Comparison of induction and synchronous reluctance machine based actuators for elevated temperature environments

This paper presents an induction and a synchronous reluctance machine-based actuator designed for use in an elevated-temperature environment application and compares their dynamic and loss performances. In the design process, semi-analytic models and suitable controller designs are implemented in a genetic algorithm to develop minimum-loss designs. Simulations and measurements are used to compare the performances of the final machine designs.