This work analyzes the behavior of surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous motors (SPMSMs) operating under stator faults. The studied faults are resistive unbalance and winding inter-turn short circuits, which may lead to unbalanced conditions of the motor. Both faults may reduce motor efficiency and performance and produce premature ageing. This work develops an analytical model of the mo...

Two different external-rotor-internal-stator TORUS type axial flux PM machines can be derived based on the direction of the flux. In the first type of the TORUS machine, magnet driven flux enters stator and travels circumferentially along the stator core while in the second type the flux enters the stator and travels axially along the machine axis of rotation. The major differences between the ...

This paper deals with the computation of vibrations and noise of electromagnetic origin for ’U’-shaped stator core flux switching permanent magnet (FSPM) machines. The investigation concerns a family of FSPM stator/rotor configurations with 12 slots and 10, 11, 13, and 14 rotor poles. More precisely, the study focuses on the influence of different number of rotor poles on the sound power level ...

An improved topology of a low-speed permanent magnet vernier machine called a dual-stator interior permanent magnet vernier machine (DS-IPMVM) is introduced to significantly increase torque density and power factor. Dual-stator is usually adopted in machine design for more torque and the abundant space utilization. Interior spoke-type magnet array in the rotor is designed for magnet flux focusi...

The state of degradation of stator groundwall insulation in induction motor results in the state of unbalance in threephase stator current at fundamental frequency. In this investigation, the computer simulation model to determine this state of unbalance is developed. On the basis of park‟s transformation model the unbalanced stator current data in three-phase machine variable („abc‟) form is t...

There are many methods in literature for canalizing of circulating useful flux from stator core to rotor core without radial movements in induction machines. It is obvious to healing of useful flux with decreasing radial moved zig-zag flux and it increases the motor performance. Magnetic barrier, cutout and using of slits are the most used methods for improve the circulating useful flux in the ...

Large low speed hydro-generators (fig. 1) have a very small specific air-gap to stator bore diameter ratio making it virtually impossible to have a perfect centering of the rotor within the stator during the assembly process. Therefore the machines are operated with an eccentricity that, though small, is not negligible, and is the cause of undesirable effects: considerable unbalanced magnetic p...

In this paper, a generalized formula is proposed for the selection of number of slots required for n-phase alternative current (AC) machine design and the criterion for selecting the starting points of each phases. The analytical model is verified using a four-pole machine with a 36-slot stator. Each coil of the stator winding of this machine is brought out to a patch board that enables the sta...

The subject of on-line detection and location of inter-turn short circuits in the stator windings of three-phase induction motors is discussed, and a noninvasive approach, based on the computer-aided monitoring of the stator current Parks Vector, is introduced. Experimental results, obtained by using a special fault producing test rig, demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed technique, fo...

Due to speed fluctuations of unregulated wind turbines, the terminal voltage may increase to dangerously high levels which have been reported to cause capacitor failure at wind farms. In this topic this paper examines a steady state performance analysis of stand-alone double stator induction generator self excited with two independents capacitors banks. An impedance approach based on double thr...