{"title":"Modeling of eddy current loss in the magnets of permanent magnet machines for hybrid and electric vehicle traction applications","authors":"Xiaofeng Ding, C. Mi","doi":"10.1109/VPPC.2009.5289816","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"The eddy current loss in the magnets of permanent magnet (PM) motors in a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) and plugin HEV is usually not taken into consideration in traditional motor design and analysis. However, due to the high conductivity of the rare-earth magnet, neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB), and slot/tooth harmonics, there is eddy current loss generated inside the magnets. This loss may not attribute very much to the efficiency of the motor, but the temperature-rise inside the magnets caused by this loss can lead to the unpredictable deterioration of the magnets. In addition, the output voltage of pulse-width-modulated (PWM) inverter contains abundant high frequency harmonics, which induce additional loss in the magnets. This paper presents the modeling and analysis of eddy current loss in surface-mounted-magnets of PM motors operated by PWM inverters for HEV/PHEV and electric vehicle traction applications. In order to evaluate the loss from pure sinusoidal and PWM inverter supply, an analytical method is implemented, in conjunction with time-stepped finite-element analysis (FEA). The simulation results validated the proposed model.","PeriodicalId":191216,"journal":{"name":"2009 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2009-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"21","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2009 IEEE Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/VPPC.2009.5289816","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The eddy current loss in the magnets of permanent magnet (PM) motors in a hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) and plugin HEV is usually not taken into consideration in traditional motor design and analysis. However, due to the high conductivity of the rare-earth magnet, neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB), and slot/tooth harmonics, there is eddy current loss generated inside the magnets. This loss may not attribute very much to the efficiency of the motor, but the temperature-rise inside the magnets caused by this loss can lead to the unpredictable deterioration of the magnets. In addition, the output voltage of pulse-width-modulated (PWM) inverter contains abundant high frequency harmonics, which induce additional loss in the magnets. This paper presents the modeling and analysis of eddy current loss in surface-mounted-magnets of PM motors operated by PWM inverters for HEV/PHEV and electric vehicle traction applications. In order to evaluate the loss from pure sinusoidal and PWM inverter supply, an analytical method is implemented, in conjunction with time-stepped finite-element analysis (FEA). The simulation results validated the proposed model.