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A Novel Axial Field SRM with Segmental Rotor: Concept, Design
and Analysis
Wang Bo Department of Mechatronics
Engineering Kyungsun University
Busan, Korea [email protected]
Dong-Hee Lee Department of Mechatronics
Engineering Kyungsun University
Busan, Korea [email protected]
Jin-Woo Ahn Department of Mechatronics
Engineering Kyungsun University
Busan, Korea [email protected]
AbstractA novel axial field switched reluctance motor
(AFSRM) with single teeth stator and segmental rotor is
introduced in this paper. The stator and rotor of the
proposed
motor are disk type: the stator poles are composed of
excitation
poles and auxiliary poles, the rotor is made up of a series
of
discrete segments. Because of the axial field structure and
novel
excitation source, the proposed motor can provide much
higher
output torque within reducing the copper volume. The basic
operation concepts and design rules are introduced and in
order
to calculate the characteristics of the proposed structure
detailed, the finite element model is established base on
the
software of Maxwell 12-3D, which is aimed at flux linkage,
inductance, output torque, radial force and axial force.
Compared with the conventional 12/8 SRM in the same
parameters, the proposed motor can provide higher output
torque and more efficient, which is much suitable for the
low
speed and high torque applications.
KeywordsAxial Field SRM; Single Teeth; Segmental Rotor
I. INTRODUCTION The conventional radial magnetic geometry of
switched
reluctance machines (SRMs) has been effectively fixed for over
20 years. The basic structure consists of a series of stator poles
which are magnetically connected together by a core back, and a
series of rotor poles, with the magnetic circuit completed by a
rotor core back. The windings are wounded on the stator poles and
there is no winding or permanent magnets on the rotor. SRMs have
some advantageous features such as fail safe, robustness, low cost,
and possible operation in high temperatures or in intense
temperature variations. However, during the application of electric
vehicles the SRMs should be work as a traction motor which will be
fixed up into the
wheels, thence the axial length of the motor and the output
performance will be particularly requested [1].
The axial magnetic field disk type induction motor (DSIM) is
different from the traditional radial magnetic field rotating
machines, whose stator and rotor cores are laminated into disk
shape and the two iron cores take the relative position in space.
Because of the special structure, the axial length of this kind of
motor can be reduced compare with the radial motor. Simultaneously,
the special axial structure can accept higher current density
before oversaturation, which can be used to provide higher output
torque and overload capacity as well as the higher power to weight
ratio. The disk type motor has many different structure forms which
can be applied on many occasions, especially for the low speed and
high torque applications. Fig.1 shows the conventional structure of
the stator and rotor of the SRMs and DSIMs [2].
Fig.1. Conventional structure of SRM and DSIM
In this paper, a novel axial field disk type SRM with single
teeth and segmental rotor is introduced. The proposed motor
combines the features both of the SRMs and DSIMs: the stator and
rotor cores are laminated into disk shape, the stator tooth are
formed into two groups, double-width teeth, which are wounded by
the coils, and standard-width teeth which are unwounded but used to
provide the circuit for the flux path, the rotor is made up of a
series of segmental rotor blocks, which are embedded into the
aluminum body. The fundamental magnetic design concepts and design
rules are derived with the mechanical model, characteristics of the
proposed structure are
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analyzed with the case of flux linkage, inductance, output
torque, radial force and axial force. Compared with the previous
researches, the proposed motor can provide much better output
performances within reducing the copper loss. Fig.2 shows the
structure diagram of the proposed motor with 3D model.
Fig.2. Structure diagram of the proposed motor
II. FUNDAMENTAL MAGNETIC DESIGN CONCEPTS
The innovation of the proposed motor is that: the stator and
rotor cores of the proposed motor are laminated into disk shape
which taking the relative position in space. The stator poles are
composed of excitation poles and auxiliary polessingle teeth
structure and the segmental rotor cores are embedded into the body
of the rotor which is casting by the material of aluminum.
To reveal the fundamental points of the magnetic design the
geometry is simplified as much as possible, so a rectilinear
geometry is chosen to present before progressing to a full rotating
machine design. Fig.3 shows the rectilinear diagram of the proposed
motor, the windings are wounded on the exaction pole in aligned
position.
