Theoretical and Experimental Investigations of the Electromagnetic Steel Compositions for Synchronous Reluctance Motors

To meet the increasingly stringent regulations on operational efficiencies of electric motors, efforts have been devoted to design and construct motors with less power losses. Without the need of rotor conductors, and hence, no secondary copper loss, the feasibilities of applying synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) have attracted many attentions on the related industries. Since the operation of SynRM is mainly based on the reluctance torque, appropriate electromagnetic steel selections for the motors will be the key factors. To adequately evaluate the performance of SynRM, with the available magnetization and hysteresis characteristics of the commercial steel sheets, the SynRMs that are composed of different electromagnetic steels at various operational specifications will be thoroughly investigated. From theoretical analyses of the selected SynRMs by different stator and rotor material compositions along with experimental validations, valuable guidance for related SynRM constructions and operations can thus be provided for steel manufacturers and motor designers.

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