Relationship between magnetic poles and characteristics of revolving permanent‐magnet type magnet wheels

The authors earlier proposed a revolving permanent‐magnet type wheel called the “magnet wheel,” which has the functions of both induction repulsive magnetic levitation and thrust. In this paper, the relationship between magnetic poles and lift force or thrust characteristics is examined to investigate the performance. Five types of magnet wheels are discussed in an experimental study and four more types are used in a theoretical study with three‐dimensional numerical analysis. The following parameters are considered: magnetomotive force (mmf) of a permanent magnet; thickness of the magnet in the magnetizing direction; total volume of magnets; fundamental factor; distortion factor of the space mmf distribution of poles; pole pitch; diameter of magnet wheel; mechanical clearance; and thickness and resistivity of conducting plate. The results show the following: 1. The lift force per unit of magnet volume is approximately proportional to the fundamental factor of the space mmf distribution of the poles. A low degree space harmonic mmf is effective in increasing lift force. 2. The driving power per unit of lift force is almost entirely independent of the configuration of the primary member, including pole arrangement and position relative to the secondary conducting plate, respectively, and depends only on the resistance of the conducting plate. 3. In both the “partial‐overlap type” and “tilt type” magnet wheels, many poles with sufficiently large pole pitch are useful. In the tilt type the use of a small tilt angle is desirable. © 1999 Scripta Technica, Electr Eng Jpn, 128(4): 111–120, 1999     

混合磁极式的混合励磁永磁同步发电机仿真

为了研究混合磁极式的混合励磁永磁同步发电机转子上既有永磁体、又有励磁绕组的运行性能,建立了混合磁极式的混合励磁永磁同步发电机的基本方程;根据该电机的转子结构及定子绕组的实际连接方式和空间分布情况,分析了模型中电感参数及永磁体在其他回路中产生的磁链的特点,并给出其表达式;采用有限元法计算各参数表达式中的系数,能准确考虑磁极形状及永磁体的作用,利用数值方法对该电机的性能进行仿真.在1台混合磁极式的混合励磁永磁同步发电机样机上进行了实验,仿真结果和实验结果吻合较好,验证了仿真模型的正确性和参数计算的准确性.     

Development of a new sensorless vector‐controlled and transmissionless electric vehicle using a permanent‐magnet synchronous motor

One of the most important technologies for electric vehicles (EVs) will be drive control technology for the main motor. It is desired that the drive control technology have the following characteristics. (1) It does not require a position/speed sensor for controlling motor drive, which has been mounted on the rotor shaft. (2) It has vector controls that can produce torque quickly, efficiently, and/or precisely. (3) It has wide driving‐range and allows developing EVs with no variable transmission. This paper proposes new drive control technologies for such EVs using a permanent‐magnet synchronous motor as a main motor, and verifies its usefulness through development of an actual EV that can drive on public roads. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 165(3): 83–94, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20459     

A new identity dimensional D‐state observer for sensorless drive of permanent‐magnet synchronous motors

A new identity dimensionless D‐state observer whose state variables are the stator reaction flux and rotor flux is proposed for the sensorless drive of permanent‐magnet synchronous motors. Furthermore, sufficient conditions are newly and analytically derived for the observer gains that guarantee stable convergence of state variable estimates. Additionally, two new methods for designing observer gain are presented; these methods, the constant and speed‐dependent gain methods, satisfy the derived analytical conditions. The observer gain conditions used in the design methods are validated through extensive numerical experiments. In addition, typical design examples of the observer gains using the proposed design methods are presented. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 181(1): 45–61, 2012; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.21200     

A new high‐frequency voltage injection method for sensorless drive of permanent‐magnet synchronous motors with pole saliency

