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Structure and Characteristics of High‐Performance PMASynRM with Ferrite Magnets
Author(s) -
Sanada Masayuki,
Inoue Yukinori,
Morimoto Shigeo
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
electrical engineering in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1520-6416
pISSN - 0424-7760
DOI - 10.1002/eej.22362
Subject(s) - magnet , ferrite (magnet) , rare earth , materials science , demagnetizing field , automotive engineering , mechanical engineering , electrical engineering , inverter , power density , engineering physics , power (physics) , engineering , metallurgy , composite material , voltage , physics , magnetic field , magnetization , quantum mechanics
SUMMARY Recently, the use of permanent magnet (PM) motors has risen markedly because of improvements in the performance of rare earth PM motors. However, the use of rare earth materials, which is an important aspect of the high‐performance PM motor, should be reduced because of the high cost and unpredictability associated with procuring such materials. The performance of motors that use rare earth materials has reached a very high level, one that will not be easy to match without such materials. In this paper, we propose a structure for a high‐power‐density PM‐assisted synchronous reluctance motor involving the use of a ferrite PM. The structure prevents irreversible demagnetization of the PM even in the presence of heavy flux‐weakening excitation or an inverter fault. It is shown that the proposed structure achieves high‐power and high‐efficiency performance. © 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 187(1): 42–50, 2014; Published online in Wiley Online Library ( wileyonlinelibrary.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.22362