A study of the effects of the stator slots wedges material on the behavior of an induction machine

Author

Kappatou, Joya ; Gyftakis, Costas ; Safacas, Athanasios

Author_Institution

Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Patras, Patras

fYear

2008

fDate

6-9 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The opening of the slots in the electrical motors distorts the waveform of the field in the air-gap and produces high order harmonics, which causes increased losses, torque pulsations and reduction of the efficiency of the machine. In this paper the effect of the closure of the slots of an asynchronous motor using wedges to reduce the flux pulsation is performed. Wedges of different materials have been used and their influence on the performance characteristics of the machine is investigated. The electromagnetic torque, the currents and losses in the machine have been calculated and discussed using the 2D finite element model of the motor.

Keywords

finite element analysis; induction motors; stators; 2D finite element model; asynchronous motor; electrical motors; electromagnetic torque; flux pulsation; induction machine; stator slots wedges material; torque pulsations; Conducting materials; Finite element methods; Induction machines; Magnetic flux; Magnetic materials; Permeability; Saturation magnetization; Stators; Torque; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines, 2008. ICEM 2008. 18th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Vilamoura

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1735-3

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1736-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICELMACH.2008.4799843

Filename

4799843