Fig.3. Simple rectilinear model of the proposed
structure
A. Dimensions Design
Base on the previous research, the fundamental magnetic design
concepts are shown in Fig.3, t and are the width of the teeth and
the length of the slot, respectively. The ratio between t and will
severely affected to the MMF of the proposed
motor. If the ratio of t/ is too small, which means the stator
pole takes more width of the stator pith, there will be not enough
space for the coils, and meanwhile there will be not enough
excitation for the output performance. Vice versa, the stator pole
will be oversaturation because of high flux density which is
provided by the extra coils. So followed the previous researches,
the ratio of t/ should be defined between 0.6-0.7, which is much
suitable [3].
Fig.4. Magnetic flux distribution of proposed motor The flux
density distribution of each part of the motor
should be uniform, thus with the references to Fig.3 and 4, the
dimensions for the machine are chosen using the following criteria,
which mainly followed the principium of that:
(a) The distance between the adjacent stator and rotor poles
should be the same, x=y, which will be minimizing the unaligned
permeance without compromising the aligned inductance as shown in
Fig.3.
(b) The overlap length between the stator tip and segmental
rotor is t/2, in order to ensure that the air gap flux density
corresponds to the tooth flux density as shown in Fig.4.
(c) The vertical height of the segmental rotor t/2 is equal to
half of the width of the stator pole t, so that the magnetic flux
density in the rotor and stator will be the uniform as shown in
Fig.4.
B. Single Teeth Design
However, consider about the previous researches, there is a
serious disadvantage of the multi tooth stator SRMs. The machine
had substantially longer end-windings, which reduced the electric
loading and made it impractical for applications which combined a
short lamination stack length with a large pole pitch. Thence, the
rotor structure should only permit adjoining teeth to be
magnetically linked, in this way the magnetic flux can only enclose
a single stator slot, in order to reduce the copper volume and form
into the short flux path.
Fig.5-(a) shows the previous work design in rectilinear form: It
can be seen that the coil spans three stator poles and occupy two
rotor segments. If the shaded region was taken off, and connects
the rest parts together, then the coils will just span one stator
which is twice width of the previous stator pole, and meanwhile the
coil would span only one segmental rotor. In the resulting, single
teeth and the single teeth winding arrangement, which are shown in
Fig.5-(b).
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(a) Multi tooth stator (b) Single teeth stator
Fig.5. Rectilinear representation of single teeth The single
teeth structure is made up of two groups:
double-width teeth, which is wounded by the coils and
standard-width teeth which is unwounded. The unwound teeth still
have a function which acts as return path for the magnetic flux.
Excitation of one single phase now excites two adjacent slots and
the phase permeance is the sum of the two slot permeances. The
tooth pitch of the wound stator teeth must be equal to the rotor
pole pitch, so that the permeance variation of these two slots with
respect to rotor position is in phase. The flux path of the novel
single tooth is shown in Fig.6 at aligned and unaligned position
compare with the conventional multi tooth structure [4]:
(a) Aligned position (b) Unaligned position
Fig.6. Flux path of the novel single teeth For clarity a
complete set of design rules for the single teeth
structure design are given below:
(a) Only one winding can be wounded on one exaction pole, so
that the adjacent stator will be wounded the same turnings to
ensure the MMF of each phase.
(b) The distance between the adjacent single stator pole and
segmental rotor should be the same, which ensures that neither the
rotor nor stator contribute unnecessarily to the unaligned
permeance, as shown is Fig.6-(a), x=y.
(c) The width of the unwounded pole t/2 should be equal to the
vertical height of yoke of the stator t/2, which is half length of
the wounded pole t, to ensure that the flux density in the stator
is uniform.
(d) The vertical height of the segmental rotor t/2 should be
equal to the width of the unwounded pole t/2, which ensures the
flux density between the rotor and stator is uniform.
C. Optimization of the Tips
The tip of the pole should be considered, because the tips will
influence the overlap area of the stator and rotor, which will be
indirect effect the inductance and torque, so it is very important
to appropriate choose the tips. Generally, there are two kinds of
tips, one is angled tips and the other one is the squared tips
which are shown in Fig.7 and 8.
Fig.7. Flux density of the angled tips
The tips are the most sensitive parts of the motor, which is
much easier to be oversaturation because of the small dimension.
And during the processing, the mechanical strength and processing
accuracy also should be considered. Fig.7 shows the angled type
tips with the angle from 10 degree to 80 degree by each step 5
degree, and the flux density of the tip is shown by the Y axis.
