Efficiency Improvement of Switched Flux PM Memory Machine Over Interior PM Machine for EV/HEV Applications

Author

Liu, X. ; Wu, D. ; Zhu, Z.Q. ; Pride, A. ; Deodhar, R.P. ; Sasaki, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK

Volume

50

Issue

11

fYear

2014

fDate

Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, a novel switched flux permanent-magnet (SFPM) memory machine, which consists of changeable magnetized permanent magnets (CMPMs) in the stator, is developed and investigated. By changing the magnetization directions of CMPMs, the PM flux linkage can be either enhanced or weakened. When PM flux linkage is weakened at high speed, the flux density in the lamination as well as iron loss can be reduced. Thus, higher efficiency can be obtained. To evaluate the efficiency improvement of SFPM memory machine, the efficiency map is calculated and compared with that of interior PM machine by taking Toyota/Prius 2010 as benchmark. It shows that several step changes of PM flux linkage can enlarge the high-efficiency region, and also reduce the back-EMF at high speed.

Keywords

electric potential; hybrid electric vehicles; magnetic flux; magnetisation; permanent magnet machines; permanent magnets; stators; CMPM; EV application; HEV application; PM flux linkage; Prius; SFPM memory machine; Toyota; back-EMF reduction; changeable magnetized permanent magnet; hybrid electric vehicle; interior PM machine; iron loss reduction; magnetization direction; stator; switched flux PM memory machine efficiency improvement; switched flux permanent magnet memory machine; Copper; Couplings; Iron; Magnetization; Rotors; Stators; Torque; Efficiency map; interior permanent-magnet machine (IPMM); memory machine; switched flux PM machine (SFPM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2014.2323556

Filename

6971456