08 Design and Analysis of a New Dual-Stator Permanent-Magnet.pdf

ANSYS 2011 中国用户大会优秀论文 Design and Analysis of a New Dual-Stator Permanent-Magnet Machine for Direct-Drive Applications S. L. Ho, Shuangxia Niu and W. N. Fu The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong By virtue of their high torque density, double-stator permanent magnet (PM) electric machines can be effectively used for low-speed, direct-drive applications. In this paper, a new magnetic gear based design of dual-stator PM machine is presented. The key is to use the stationary ferrite poles to modulate the magnetic flux from the stator windings and integrate the magnetic flux modulating and fractional-slot concentrated winding into both stators. The advantage is that it does not only maintain the compact structure with a high torque density, it also renders the design more flexible when compared to the original Vernier structure. By using time-stepping finite element method, the steady state and transient performances of the dual-stator PM machine are simulated and the validity of proposed machine is verified. Index Terms—Direct drive, dual-stator, electric machine, finite element method, permanent magnet, Vernier structure. ferrite segments and the stator surface increases the magnetic I. INTRODUCTION resistance and makes it difficult to fix the stationary segments. A LOW SPEED, direct-drive machine is more advantageous If there is no airgap, its related magnetic resistance can be than a high-speed