Slitted Tooth Core
Slitted Tooth Core
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Keywords: induction motor efficiency; motor losses; slitted tooth core design
Ključne riječi: efikasnost asinkronog morota; dizajna jezgre s procijepljenim zubom; gubitci motora
Yetgin and Turan [19], in their study, the motor coefficient depending on lamination sheet material quality
models reformed with the proposed shape design were and operation point on magnetizing curve [21, 22].
analyzed with FEMM software program that uses finite The pulsation losses that occur in stator and rotor
elements method. It was found at the end of the analyses teeth are calculated with Eq. (4) [21].
that when the optimum slit width value was 0,10 mm,
motor efficiency gave better results compared with other 2 2
f f
slit width values. The increase in slit width caused ppul ≈ 0,5 ×10 − 4 N r 1 K p1Bp1 Gt1 + N s 1 K p2 Bp2 Gt2 (4)
saturations in motor teeth and thus caused the motor p p
efficiency to worsen. It was decided at the end of different
modeling that the depth of the slits used in the proposed In Eq. (4), Kp1 and Kp2 are the coefficients depending
slitted motor models should be almost the same height as on the stator and rotor tooth flux density respectively. Bp1
stator and rotor height. and Bp2 are the coefficients depending on Carter
In a loaded induction motor, rotor reaction will coefficient. Gt2, Ns and Nr represent the rotor teeth weight,
increase, causing an increase in leakage flux and decrease stator slot number and rotor slot number respectively.
in coupling flux. In this study, slitted tooth design for Total iron losses PFe are calculated with the equation
induction motor was suggested to overcome negative given below.
effects of rotor reaction. By the suggested design,
efficiency of induction motor has been improved without PFe = p t1 + p y1 + p pul (5)
using higher grade laminations in induction motor.
Iron losses occur in iron core and they are the Padd = Pin − (P2 + PFe + PCu1 + PCu2 + Pfw ) . (6)
functions of flux density, frequency and weight. Stator
tooth losses pt1 and stator yoke losses py1 are calculated 3 Finite Element Method
with Eq. (2) and Eq. (3) respectively [21].
The finite element analysis (FEA) is an accurate and
2 widely applied method in the study and simulation of
f
p t1 ≈ K t p10 1 Btsx Gt1 , (2) electrical machines [28]. With the numerical magnetic
50 field analysis, features which can be difficult, expensive
1,3 or even impossible to measure can be explored. On the
f
p y1 ≈ K y p10 1 Bcsx G y1. (3) other hand, a simpler equivalent circuit model for the
50 machine is required in many applications. The
performance and applicability of the circuit model depend
In the above equations, p10 stands for specific iron on both the structure of the model and the accuracy of the
losses at 50 Hz and 1,5T in terms of W/kg, Kt represent parameters. Besides an accurate simulation method, the
coefficient value for the machine construction which is FEA can be seen as a tool for obtaining the circuit
between 1,6 and 1,8, Ky coefficient value for the machine parameters etc. [29].
In the last two decades, the developments in
construction which is between 1,6 and 1,9, Gt1 stator teeth
numerical methods and in computer have made it actical
weight, Gy1 stator yoke weight, Bts stator tooth flux
to use finite elements analysis to calculate the magnetic
density, Bcs stator yoke flux density and f1 frequency. x field in the electrical machines [30]. The FEA has many
having a value between 1,5 and 2,5 is the material advantages compared to the other numerical methods
such as handling complex geometries, nonlinearity etc.
[31]. Therefore, FEA has been the most preferred • The more effective using of the magnetic flux in core:
numerical method in the analysis of the electrical motor. reduction of saturation, better flux distribution at the
In various studies, it was expressed in detail how three teeth, reduction of rotor reaction.
phase induction machine could be modelled with FEA • Increased zigzag path reluctance. That results in low
[32-37]. FEMM software using finite elements method additional losses.
uses Eq. (7) for the solutions of magneto static problems • Decreased saturation. That results in reduced core
involving "B-H" characteristics that are not linear and the loss.
other analyses process is given in [38]. For modelling, the • Smaller slip. That causes less rotor copper loss.
FEMM program (version 3.4) is used which is free • Lowered total losses. That results in better efficiency.
package program. Dirichlet boundary condition is also • Improved overall performance on the rated operating
used for the motor analyses.
point.
• Smaller leakage reactance. That results in a better
1 1 speed-torque characteristic.
∇ × ∇ × A = J → J = − ∇ 2 A . (7)
µ ( B) µ • Increased power factor. That causes improvement in
reactive power consumption.
