Abstract
High speed permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) have attracted much attention due to their high power density, high efficiency, and compact size for direct-drive applications. However, the consequent power loss density is high and heat transfer is also deemed as a technical challenge. This is particularly the case for high-speed operation. In this paper, electromagnetic and mechanical power losses in a MW level high speed PMSM is comprehensively investigated by finite element analysis; the transient machine demagnetization performance is studied with the proposed rotor composite structure to improve the machine anti-demagnetization capability; the temperature distribution of the high speed PMSM is also analyzed by a fluid-thermal coupling method with calculated power loss. The high speed PMSM is prototyped and experimentally tested to validate the effectiveness of numerical models and calculated results.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1468-1478 |
Journal | IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion |
Volume | 32 |
Issue number | 4 |
Early online date | 31 May 2017 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Dec 2017 |
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Keywords
- Demagnetization
- finite element method
- High speed PM machine
- magnetic field
- power loss
- thermal analysis