Fig.8. Flux density of the squared tips
Fig.8 shows the squared type tips with the depth d from 0.5mm to
5mm by each step 0.5mm. It can be easily seen that the flux density
will be reduce with the depth of the square tips increase, so
combine with the optimized simulation and empirical formulas, the
radial depth of the stator tips should be choose the square tip and
the depth is 3mm. Fig.9 shows the flux distribution of the stator
tips by the proposed depth within 3mm and the maximum flux density
is 2.17T.
Fig.9. Flux distribution of the stator tips
The major dimensions of the prototype machine are tabulated in
Table 1.
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Table 1: Dimensions of the prototype machine Number of phases
3
Number of stator slots 12
Number of segmental rotors 10
Stator outside diameter(mm) 104
Rotor outside diameter(mm) 106
Stack axial length(mm) 36
Air gap length(mm) 0.25
Stator tooth width:
Tip of pole(degree)
Double-width teeth: 30.25
Standard-width teeth: 18.5
Stator tooth width:
Body of pole(degree)
Double-width teeth: 20
Standard-width teeth: 8
Segmental rotor width(degree) 30.25
Number of series turns/phase 10
Coil span 1 single teeth pith
Effective wire diameter(mm) 2.836
Slot fill-factor 0.3
III. CHARACTERISTICS ANALYSIS FOR THE PROPOSED DT-SRM
For the performance estimation proposed motor, some
characteristics such as inductance, output torque and axial force
are very important. These characteristic curves reflect to the
performance of the proposed DT-SRM. Due to the particularity of the
structure of proposed motor which use the axial field, the magnetic
field distribution in the motor is complex, so 3D FEM is used to
analyze characteristics, which includes magnetic flux distribution,
inductance, flux linkage, output torque, radial force and axial
force.
A. Magnetic Flux Distribution
The finite element analysis is base on the Maxwell 12-3D model.
Fig.10 shows the simulation model with rotor and stator,
respectively.
Fig.11-(a) shows magnetic flux distribution at aligned position
by the front view. It can be clearly seen that, the flux starts
from the exaction pole and go through the air gap, then the flux
path will be separated into two paths, both of the two paths pass
the segmental rotor cores, then re-through the air gap to get the
unwounded poles, finally the two paths will be closed at the yoke
of the stator. Fig.11-(b) shows the distribution by the top view,
it can be clearly seen that the tips are the parts which are in
high level of saturation. The closed magnetic circuit is different
from the conventional radial motor because of the axial field
excitation.
(a) Segmental rotor (b) Single teeth stator
Fig.10. 3D simulation model of rotor and stator
(a) Front view (b) Top view
Fig.11. Magnetic flux distributions of the proposed motor
B. Flux Linkage and Inductance Characteristics
Fig.12 shows the flux linkage and inductance profiles for the
proposed motor with various rotor positions and currents. It can be
clearly seen that the two characteristic curves change obviously
for different rotor positions with the same phase current. The flux
linkage curve is similar with the inductance curve because the flux
linkage relate to the product of inductance and current, the
maximum and minimum value appear at aligned and unaligned position,
respectively. At the same time, the inductances decrease because
that core saturation increases with the increasing of the phase
current.
(a) Flux linkage (b) Inductance
Fig.12. Characteristics of flux linkage and inductance
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C. Output Torque Characteristics
The torque is proportional to the square of the current and
change ratio of inductance with respect to rotor position.
Therefore, torque profiles are determined by inductance profiles.
According to the previous analysis, the change rate of the
inductance is rapidly from the aligned position to unaligned
position, so the output torque will get the peak value of during
the two regions. At the same time, the overlapping area of the
poles is supported by the axial field segmental rotors, so there
will be rapid transformation between the peak value of Max and Min
output torque as it is shown in Fig.13. And the torque curve of the
proposed motor is similar to the conventional disk type inductance
motor.
Fig.13. Characteristics of output torque
D. Radial Force Characteristics
Fig.14-(a) and (b) show the radial force of X-axis and Y-axis
with various rotor positions and currents, respectively. The force
is formed by the change of the magnetic flux density between the
stator and rotor, so there will no force at aligned position in the
ideal state. However, during the operating, the flux mainly closed
by the axial field, so it can be seen the peak value of the radial
force is less than 0.2 Newton which is almost can be ignored
compare with the axial force.
