TY - GEN
T1 - Magnetic equivalent circuit simulations of electrical machines for design purposes
AU - Amrhein, Marco
AU - Krein, Philip T.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - New developments in power electronics technology, materials, and changing application requirements are driving advances in electric machines. But limitations of standard motor design, particularly induction machine design, limit performance capabilities in drive applications. Computer-aided design tools are not available to overcome these limitations. This paper presents a magnetic equivalent circuit modeling approach geared towards design. Magnetic equivalent circuits are flexible in terms of size and accuracy, have moderate computational complexity, are easily parameterized, and can be extended readily to three-dimensional analysis. Comparisons with results from finite element models and measurements indicate that magnetic equivalent circuits, corrected for local saturation, are a promising option for a design tool.
AB - New developments in power electronics technology, materials, and changing application requirements are driving advances in electric machines. But limitations of standard motor design, particularly induction machine design, limit performance capabilities in drive applications. Computer-aided design tools are not available to overcome these limitations. This paper presents a magnetic equivalent circuit modeling approach geared towards design. Magnetic equivalent circuits are flexible in terms of size and accuracy, have moderate computational complexity, are easily parameterized, and can be extended readily to three-dimensional analysis. Comparisons with results from finite element models and measurements indicate that magnetic equivalent circuits, corrected for local saturation, are a promising option for a design tool.
KW - Electric machine design
KW - Induction machine design
KW - Magnetic equivalent circuit
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U2 - 10.1109/ESTS.2007.372095
DO - 10.1109/ESTS.2007.372095
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34548815647
SN - 1424409470
SN - 9781424409471
T3 - IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, ESTS 2007
SP - 254
EP - 260
BT - IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, ESTS 2007
T2 - IEEE Electric Ship Technologies Symposium, ESTS 2007
Y2 - 21 May 2007 through 23 May 2007
ER -