Axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) machines are being increasingly used in a variety of industrial, direct drive applications which benefit from their extreme axial compactness. In particular, slotted AFPM machines are of great interest, since they allow to achieve high torque densities together with an adequate constant power speed range. This paper analyzes a particular aspect related to the design of such machines, i.e. the use of soft magnetic composite (SMC) wedges to close stator slots. Magnetic circuit-based analyses and 2-D and 3-D finite-element analyses are performed on a 10 kW AFPM machine; various magnetic wedge configurations are adopted; the no-load performance is compared with that of the same machine using nonmagnetic wedges in terms of flux linkage, cogging torque, and no-load losses. Finally, experimental tests and results on a full-scale prototype machine mounting magnetic wedges are reported.

No-Load Performance of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machines Mounting Magnetic Wedges / DE DONATO, Giulio; GIULII CAPPONI, Fabio; Caricchi, Federico Attilio. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS. - ISSN 0278-0046. - STAMPA. - 59:10(2012), pp. 3768-3779. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) tenutosi a Bari, ITALY nel JUL 04-07, 2010) [10.1109/tie.2011.2169638].

No-Load Performance of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machines Mounting Magnetic Wedges

DE DONATO, Giulio;GIULII CAPPONI, Fabio;CARICCHI, Federico Attilio
2012

Abstract

Axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) machines are being increasingly used in a variety of industrial, direct drive applications which benefit from their extreme axial compactness. In particular, slotted AFPM machines are of great interest, since they allow to achieve high torque densities together with an adequate constant power speed range. This paper analyzes a particular aspect related to the design of such machines, i.e. the use of soft magnetic composite (SMC) wedges to close stator slots. Magnetic circuit-based analyses and 2-D and 3-D finite-element analyses are performed on a 10 kW AFPM machine; various magnetic wedge configurations are adopted; the no-load performance is compared with that of the same machine using nonmagnetic wedges in terms of flux linkage, cogging torque, and no-load losses. Finally, experimental tests and results on a full-scale prototype machine mounting magnetic wedges are reported.
2012
eddy currents; finite-element method; magnetic circuits; magnetic losses; permanent magnet machines; soft magnetic materials
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No-Load Performance of Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Machines Mounting Magnetic Wedges / DE DONATO, Giulio; GIULII CAPPONI, Fabio; Caricchi, Federico Attilio. - In: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS. - ISSN 0278-0046. - STAMPA. - 59:10(2012), pp. 3768-3779. (Intervento presentato al convegno IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Electronics (ISIE) tenutosi a Bari, ITALY nel JUL 04-07, 2010) [10.1109/tie.2011.2169638].
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