Design and Analysis of a Ferrite-PM-Assisted Hybrid Reluctance Machine for Electric Vehicle Propulsion

Weiyu Wang, Xing Zhao, Sigao Wang, Shuangxia Niu, Qingsong Wang

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Abstract

Reluctance machines with DC field coil in the stator is a competitive candidate for electric vehicle propulsion due to the elimination of rare-earth permanent magnets (PM), robust structures and controllable excitation. However, their torque density cannot be compared with PM machines. Introducing rare-earth PMs into reluctance machines can be an effective way to boost torque density, but the costs will greatly increase as well. To solve this problem, this paper proposes a hybrid reluctance motor using assistive ferrite magnets in stator slots. The introduced ferrite magnets operate based on the flux modulation effect for torque density improvement. It is revealed by finite element analysis, with ferrite magnets in stator slots, machine torque density and efficiency can be improved by 20.2% and 5.1%, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIECON 2021 - 47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9781665435543
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 13 Oct 2021
Event47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2021 - Toronto, Canada
Duration: 13 Oct 202116 Oct 2021

Publication series

NameIECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)
Volume2021-October

Conference

Conference47th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2021
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityToronto
Period13/10/2116/10/21

Keywords

  • ferrite magnets
  • flux modulation
  • hybrid reluctance machine
  • torque density

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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