Design of a switched reluctance generator competitive with the IPM generator in hybrid electrical vehicles

Author

Urase, Katsuhiko ; Kiyota, Kyohei ; Sugimoto, Hiroshi ; Chiba, Akira

Author_Institution

Tokyo Inst. of Technol., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

2012

fDate

21-24 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Permanent magnets with rare-earth material are used in interior permanent magnet synchronous generators (IPM generators) employed in the most popular hybrid electrical vehicles (HEVs). The remarkable recent rise in the rare-earth price is a significant concern. A switched reluctance generator (SR generator) is one of the possible candidates to replace the IPM generator in HEVs. A design and analytical results of an SR generator are presented. The diameter and the axial length of the stator are identical to those in the IPM generator. The IPM generator has been analyzed, and its target efficiency, output power and operating area have been investigated. The SR generator is found to be superior to the IPM generator in some operating points.

Keywords

hybrid electric vehicles; magnetic materials; permanent magnet generators; permanent magnets; reluctance generators; HEV; IPM generator; SR generator; hybrid electrical vehicle; interior permanent magnet synchronous generator; rare-earth material; stator axial length; stator diameter; switched reluctance generator; Density measurement; Generators; Iron; Reluctance motors; Stator windings; Torque; efficiency; hybrid electric vehicles; power density; switched reluctance generator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), 2012 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2327-7

Type

conf

Filename

6401869