Design Optimisation of Surface Mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine for In-wheel Electric Vehicle Applications

Design Optimisation of Surface Mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine for In-wheel Electric Vehicle Applications

Bandyopadhyay, S.

Polinder, H. (mentor)
Van der Geest, M. (mentor)

Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science

DC Systems , Energy Conversions and Storage

2015-06-30

The drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through alternative energy resources has been one of the pioneering studies of this century. This has led to a lot of research and innovation in the transportation sector. After nearly a century with the internal combustion(IC) engine dominating this sector, it now appears that the Electric Vehicle Technology is on the edge of experiencing rapid growth in both developed and developing vehicle markets. Hence the research for electric vehicles with efficient drive systems with electric motors, especially Permanent Magnet Motors has received a lot of attention lately. %This increasing interest in PM motors is mainly due to the high energy density of modern permanent magnets along with high Residual Magnetism , high Coercive force and high Curie temperature. In addition to these the cost of Permanent Magnets are decreasing on an average which will make PM motors cost competitive with other motor types. Currently there is a lot of scope of improvements in the field of design of in-wheel motors focusing on higher Power and Torque density. This thesis investigates the opportunities for improvements on an existing design of Surface Mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous motor(SPMSM) for better performance of Electric vehicles along with detailed comparison of dynamic performance with existing class of motors.

Electrical Machine Design
Particle Swarm Optimisation

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2017-06-30

Student theses

master thesis

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