Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine

Synchronous reluctance machines, including the permanent magnet assisted variants are competitive motor topologies if the application requires high efficiency and a cost effective solution with a high flux weakening capability. However, increasing speeds incur challenging design and development deci...

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Main Authors: Di Nardo, Mauro, Lo Calzo, Giovanni, Galea, Michael, Gerada, C.
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Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34355/
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author Di Nardo, Mauro
Lo Calzo, Giovanni
Galea, Michael
Gerada, C.
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Lo Calzo, Giovanni
Galea, Michael
Gerada, C.
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description Synchronous reluctance machines, including the permanent magnet assisted variants are competitive motor topologies if the application requires high efficiency and a cost effective solution with a high flux weakening capability. However, increasing speeds incur challenging design and development decisions, in order to find an optimal solution between the machine performance and its structural integrity. In this paper, a comprehensive design procedure for such machines is presented, where a 5kW, 80000 rpm synchronous reluctance machine is considered. The proposed strategy consists of a two-step proce-dure in which the electromagnetic and structural designs have been properly decoupled dividing the design space in two subsets. Each subset mainly affects the electromagnetic or the structural performances. Several structural design optimizations have been performed with the aim of finding the optimal trade-off between the rotor geometrical complexity (i.e. computational time) and the electromagnetic performance. The results shown in this paper validate the proposed design strategy which can be used as general guidelines on the structural design of synchronous reluctance machines.
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spelling nottingham-343552020-05-04T18:13:06Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34355/ Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine Di Nardo, Mauro Lo Calzo, Giovanni Galea, Michael Gerada, C. Synchronous reluctance machines, including the permanent magnet assisted variants are competitive motor topologies if the application requires high efficiency and a cost effective solution with a high flux weakening capability. However, increasing speeds incur challenging design and development decisions, in order to find an optimal solution between the machine performance and its structural integrity. In this paper, a comprehensive design procedure for such machines is presented, where a 5kW, 80000 rpm synchronous reluctance machine is considered. The proposed strategy consists of a two-step proce-dure in which the electromagnetic and structural designs have been properly decoupled dividing the design space in two subsets. Each subset mainly affects the electromagnetic or the structural performances. Several structural design optimizations have been performed with the aim of finding the optimal trade-off between the rotor geometrical complexity (i.e. computational time) and the electromagnetic performance. The results shown in this paper validate the proposed design strategy which can be used as general guidelines on the structural design of synchronous reluctance machines. 2016-09-07 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Di Nardo, Mauro, Lo Calzo, Giovanni, Galea, Michael and Gerada, C. (2016) Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine. In: XXIIth International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM'2016), 4-7 September 2016, Lausanne, Switzerland. Finite element analysis High speed Multi-physics Design multi-objective optimization Rotor structural design Synchronous reluctance machines
spellingShingle Finite element analysis
High speed
Multi-physics Design
multi-objective optimization
Rotor structural design
Synchronous reluctance machines
Di Nardo, Mauro
Lo Calzo, Giovanni
Galea, Michael
Gerada, C.
Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine
title Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine
title_full Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine
title_fullStr Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine
title_full_unstemmed Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine
title_short Structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine
title_sort structural design optimization of a high speed synchronous reluctance machine
topic Finite element analysis
High speed
Multi-physics Design
multi-objective optimization
Rotor structural design
Synchronous reluctance machines
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/34355/