Improving the Performance of a Synchronous Reluctance Machine through the use of Composite Magnetic Materials

摘要

In the present paper, we investigate the improvement of the synchronous reluctance machine performance using a new soft magnetic composite material. This work highlights potential technology applications of the new soft composite magnetic materials in the design of electrical machines. A numerical simulation carried out on the SynRM has shown that the electromagnetic performances such as torque and magnetic losses are better for SMC materials than for laminate materials for a supply frequency beyond f=500 Hz. Subsequently, an optimization of the machine has been performed using the so-called response surface method (SRM) by acting on the most influential geometric parameters of the machine. As a last step, an experimental study is carried out on SynRM in order to validate the finite element results.