This paper proposes a new sensorless vector control method for salient‐pole permanent‐magnet synchronous motors. In regard to rotor phase estimation, the sensorless vector control method is characterized by a new high‐frequency voltage injection method distinguished from the conventional ones by a unique ellipse shape of the spatial rotation, and by a new PLL method whose input is a high‐frequency current autocorrelated signal. The new vector control method established by two innovative technologies can have the following high‐performance and attractive features: (1) it can allow 250% rated torque at standstill; (2) it can operate from zero to the rated speed under the rated motoring or regenerating load; (3) it accepts instant injection of the rated load even for zero‐speed control; (4) it accommodates a load with huge moment of inertia; (5) phase estimation is very robust against inverter dead time; (6) the computational load for estimating rotor phase is very small, would be the smallest among the methods with comparable performance. This paper presents the new vector control method by focusing on two innovative technologies from its principles to design rules. Usefulness of the new vector control method is verified through extensive experiments. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 164(4): 62–77, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20632     

Optimization of magnet arrangement in double‐layer interior permanent‐magnet motors

The arrangement of permanent magnets in double‐layer interior permanent‐magnet motors is optimized for variable‐speed applications. First, the arrangement of magnets is decided by automatic optimization. Next, the superiority of the optimized motor is discussed by considering d‐ and q‐axis equivalent circuits that take into account the magnetic saturation of the rotor core. Finally, experimental veri?cation is carried out with a prototype motor. It is con?rmed that the maximum torque of the optimized motor under both low‐speed and high‐speed conditions is higher than that of conventional motors because of the relatively large q‐axis inductance and small d‐axis inductance. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 183(4): 54–63, 2013; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.22348     

Potentiality of a new minimum‐order back‐EMF state observer taking acceleration into account for sensorless vector control of permanent‐magnet synchronous motors

This paper proposes new sensorless vector control methods for permanent‐magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs), which are based on a new minimum‐order back‐EMF state observer taking acceleration into account, and examines potentiality of the improved back‐EMF observer through experiments. Conventional sensorless vector control methods for PMSMs using an estimate of back‐EMF are established under the assumption of constant speed or zero acceleration, and consequently cannot operate properly at modes requiring rapid speed change especially in low speed region. On the other hand, the proposed back‐EMF observer has the following features: (1) it is a new back‐EMF state observer taking acceleration into account and requiring no additional approximation to motor mathematical model; (2) it is a minimum‐order state observer; (3) it utilizes motor parameters in the simplest manner; (4) it can be applied to both salient‐pole and non‐salient‐pole PMSMs; (5) it can be realized in both rotor and stator reference frames. Detailed designs and analyses for the improved state observer and the sensorless vector control systems in both rotor and stator reference frames are given. In relation to the sensorless vector control systems, this paper newly proposes a double‐integral‐type PLL method and an integral‐feedback‐type acceleration/speed estimation method. Their potentialities are examined through experiments. © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 164(4): 78–92, 2008; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/ eej.20630     

Miniaturization design method and performance evaluation of prototype permanent‐magnet synchronous motor optimally designed by thermomagnetic field coupling analysis

This paper reports on the results of the miniaturization design of a permanent magnet synchronous motor, for which an optimal design technique based on thermomagnetic field coupling analysis is used. We derived the optimal solution for various motor flatness ratios and determined the relationship between the motor size and the flatness ratio. For motors with different flatness ratios, we calculated the speed–torque characteristics by considering the voltage, temperature rise, and demagnetization limits and compared them. Moreover, we manufactured and tested the smallest designed motor. The measured temperature rises demonstrated the high accuracy of the proposed miniaturization design. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 183(2): 58–66, 2013; Published online in Wiley Online Library (wileyonlinelibrary.com). DOI 10.1002/eej.22279     

New generalized D‐state observers for sensorless drive of permanent‐magnet synchronous motors. Impact of rotor flux harmonics to fundamental component estimate

