This paper describes the modeling of a permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) by using lumped models (LMs). Designing electrical machines necessarily involves several fields of physics, such as electromagnetics, thermics, mechanics, and acoustics. Magnetic, electrical, electronic, and thermal parts are represented by LMs, whereas vibro-acoustic and mechanical parts are represented by analytical models. The aim of this study is to build a design model of a PMSM for traction applications. Each model is parameterized to optimize the machine. The method of taking into account saturation and movement is described. These fast, LMs make it possible to couple the software used with optimization tools. Simulation results are presented and compared with the finite-element method and the experiments performed.

In this paper, the design optimization of a nonsalient high-speed permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) for electric vehicle applications is presented. It will be shown how, with a new approach, it is possible to find a deterministic solution to solve the sizing of the machine from a given driving cycle. The optimal geometry and the optimal control strategy over the cycle minimizing both the energy losses and the volume of the machine will be calculated. At first, the one-dimensional analytical model used is presented and validated for the most significant point of the driving cycle using a finite element method. Then, the design methodology and the results through a specific application are detailed. Particularly, it will be shown how the flux weakening, directly given by the design process via the optimization of the control strategy, allows reducing both the energy losses and the constraints on the power converter. At last, in order to validate the solution considering the whole cycle while keeping a reduced computation time, a reluctance network model of the PMSM is used. This model validate the energy losses and the flux densities in the steel parts over the cycle. The study will be done considering the urban dynamometer driving schedule.

A novel transverse-flux permanent magnet linear motor (TFPMLM) named as double-sided double-excited one is proposed in this paper. First, the operational principle and structural advantages of the TFPMLM are presented. Then, the 3-D magnetic circuit structure of the TFPMLM is simplified equivalently into a 2-D one in order that Schwarz-Christoffel (SC) mapping method can be adopted to analyze the motor's magnetic field and characteristics. Then, the air-gap flux density distribution, back voltage and force waveforms when at no-load and at load are calculated by the SC mapping method and 3-D finite-element method, respectively, for a prototype linear motor, The results from the two methods coincide much better with each other. At last, influences of magnet shape on the cogging force are studied by the SC method.

The aim of this paper is to simulate a large power brushless synchronous generator used for large turbo-alternator brushless excitation systems under conditions of saturation and rotating rectifier diode failures. A reluctance network coupled with electric circuits and power electronic components integrating the movement and nonlinearities of materials has been developed. The approach achieves good compromise between accuracy and computing time for the complete analysis of a 39 phase machine with 117 teeth and 22 poles, and 78 diodes in the associated rectifier bridge. Our model is validated by comparison with experimental measurements and numerical simulation by a finite element package. For the simulations presented, a gain in computation time of 800 can be obtained compared with a finite element model. Different results are calculated for healthy and faulty states to study the impact of open diode block failure. Simulation results show that open diode failures have little effect on the rectified output voltage, but the current through diodes and protection fuses increases. The currents in armature phase coil are very affected due to failures. A flux sensor coil can be placed on the stator pole to capture the impact of failures. The harmonic content of the pole flux can be used to monitor and detect diode failures.

Parallelization allows accelerating the computation of Electromagnetic Transients (EMTs). It can rely on the natural propagation delay of transmission lines (line-delay) to decouple a network into sub-networks without any loss of accuracy. Other techniques have to be used when there is no line-delay available. This paper presents one of them, using the Compensation Method (CM). This method is applied to decouple and parallelize real-time EMT simulations. The main novelty towards previous works is the introduction of an iterative version of CM to handle nonlinearities. The performance and accuracy of CM is studied through test cases, including practical distribution and High Voltage Direct Current (HVDC) networks. Hardware-In-the-Loop (HIL) setups with Line-Commutated Converters (LCC) and Voltage Source Converters (VSC) are used to test the iterative CM on practical real-time nonlinear cases.

In this paper, an analytical method is presented in the aim of minimizing simutanously the volume and the energy losses of high-speed Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM) for electrical vehicle application. The performance of the optimal designed machine is validated at all working points of the driving cycle by means of an original reluctance network model. A case study is carried out for the UDDS cycle and urban vehicle.