Modification in Geometric Structure of Double-Sided Axial Flux Switched Reluctance Motor for Mitigating Torque Ripple

Author

Kermanipour, Mostafa Jafari ; Ganji, Babak

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Kashan, Kashan, Iran

Volume

38

Issue

4

fYear

2015

Firstpage

318

Lastpage

322

Abstract

Due to very high torque/weight ratio, the axial flux switched reluctance motor (AFSRM) can be appropriately used in many applications, especially electric vehicles and aerospace systems. Since the torque ripple is generally the drawback of SRMs, a new structure is suggested for the double-sided AFSRM in which the torque ripple is significantly reduced. In order to show the effectiveness of the technique proposed for reducing the torque ripple, the 3-D finite-element (FE) transient analysis of a typical 8/6 double-sided AFSRM is carried out using MAXWELL FE package and the simulation results are presented.

Keywords

computational geometry; electric machine analysis computing; finite element analysis; reluctance motors; software packages; torque control; 3D finite-element transient analysis; MAXWELL FE package; aerospace systems; double-sided AFSRM; double-sided axial flux switched reluctance motor; electric vehicles; geometric structure; torque ripple mitigation; torque ripple reduction; torque-weight ratio; Iron; Reluctance motors; Rotors; Stator cores; Torque; Axial flux electric machines; finite-element (FE) method; switched reluctance motor (SRM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Canadian Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0840-8688

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/CJECE.2015.2465160

Filename

7384564