This paper proposes new generalized D‐state observers as new minimum‐order flux state observers for sensorless drive of permanent‐magnet synchronous motors. The proposed generalized D‐state observers, which are established by a new approach using filters in the D‐module, contain the conventional D‐state observer as a special case, and the associated observer gain also contains the conventional one for the conventional D‐state observer as a special case. Consequently, the proposed generalized D‐state observers provide designers with a higher degree of design flexibility. In addition, for generalized D‐state observers, this paper presents a new analysis of the error in estimation of the rotor flux fundamental component due to rotor flux harmonics originating from nonsinusoidal magnetization, which has hitherto been an unsolved problem. It is analytically shown and verified by numerical experiments that harmonics appear in the flux estimate in a similar manner to the original rotor flux harmonics from the viewpoint of rotor phase error. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 169(2): 37–47, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20768     

Electromagnetic and resistance torque on a synchronous motor shaft with permanent magnet excitation

This paper considers methods for indentifying electromagnetic and resistance torque on a permanent magnet synchronous motor shaft with rotor-position feedback in steady-state and dynamic modes under sine-wave voltage applied to motor windings. The authors give relatively simple equations for an electromagnetic-torque observer.     

A new method for estimating initial rotor phase of self‐excited hybrid‐field synchronous motors

This paper proposes a new method for properly estimating the rotor initial phase (i.e., the position) of the newly emerging self‐excited hybrid‐field synchronous motors (SelE‐HFSMs), which have the rotor held by both a permanent magnet and a diode‐shorted held winding. The proposed method injects a spatially rotating high‐frequency voltage and detects the rotor phase directly by evaluating the norm of the associated current. The method is very simple, but has a high degree of usability. 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 173(3): 49–58, 2010; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience. wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.21027     

混合励磁永磁同步发电机的原理与设计

针对普通永磁同步发电机输出电压不可调的不足之处,本文采用一种新颖的电机结构－混合励磁结构,它综合了永磁电机和电励磁电机的优点：发电机在结构上是无刷的;磁场可以调节。对这种电机的结构、工作原理、设计方法等进行了描述,并试制了一台样机,试验结果证明了所提方法的可行性。     

A salient‐pole synchronous generator with permanent magnets between the field poles

In this paper, a new salient‐pole synchronous generator (SG) termed the PMa‐SG is presented. In the PMa‐SG, permanent magnets (PMs) are placed between the pole shoes to reduce the magnetic saturation in the field poles. By using finite element analysis (FEA), the internal magnetic fields and basic characteristics of a 2.8‐MVA PMa‐SG are compared with those of a conventional SG of the same size, and the reduction effect of the magnetic saturation of the PMs is examined. The FEA simulations are also validated by experiments on a 2.0‐kVA prototype machine. The PMs placed between the pole shoes reduce the magnetic saturation in the pole bodies and pole tips and effectively increase the terminal voltage and output power. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 174(4): 58–67, 2011; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.21132     

A dynamic mathematical model and vector block diagrams for class of hybrid‐field synchronous motors

This paper proposes a new dynamic mathematical model and new block diagrams for a newly emerging class of salient‐pole hybrid‐field synchronous motors (HFSM) that have rotor field by both permanent magnet and winding. The proposed mathematical model has the following completeness and generality. (1) It consists of three consistent basic equations such as circuit, torque, and energy‐transmission equations. (2) It deals with pole saliency and contains nonsaliency as a special case. (3) It is a dynamic model and contains a static one as a special case. (4) It is established in the general reference frame including stator and rotor reference frames as special cases. The proposed new block diagrams using vector signals for salient‐pole HFSM are established based on the model. It has the following attractive features. (1) It succeeds in realizing clear configurations with physically meaningful vector signals, which are helpful for understanding motor electromagnetic mechanisms and useful for designing controllers for the salient‐pole HFSM. (2) Vector signals utilized as transfer signals between blocks are defined in the general reference frame. Consequently, the vector‐signal block diagrams in the frame can be directly and easily reduced to the ones in such a specific frame as stator and rotor frames. (3) It is compact. Two typical and compact but sufficiently general vector‐signal block diagrams are newly presented. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 152(2): 47–57, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20112     

