keywords :
finite element analysis; induction motors; railways; rotors; traction motors; harmonic secondary copper loss; high efficiency induction motors; railway operation; railway vehicle traction; rotor design; traction motors; Circuit testing; Copper; Induction motors; Rail transportation; Rotors; Stators; Synchronous machines; Synchronous motors; Traction motors; Vehicles; Efficiency; harmonic secondary loss; induction motor; railway traction;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Machines and Systems, 2009. ICEMS 2009. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5177-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-88686-067-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICEMS.2009.5382961
