A Comprehensive Investigation of Winding Eddy and Circulating Current Losses of Stator Iron Coreless PMBLDC Motors

Liu Yang*, Jing Zhao*, Wenqi Fu, Xiangdong Liu, Jianguo Zhu, Chao Ai

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Abstract

A method is proposed to comprehensively study the eddy and circulating current losses of stator winding wound by multiple parallel strands, to further improve the power density of stator iron coreless permanent magnet brushless DC (PMBLDC) motors. Analytical models of the eddy and circulating current losses in stator winding are deduced firstly to explicitly express the influencing factors of these two losses. As is shown, these factors are mutually contradicting. While the eddy current loss can be greatly reduced by using multiple parallel conductor strands, the circulating current loss will be extensively increased. The factors influencing these two winding losses, such as the strand diameter, magnetization types, and rotating speed, are investigated. A prototype of stator iron coreless PMBLDC motor without an inner rotor core is manufactured and tested to validate the theory. The experimental results of winding eddy and circulating current losses with different combinations of strand diameters and parallel numbers agree well with the theoretical results.

Original languageEnglish
Article number5523
JournalEnergies
Volume16
Issue number14
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jul 2023

Keywords

  • power density
  • stator iron coreless PMBLDC motor
  • winding circulating current loss
  • winding eddy current loss

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