Basic principles and characteristics of hybrid excitation synchronous machine

Permanent magnet type synchronous machines have been widely used for industrial applications. It is commonly known that they are operated at high efficiency since no excitation input is required. However, it is difficult to control the air-gap magnetic flux, because the magnetic flux is determined by the property of the permanent magnet and approximately kept constant. On the other hand, synchronous machines with the field winding make it easy to control the air-gap magnetic flux. But the copper loss of the field winding becomes large at the rated load. In order to realize the magnetic flux control easily and improve the performance of the conventional synchronous machine, we propose a hybrid excitation type synchronous machine (HSY) with the permanent magnets and the field winding. Advantages of HSY are (1) it has no brushes (maintenance free), (2) required excitation input is small (high efficiency), (3) it is easy to get a sufficient magnetic flux control, and others. Therefore, HSY has a great possibility of use for various applications. In this paper, basic principles and characteristics of HSY are mainly discussed and made clear.     

Mover design and simulation of linear synchronous motor with half‐wave‐rectified self‐excitation

This paper presents a design method for a linear synchronous motor with half‐wave‐rectified self‐excitation; this method enables the construction of a motor with small thrust ripple. The mover of the motor is designed to be asymmetrical in order to reduce the thrust ripple. First, we design the configuration of the asymmetrical mover and the field winding of the mover by using the finite element method and a characteristic equation. The asymmetrical mover is built, and the thrust ripple reduction is verified by experiments. Next, the linear synchronous motor is modeled using a circuit simulator in order to confirm its high‐speed performance. The operation characteristics are clarified by simulation. © 2011 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 175(1): 43–52, 2011; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.21051     

混合励磁同步电机发展现状及应用前景

针对现有混合励磁同步电机的结构及其特点,简述了混合励磁同步电机的工作原理,并根据其拓扑结构对现有混合励磁同步电机进行了分类,提出了现有混合励磁同步电机的适宜结构形式,指出了其应用前景。     

A control system for an electric drive with a synchronous reluctance machine with separate excitation

A mathematical model of an electric drive with a field-regulated reluctance machine is presented. The model of the electric drive is a multichannel control system. Each channel of the multichannel control system is equivalent to a dc electric-drive control system. Structures with independently excited machines below and above the base speed control are proposed.     

Magnet design and motor performances of a double‐layer interior permanent magnet synchronous motor

In this paper we discuss the results of our investigation of the interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPM), with permanent magnets embedded in the rotor, and particularly the double‐layer IPM synchronous motor, which has two layers of magnets embedded in the rotor, layered in the radial direction. For this investigation, we studied the arrangement of permanent magnets both through simulation and by experiments with a prototype. The results concerning the form of the magnets clearly show the advantages of the reverse arc configuration, which makes it possible to increase the surface area creating magnetic flux. We further determined that to maximize both the q‐axis flux and the flux of the permanent magnets, the optimum width of the q‐axis flux path between the magnets for the motor investigated here is 2 mm. The results also clearly show that chamfering the ends of magnets is effective in achieving better utilization of the q‐axis flux.© 1999 Scripta Technica, Electr Eng Jpn, 128(1): 62–69, 1999     

Characteristics of a hybrid‐type switched reluctance motor with salient pole stator

In this paper, we propose a new hybrid‐type switched reluctance motor (SRM) with salient pole stator, which has a pair of permanent magnets attached symmetrically between the iron poles of the rotor. We describe experimental results not only on the basic characteristics of the hybrid SRM, but also characteristics with a current control loop under optimized advanced firing angle and cutoff angle control. Considerable improvement of machine performance, especially in the efficiency and power factor, for the hybrid SRM over the conventional VR‐type SRM is confirmed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 147(3): 72–79, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.10285