Design and Optimization of Synchronous Motor Using PM Halbach Arrays for Rim-Driven Counter-Rotating Pump

Lahcen Amri, Smail Zouggar, Jean-Frédéric Charpentier (), Mohamed Kebdani, Abdelhamid Senhaji, Abdelilah Attar and Farid Bakir
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Lahcen Amri: Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and Maintenance, Mohamed I University, Oujda 6000, Morocco
Smail Zouggar: Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and Maintenance, Mohamed I University, Oujda 6000, Morocco
Jean-Frédéric Charpentier: Institut de Recherche de I’Ecole Navale (EA 3634 IRENav), French Naval Academy, 29240 Brest, France
Mohamed Kebdani: Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, CNAM, LIFSE, HESAM University, F-75013 Paris, France
Abdelhamid Senhaji: Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and Maintenance, Mohamed I University, Oujda 6000, Morocco
Abdelilah Attar: Laboratory of Electrical Engineering and Maintenance, Mohamed I University, Oujda 6000, Morocco
Farid Bakir: Arts et Métiers Institute of Technology, CNAM, LIFSE, HESAM University, F-75013 Paris, France

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 7, 1-17

Abstract: This document deals with the design of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM) to peripherally drive a counter-rotating pump inducer. The motor/pump is associated using a rim-driven principle where the motor’s active parts are located at the periphery of the inducer blades. It proposes using a Halbach array of permanent magnets for the active rotor of the motor. This solution allows the generation of a Sinusoidal Electromotive Force (EMF). Therefore, a more stable electromagnetic torque is reached. An optimum geometry suitable for the inducer specifications while respecting operational constraints is determined. The obtained geometry is then simulated using the Finite Element Method. The results are satisfactory in terms of average torque and EMF waveform. Use of the Halbach array allows a significant improvement of the flux density in the air gap compared to a designed surface-mounted machine. The experimental validation will be performed once the prototype is realized in the Laboratory of Fluid Engineering and Energy systems (LISFE).

Keywords: rim-driven; Halbach array; finite elements; design; PMSM; optimization; progressive magnetization (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: 2023
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