Effect of Slot-and-Pole Combination on the Leakage Inductance and the Performance of Tooth-Coil Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Machines

The influence of slot-and-pole-number combinations on the leakage inductance of double-layer fractional-slot concentrated nonoverlapping winding (i.e., tooth-coil winding) permanent-magnet synchronous machines is studied. A Fourier-analysis-based method for calculating the harmonic air-gap leakage inductance applied to the current-linkage waveform (winding function) in the air gap is suggested. Different slot-and-pole combinations are considered, and their influence, in particular, on the air-gap leakage inductance is indicated. In tooth-coil machines, the air-gap harmonic leakage can have a surprisingly large impact on the machine performance.

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