Rotor design functional standard of synchronous reluctance motor according to torque/volume using FEM & SUMT

Abstract

This paper deals with an automatic rotor design functional standard computation based on torque/volume for a synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM). The focus of this paper is the design relative to the torque/volume on the basis of each rated wattage according to the rotor diameters of a SynRM. The coupled finite elements analysis (FEA) & sequential unconstrained minimization technique (SUMT) have been used to evaluate design solutions. The proposed procedure allows to define the rotor geometric design function according to the rotor diameter and rated wattage starting from an existing motor or a preliminary design.