Improved accuracy for performance prediction of synchronous reluctance motor by incorporating end turn inductance in 2-D FEM

This paper proposes an analysis to include end turn inductance in the 2-D FEA for synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM). The developed method can rapidly obtain accurate results without the need of 3-D simulation. It is also concluded that for distributed winding machines, end turns should be considered in the design stage to avoid overestimating the motor performance. In the full paper, a complete study with different inductance calculations and two ratings of SynRM will be presented as the guideline of accurate analysis of SynRM. This would be beneficial to machine designers .