Title :
Prototype of electric vehicle drive with twin water-cooled wheel direct drive motors
Author :
Caricchi, Federico ; Crescimbini, Fabio ; Napoli, AugustoDi ; Marcheggiani, Mauro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Rome Univ., Italy
Abstract :
The availability of new high-energy permanent magnets at a reasonable cost has opened up the possibility of developing very compact brushless permanent magnet motors with substantially improved overload capability for wheel direct drive applications. Concerning the development of an electric propulsion system for a newly-conceived dual-power city car, this paper discusses the design, construction and laboratory testing of a twin wheel direct drive prototype based on a novel topology of water-cooled axial-flux permanent magnet motor
Keywords :
brushless machines; cooling; electric propulsion; electric vehicles; permanent magnet motors; traction motor drives; applications; axial-flux PM motor; brushless permanent magnet motors; construction; design; development; dual-power city car; electric vehicle drive; laboratory testing; overload capability; water cooling; wheel direct drive motors; Cities and towns; Costs; Drives; Electric vehicles; Laboratories; Permanent magnet motors; Propulsion; Prototypes; System testing; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 1996. PESC '96 Record., 27th Annual IEEE
Conference_Location :
Baveno
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3500-7
DOI :
10.1109/PESC.1996.548844
