An Enhanced Axial-flux Magnetic-geared Machine with Dual-winding Design for Electric Vehicle Applications

Axial-flux magnetic-geared machine(MGM) is a promising solution for electric vehicle applications for combining the virtues of both axial-flux electric machine and magnetic gear. However, generalized MGMs are limited by the torque density issue, accordingly inapplicable to industrial applications. To solve the abovementioned issue, an improved axial-flux magnetic-geared machine with a dual-winding design is proposed. The key merit of the proposed design is to achieve enhanced torque performance and space utilization with the proposed design, which installs a set of auxiliary winding between modulation rings. With the proposed design, overload protection capability, and fault-tolerant capability can be also achieved, for the proposed machine can work with either the excitation of armature windings or auxiliary windings. The pole-pair, slot combination, and parametric design is studied and optimized by the 3d finite-element method and designed C++ optimization software. Electromagnetic analysis and performance comparison indicate that the proposed machine can achieve a torque enhancement of 68.6% compared to the comparison machine.

Design and Optimization of Dual-Winding Fault-Tolerant Permanent Magnet Motor

To improve the performance of the traditional fault-tolerant permanent magnet(PM)motor,the design and optimal schemes of dual-winding fault-tolerant permanent magnet motor(DWFT-PMM)are proposed and investigated.In order to obtain small cogging torque ripple and inhibiting the short-circuit current,the air gap surface shape of the PM and the anti short-circuits reactance parameters are designed and optimized.According to the actual design requirements of an aircraft electrical actuation system,the parameters,finite element analysis and experimental verification of the DWFT-PMM after optimal design are presented.The research results show that the optimized DWFT-PMM owns the merits of strong magnetic isolation,physics isolation,inhibiting the short circuit current,small cogging torque ripple and high fault tolerance.

A strong robustness open-circuit fault diagnosis strategy for novel fault-tolerant electric drive system based on d-q-axis current signal

To diagnose the Open-Circuit(OC)fault in the novel fault-tolerant electric drive system,based on d-q-axis current signal,a strong robustness diagnosis strategy is proposed and investigated.Fewer independent power supplies and converters are required in the novel fault-tolerant electric drive system based on Dual-Winding Permanent Magnet Motor(DWPMM),and the system’s reliability,usage ratio and power density have been improved compared to the conventional fault-tolerant motor drive system.However,the novel fault-tolerant electric drive system has the OC fault diagnostic false alarms issue when load changes suddenly or under light-load condition.And it lacks the research on the diagnostic method when the system encounters intermittent OC fault in power switches.By theory derivation,simulation and experimental verification,it can be concluded that the proposed strong robustness OC fault diagnosis strategy based on d-q-axis current signal can overcome the OC fault diagnostic false alarms issue when load changes suddenly or under light-load condition.And it can detect and locate the OC fault of single-phase winding in real time,and diagnose the intermittent OC fault of power switches.