Development of a PM transverse flux motor with soft magnetic composite core

Author

Guo, Youguang ; Zhu, Jian Guo ; Watterson, Peter A. ; Wu, Wei

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng., Univ. of Technol., Sydney, NSW, Australia

Volume

21

Issue

2

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

426

Lastpage

434

Abstract

This paper reports the design, performance analysis, fabrication, and experimental results of a three-phase, three-stack permanent magnet transverse flux motor with a soft magnetic composite stator core, which was designed to take advantage of the unique properties of the new material. Parameter computations by finite element analysis of the magnetic field and performance prediction by the equivalent electric circuit are discussed. To validate the simulation, a prototype motor has been fabricated and operated with a sensorless, brushless direct coupler drive scheme. The experimental results are thoroughly presented and agree with the theoretical calculations very well.

Keywords

brushless machines; composite materials; design engineering; equivalent circuits; finite element analysis; magnetic cores; motor drives; permanent magnet motors; stators; brushless direct coupler drive scheme; equivalent electric circuit; finite element analysis; magnetic field; performance analysis; permanent magnet transverse flux motor; soft magnetic composite stator core; Composite materials; Fabrication; Magnetic cores; Magnetic flux; Magnetic materials; Magnetic properties; Performance analysis; Permanent magnet motors; Soft magnetic materials; Stator cores; Permanent magnet motor; soft magnetic composite (SMC); three-dimensional (3-D) finite element analysis (3-D FEA); transverse flux motor;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TEC.2005.860403

Filename

1634589