In the Eq. (7), J, B, A and µ present the current
density, magnetic flux density, magnetic vector potential The disadvantage of the proposed slitted construction
and magnetic permeability respectively. is given below:
• For small power motors, the initial construction cost
4 Proposed slitted construction is slightly high owing to cut off the core with laser.
In the proposed design, slits were applied in the 4.2 The opening of the slits
middle of stator and rotor teeth. Reference motor model
whose analysis was carried out with FEMM software is In proposed design, slits on the teeth of rotor and
shown in Fig. 1 and the motor model on which the stator can be machined by laser cutting, wire cut EDM
proposed slitted structure was applied is shown in Fig. 2. (Electric Discharge Machining) or water jet cutting
The analyses are carried out without changing the figures machines. Sheets for small horsepower motors can be cut
such as stator and rotor slot shapes, internal-external one by one or multiple at once up to 20 mm thicknesses.
diameter, number of turns etc. The results and graphics In application of proposed slitted design to high power
are given for rated operating point. motors, it is more convenient to use die cutting technics.
Since stamping die mould is manufactured once, there
will be no additional costs for high power motors in mass
production.
Name plate values of reference motor are given in
Tab. 1.
was obtained and the magnetic flux and magnetization since quadrature axis flux has decreased as a result of
inductance values are also given in details in [18]. decrease in rotor reaction. Although the slitted structured
In Tab. 2, output power, current, power factor, torque, motor and reference motor have the same weight, 5,632%
efficiency and relative differences obtained from the rated decrease was gained in stator yoke losses since there was
operating point of slitted structure motor and reference some decrease in magnetic flux density in the slitted
motor models were presented. The slitted motor model structured motor.
which has a slit width of 0,1 mm and slit depth of 15,00 Rotor tooth losses were decreased since rotor had
mm and reference motor were compared. The obtained smaller frequency for the same output power.
values from FEMM which are stator and rotor resistance Furthermore, another important point was the decrease in
values, mutual inductance value, time constant value, the additional load losses. 6,971% gain was yielded from
magnetic flux density values etc. were adapted to Matlab the slitted structured motor model in total losses in
Software. Matlab outputs are given in Tab. 2. In comparison with the reference model motor. 1,869%
calculations, number of decimal places is chosen with 12 improvement was observed in efficiency for slitted motor
digits. model because of the decreases in losses in comparison
with the reference motor model.
Table 2 Rated operating values and relative differences for reference Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 illustrate the magnetic flux density
and slitted motor models [1]
distribution of the reference and the slitted motor models.
Reference Slitted Relative
Parameters of motor
motor motor difference / %
Output power / W 3030,0 3089,0 1,947
Efficiency / % 78,965 80,441 1,869
Current / A 6,645 6,613 −0,481
Power factor / − 0,875 0,880 0,571
Torque / N·m 10,223 10,632 4,000
Table 3 Lost power and relative differences for reference and slitted
motor models [1]
Reference Slitted Relative
motor motor difference / %
Motor losses Values / W
Stator copper 164,388 162,052 −1,417
Rotor copper 162,834 160,458 −1,456
Stator tooth 95,507 68,611 −28,161
Rotor tooth 1,903 1,761 −7,368
Stator yoke 260,776 246,088 −5,632
Pulsation 3,766 3,714 −1,380 Figure 4 Magnetic flux density distribution of the slitted motor model
Additional 28,426 18,595 −34,584 which has 15,00 mm slit depth and 0,1 mm slit width
Friction & windage 90,0 90,0 -
Total 807,6 751,3 −6,971 It can be easily seen from the figures that magnetic
field distribution in slitted motor model is more
There was not much change in stator and rotor copper conditioned. Magnetic flux density in teeth and yoke parts
losses since no changes were made for windings in the of stator and rotor is lower than the reference motor’s.
modelling. But, slight decrease was observed because of However, magnetic flux density near the teeth tips in
lowered current. slitted model is higher than the reference motor’s. This
Stator tooth loss obtained for slitted motor showed can be corrected by rounding slit tips.
28,161% decrease compared with reference motor model. Stator and rotor tooth and stator yoke weights and the
The first reason of this was 1,870% decrease occurring in relative values according to the reference motor model are
the stator tooth weight. The second and major reason was presented in Tab. 4.
decrease in magnetic flux density observed in these parts,
Table 4 Core weight and relative differences for reference and slitted density due to flux conditioning and lowered core
motor models [1] volume.
Reference Relative Because of the decreases in both iron and copper
Slitted motor
motor difference / % losses, total losses in motor were reduced and the
Parameters Weight / kg efficiency for rated operating point was improved by
Stator tooth 2,2990 2,2560 −1,870
1,869%. Also, a small improvement in reactive power
Stator yoke 6,7904 6,7904 -
consumption for slitted core motor was yielded as a result
Rotor tooth 2,6545 2,6185 −1,356
of 0,571% increase in power factor.
Total 11,7439 11,6649 −0,672
It can be said that the proposed slitted core design
decreased worse rotor reaction effects by conditioning
Stator and rotor tooth weights decreased by 1,870% teeth flux. Thus, additional load losses or stray losses are
and 1,356% for slitted motor model respectively. Total also reduced by 34,584%. Slitted core design benefits
weight was decreased by 0,672% in slitted motor model. discussed all performance parameters of motor. To
The speed-efficiency curves for reference and slitted beware of saturation in teeth, slit width must be chosen
motor models are presented in Fig. 5. The figure shows properly small.
that slitted core motor model exhibits a better efficiency
distribution, especially around rated operating speed. Acknowledgements
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