Eddy-current losses in the solid back-iron of PM machines for different concentrated fractional pitch windings

H Polinder, MJ Hoeijmakers, M Scuotto

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    Abstract

    Permanent magnet (PM) machines with concentrated fractional-pitch stator windings are increasingly used because of their cost-effectiveness. In this paper, the eddy-current losses in the solid back-iron of these machines are modeled. This model is applied to calculate the losses in the solid back-iron of the linear PM generator of the Archimedes Wave Swing (AWS) for different combinations of numbers of poles and numbers of teeth. In machines with fractional-pitch windings, these eddy-current losses are considerable and depend strongly on the combination of number of teeth and number of poles. In fractional pitch machines with a coil around very second tooth, these losses are excessive.
    Original languageUndefined/Unknown
    Title of host publicationInternational electric machines and drives conference IEMDC '07
    Editors s.n.
    Place of PublicationPiscataway
    PublisherIEEE Society
    Pages652-657
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Print)1-4244-0743-5
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2007
    EventInternational electric machines and drives conference IEMDC '07, Antalya - Piscataway
    Duration: 3 May 20075 May 2007

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    PublisherIEEE

    Conference

    ConferenceInternational electric machines and drives conference IEMDC '07, Antalya
    Period3/05/075/05/07

    Keywords

    • conference contrib. refereed
    • Conf.proc. > 3 pag

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