(a) Force on X-axis (b) Force on Y-axis
Fig.14. Characteristics of the radial force
E. Axial Force with Uniform and Non-uniform Airgap
There will be an electromagnetic force at the axial direction
between the stator and rotor because of the effect of the axial
field magnetic flux, meanwhile the axial force will cause the
vibration of the rotor during the operating. Therefore, the
axial force should be considered at two situations as Fig.15 shows:
for the uniform air gap which means the air gaps D1=D2=D3=0.25mm,
and for the non-uniform air gap, the air gap D1 is constant because
of the mechanical strength of the shaft, but for D2 and D3, one
will be increase and the other one will be decrease, but
D2+D3=0.5mm should be constant.
Fig.15. Air gaps of the axial force by the vibration
(a) For the uniform air gap
Fig.16. Axial force for uniform air gap
During the operating, give the current to one phase which are
the opposite poles on stator. Fig.16 shows axial force profiles
with various rotor positions and current. Obviously, the peak value
of the axial force is much bigger than the force on X and Y axis,
because the mainly magnetic flux go through by the axial direction,
and the force will be increase by the increasing current. The Max
and Min value appear at the aligned and unaligned positions,
respectively.
(b) For the non-uniform air gap
For the non-uniform air gap, the axial force between the operate
excitation poles of one phase is different because of the different
air gaps which is caused by the vibration. The operate poles of one
phase span four segmental rotor piths, so for one phase, it should
be calculate 180 degrees. Fig.17-(a) shows the axial force for
non-uniform air gap situation from 0.1mm to 0.4mm with rated
current. The current is given to excitation pole independently, so
that the force almost liner changed relates to the air gap. The Max
and Min force appear at aligned and unaligned positions, because
the two positions are the magnetic flux gets to Max and Min point.
Fig.17-(b) shows the axial force at simultaneously excitation for
one phase, because the two poles of one phase state on the opposite
position which span four segmental rotors, so it should be
calculate 180 degrees to show the performance. And the force for
the two poles are different, because of the air gap is different
which is caused by the vibration.
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(a) Independent excitation
(b) Simultaneously excitation
Fig.17. Axial force for non-uniform air gap
F. Comparison
By the simulation results, there is a comparison between the
proposed motor and a conventional radial field 12/8 SRM. Obviously,
the two motors are in same design dimensions and excitation source,
the output torque of the proposed motor is much better than the
conventional 12/8 SRM within reduce the copper volume.
Table 2: Dimensions of the prototype machine Parameters 12/8 SRM
12/10 DT-SRM
Number of phases 3 3
Number of stator poles 12 12
Number of rotor poles 8 10
Outside diameter (mm) 105 104
Stack axial length (mm) 35 36
Air gap (mm) 0.25 0.25
Arc of stator (degree) 14 30.25/18.5
Arc of rotor (degree) 16 30.25
Number of series turns 5 10
Coil span 3 1
Length of coils (mm) 1878.59 1697.52
Output torque (N.m) 1.69 1.97
IV. CONCLUSIONS A novel axial field SRM, combing the single
teeth stator and
segmental rotor has been designed, analyzed and compared. The
axial field design enables a large increase in the flux linking
each turn of the machine, thereby creating a large increase in
torque density. The proposed motor delivers 16.57% more output
torque than the conventional 12/8 SRM.
The design of single teeth stator offers an advantage with coils
spanning single teeth, due to the short length of the end-winding.
This makes the concept particularly suitable for machines of a
relatively short axial length. Because of the single teeth design,
9.63% copper volume will be saved compare with the conventional
12/8 SRM.
The concept of the segmental rotor forms the magnetic flux into
short flux path which can reduce the core loss of the rotor, and
the segmental cores are embedded into the aluminum body which will
reduce both the weight of the rotor and the rotational inertia.
Finally, the simulation analysis and comparison can be used to
verify that the proposed motor is much effective and suitable for
the application of low speed and high torque.
There is still some subsequent researches should be continued,
such as the optimization of the axial force which can be saved by
the mechanical methods or double stator one rotor structure. And
the motor is processing, the control part will be shown after the
experiment to supply the previous work.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT This research was financially supported by the
Ministry of
Education, Science Technology (MEST) and National Research
Foundation of Korea(NRF) through the Human Resource Training
Project for Regional Innovation
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