Modal-frequency spectrum of magnetic flux density in air gap of permanent magnet motor

2014 ◽  
Vol 63 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-46
Author(s):  
Pawel Witczak ◽  
Witold Kubiak ◽  
Marcin Lefik ◽  
Jacek Szulakowski

Abstract The classic relationships concerning the harmonic content in the air gap field of three-phase machines are presented in form of series of rotating waves. The same approach is applied to modeling of permanent magnet motors with fractional phase windings. All main reasons of non-sinusoidal shape of flux density distribution, namely, magnets’ shape and their placement, slotting, magnetic saturation and eccentricity are also related to their counterparts in modal-frequency spectrum. The Fourier 2D spectrum of time-stepping finite element solution is confronted with results of measurements, with special attention paid to accuracy of both methods

Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 2522
Author(s):  
Guangdou Liu ◽  
Shiqin Hou ◽  
Xingping Xu ◽  
Wensheng Xiao

In the linear and planar motors, the 1D Halbach magnet array is extensively used. The sinusoidal property of the magnetic field deteriorates by analyzing the magnetic field at a small air gap. Therefore, a new 1D Halbach magnet array is proposed, in which the permanent magnet with a curved surface is applied. Based on the superposition of principle and Fourier series, the magnetic flux density distribution is derived. The optimized curved surface is obtained and fitted by a polynomial. The sinusoidal magnetic field is verified by comparing it with the magnetic flux density of the finite element model. Through the analysis of different dimensions of the permanent magnet array, the optimization result has good applicability. The force ripple can be significantly reduced by the new magnet array. The effect on the mass and air gap is investigated compared with a conventional magnet array with rectangular permanent magnets. In conclusion, the new magnet array design has the scalability to be extended to various sizes of motor and is especially suitable for small air gap applications.


2019 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hari Prasetijo ◽  
Winasis Winasis ◽  
Priswanto Priswanto ◽  
Dadan Hermawan

This study aims to observe the influence of the changing stator dimension on the air gap magnetic flux density (Bg) in the design of a single-phase radial flux permanent magnet generator (RFPMG). The changes in stator dimension were carried out by using three different wire diameters as stator wire, namely, AWG 14 (d = 1.63 mm), AWG 15 (d = 1.45 mm) and AWG 16 (d = 1.29 mm). The dimension of the width of the stator teeth (Wts) was fixed such that a larger stator wire diameter will require a larger stator outside diameter (Dso). By fixing the dimensions of the rotor, permanent magnet, air gap (lg) and stator inner diameter, the magnitude of the magnetic flux density in the air gap (Bg) can be determined. This flux density was used to calculate the phase back electromotive force (Eph). The terminal phase voltage (V∅) was determined after calculating the stator wire impedance (Z) with a constant current of 3.63 A. The study method was conducted by determining the design parameters, calculating the design variables, designing the generator dimensions using AutoCad and determining the magnetic flux density using FEMM simulation.  The results show that the magnetic flux density in the air gap and the phase back emf Eph slightly decrease with increasing stator dimension because of increasing reluctance. However, the voltage drop is more dominant when the stator coil wire diameter is smaller. Thus, a larger diameter of the stator wire would allow terminal phase voltage (V∅) to become slightly larger. With a stator wire diameter of 1.29, 1.45 and 1.63 mm, the impedance values of the stator wire (Z) were 9.52746, 9.23581 and 9.06421 Ω and the terminal phase voltages (V∅) were 220.73, 221.57 and 222.80 V, respectively. Increasing the power capacity (S) in the RFPMG design by increasing the diameter (d) of the stator wire will cause a significant increase in the percentage of the stator maximum current carrying capacity wire but the decrease in stator wire impedance is not significant. Thus, it will reduce the phase terminal voltage (V∅) from its nominal value.


Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 297 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lingzhi Li ◽  
Xuhao Du ◽  
Jie Pan ◽  
Adrian Keating ◽  
David Matthews ◽  
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In this paper, the magnetic flux density distribution on the cross-sections of a transformer core is studied. The core for this study consists of two identical U-shaped cores joint at their open surfaces with known air gaps. The magnetic flux density at one of their joint boundary surfaces was measured for different air gaps. A finite element model (FEM) was built to simulate the magnetic flux density and compared with experiment data. Using the validated FEM, the distributed magnetic flux density on the cross-section of the core structure can be obtained when the air gap approaches zero. An engineering model of the density based on the Ampere’s circuit law was also developed and used to explain the relationship between air gap and mean magnetic flux density on the cross-section. The magnetic flux density on the cross-section was found to have a convex-shaped distribution and could be described by an empirical formula. Using this approach, the magnetic flux density distribution in cores with different interlayer insulation was obtained and discussed. This method could also examine the leakage of magnetic flux density in the air gap region when the distance is non-zero, and the relationship between the leakage field and the field in the core structure. The proposed method and model can provide a more detailed understanding for the magnetic field of transformer cores and potential application in designing quiet transformers and condition monitoring.


Author(s):  
Liyan Guo ◽  
Huimin Wang ◽  
Xin Gu ◽  
Tingna Shi ◽  
Changliang Xia

Permanent magnet machine adopting Halbach array has more sinusoidal air-gap flux density distribution and higher air-gap flux density magnitude. Compared with the equal segmented Halbach array, the fundamental magnitude of air gap flux density can be higher and distortion rate can be lower by reasonably designing each segment width in unequal segmented Halbach array. Thus, in this paper, the permanent magnet machine adopting unequal segmented Halbach array is researched. Firstly, an analytical model is established for PM machine adopting Halbach array to improve the calculation efficiency. This analytical model can be applied to the Halbach array having arbitrary pole pair number, arbitrary number of segments per pole, arbitrary segment width and arbitrary gap width between segments. Further, the calculation results for air gap flux density between analytical model and finite element method are compared to verify the analytical model. In addition, the method to determine each segment width in the unequal segmented Halbach array is proposed firstly in this paper. On this basis, effects of the gap width between segments and each segment width under one pole on air gap flux density are researched. The research conclusions will provide guidance for the design and fabrication of unequal segmented Halbach array.


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