Interdependence of Demagnetization, Loading, and Temperature Rise in a Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Motor

The demagnetization of permanent magnets in permanent-magnet machines has been under discussion in many publications lately. Demagnetization models have been used, for example, to optimize the machine structures but there have been no studies on how the demagnetization is coupled with the loading and temperature-rise of the machine and how this coupling should be modeled. In this paper, we model the dynamics of the demagnetization of a dovetail machine under a constant load torque. We show that the thermal model should be included in the demagnetization calculations. The demagnetization will cause an increase of the copper losses, which will increase the temperatures of the machine. This will cause more demagnetization and might lead even to a stall in a situation in which a model neglecting the thermal effects predicts stable operation without additional demagnetization.