Optimum design criteria based on rated watt of synchronous reluctance motor using a coupled FEM & SUMT

Synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) presents many advantages compared to induction motors that concern the simple, rugged rotor design. The paper presents an automatic optimum design strategy based on capacity for a SynRM that combines finite element analysis (FEA) with SUMT. The focus of this paper are: 1) the design solution through the comparison of an output power according to shape variations under each capacity condition (1 HP-8 HP) and, 2) development of an automatic pre-process that includes automatic CAD file drawing and mesh generation with regards to rotor shape variations.