Average Torque Improvement of Interior Permanent-Magnet Machine Using Third Harmonic in Rotor Shape

A rotor shaping technique with optimal third harmonic is presented to enhance the average torque of interior permanent-magnet (IPM) machines in this paper. The optimal value of third harmonic injected into the rotor outer surface shape has been derived and further confirmed by both finite-element analyses and experiments. The impact of the optimal third harmonic to the rotor shape on the electromagnetic performance, including harmonics in the back electromotive forces, cogging torque, average torque, and torque ripple, is investigated. It is demonstrated that without any modification of the costly rare earth permanent magnet employed for the inverse-cosine-shaped rotor, the average torque of the machine of an inverse cosine injected with an optimal third-harmonic-shaped rotor can be improved by 6%. Simultaneously, the torque ripple remains almost unchanged, and the saliency ratio is also improved, further boosting the average torque. Finally, the machines with both conventional and optimal third harmonic rotors are prototyped and tested to validate the analysis.

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