Influence of Rotor-Pole Number on Electromagnetic Performance in 12-Phase Redundant Switched Flux Permanent Magnet Machines for Wind Power Generation

Lingyun Shao, Wei Hua, Z. Q. Zhu, Minghao Tong, Guishu Zhao, Fangbo Yin, Zhongze Wu, Ming Cheng

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Abstract

In this paper, electromagnetic performances of 12-phase 24-stator-pole redundant switched flux permanent magnet (SFPM) machines with 20-, 22-, 26-, and 28-rotor-pole rotors designed for wind power generation are comparatively analyzed. The influence of key design parameters on the open-circuit phase electromotive force and cogging torque is comparatively evaluated by a 2-D finite-element analysis (FEA). FEA results show that the 24-/26-pole SFPM machine exhibits the highest electromagnetic torque and efficiency than the other three, while the 24-/22-pole one has the smallest cogging torque and torque ripple as well as relatively good voltage regulation and efficiency, which are essential for a wind generator. Furthermore, the investigation on redundancy performance shows that cross coupling among the four sets of three-phase balanced windings and the saturation effect can be neglected when the generator operates with relative light loads. Finally, the 12-phase 24-/22-pole SFPM machine is built and tested to validate the simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7875405
Pages (from-to)3305-3316
Number of pages12
JournalIEEE Transactions on Industry Applications
Volume53
Issue number4
Early online date10 Mar 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jul 2017

Funding

Manuscript received October 17, 2016; revised January 8, 2017; accepted March 5, 2017. Date of publication March 10, 2017; date of current version July 15, 2017. Paper 2016-EMC-1039.R1, presented at the 2016 XXII International Conference on Electrical Machines, Ecublens, Switzerland, Sep. 4–7, and approved for publication in the IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON INDUSTRY APPLICATIONS by the Electric Machines Committee of the IEEE Industry Applications Society. This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 51137001 and Grant 51322705.

Keywords

  • 12 phase
  • flux switching
  • permanent magnet (PM)
  • redundancy
  • stator/rotor pole
  • switched flux (SF)
  • wind power generation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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