Analysis of interior permanent magnet synchronous motor designed for flux weakening operation

The paper presents a finite element method (FEM) based analysis of interior permanent magnet synchronous motor, designed for flux-weakening operation. Flux-weakening performance determined from the FEM analysis on the proposed permanent magnet motor structure is presented in order to verify the suitability of the design concept for flux-weakening operation. The influence of iron losses on the output power capability is included in the analysis by posterior iron loss calculation. The presented interior permanent magnet motor shows an extremely wide constant-power speed range which exceeds 5:1.