Design and Comparison of Three Different Types of IE4 Efficiency Machines

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Abstract

The demand for highly efficient electric machines has been expanded in recent decade due to increase of energy consumption and the improvement of international standards for high efficiency machines. Although the rare-earth permanent magnet machines usually exhibit high performance, rare-earth resources are limited and their cost is high. In this case, this paper studies and compares the performance and cost of 2.2 kW copper-rotor induction machine (CR-IM), synchronous reluctance machine (SynRM), and PM-assisted synchronous reluctance machine (PMASynRM) achieving IE4 efficiency level. A finite-element method (FEM) is used to validate the performance of three machines. The results show that SynRM can achieve IE4 efficiency level with the lowest cost, but the power factor is a big challenge, PMASynRM has the best performance and a competitive cost advantage compared to CR-IM.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2019
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781728133980
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2019
Event22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2019 - Harbin, China
Duration: 11 Aug 201914 Aug 2019

Publication series

Name2019 22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2019

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Electrical Machines and Systems, ICEMS 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityHarbin
Period11/08/1914/08/19

Keywords

  • Copper-rotor induction machine (CR-IM)
  • IE4 efficiency standards
  • PM-assisted synchronous reluctance machine (PMASynRM)
  • design optimization
  • finite-element analysis (FEA)
  • synchronous reluctance machine (SynRM)

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