Title :
Optimal design of an in-wheel BLDC motor for a kick scooter
Author :
Markovic, Miroslav ; Muller, Vincent ; Hodder, Andre ; Perriard, Yves
Author_Institution :
Integrated Actuators Lab. (LAI), Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
The paper presents an optimization design of an in-wheel BLDC motor for a kick scooter. The optimization is performed using a genetic optimization tool combined with a FEM commercial software. The new contributions of the paper are: (i) introduction of three operating modes for which the motor is optimized with a reduced number of FEM simulations and (ii) new approach to simultaneously maximize the energetic efficiency, minimize the cogging and respect the thermal constraint.
Keywords :
brushless DC motors; genetic algorithms; motorcycles; FEM commercial software simulations; energetic efficiency; genetic optimization; in-wheel BLDC motor; kick scooter; thermal constraint; Force; Motorcycles; Optimization; Permanent magnet motors; Rotors; Stators; Torque; BLDC motor; genetic algorithm; optimization;
Conference_Titel :
Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5286-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5287-3
DOI :
10.1109/ECCE.2010.5618023
