Design and Analysis of a Series-Type Permanent Magnet Axial Flux-Switching Memory Machine

Nian Li (), Da Xu, Xiangjun Hao and Jianhui Li
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Nian Li: School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Da Xu: School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Xiangjun Hao: School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
Jianhui Li: School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 23, 1-19

Abstract: This paper presents a new topology of an axial flux-switching memory machine with series-type permanent magnets (SPMs) to improve the flux regulation capability. The key idea was to combine low coercive force (LCF) PMs, which can be magnetized and demagnetized readily, with high coercive force (HCF) PMs in series to provide a variable air-gap magnetic flux. The flux regulating principle and the forward magnetization effect of HCF PMs on LCF PMs are presented and discussed. Based on 3D finite element analysis (FEA), the magnetization variation of LCF PMs and the electromagnetic performances of the machine under different magnetization states were investigated. Simulation results showed that the air-gap magnetic flux could be weakened by up to 45% by using a magnetization current impulse, significantly extending the PM motor’s flux-weakening speed range. Finally, a prototype machine was built, and experiments were performed to validate the predictions. The basic experimental validation shows that the measured back-EMF and the flux regulating characteristic matched the 3D FEA results well.

Keywords: design; analysis; axial flux; flux-switching; memory machine; series PM; magnetization; demagnetization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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