Axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) generators for small-scale wind turbine applications have proven to be a useful design due to their reliability and ease of construction. Their stators have been realized using concentrate coils of enameled copper wires embedded in an epoxy-resin composite mixture. A static setting, opposed to a dynamic machine environment, is utilized to study the steady stat...

This paper presents a torque error compensation algorithm for a surface mounted permanent magnet synchronous machine (SPMSM) through real time permanent magnet (PM) flux linkage estimation at various temperature conditions from medium to rated speed. As known, the PM flux linkage in SPMSMs varies with the thermal conditions. Since a maximum torque per ampere look up table, a control method used...

Axial flux motors have been in the focus of many research work due to their promising properties when compared conventional radial machines. permanent magnet synchronous (AFPMSM) studied literature were mostly limited surface-mounted machines (SPMSM), excluding only a few studies about axial internal (AFIPM) or magnet-assisted reluctance (AFPMaSynRM) Since numerous rotor topologies proposed and...

Permanent magnet (PM) machines with tooth coil windings are designed and analyzed. We study how the slot wedge material affects the behavior of PM losses when using tooth coil windings, which generate a significant air gap flux density harmonic content. The losses and cogging torques of a surface permanent magnet rotor and an interior permanent magnet rotor are compared in no-load and load situ...

Factors such as high efficiency, high power density, the possibility of realizing a compact multistage machine and the feasibility of applying a large number of poles make the Axial Flux Permanent Magnet (AFPM) generators highly appealing for use as low speed wind power generators. This study puts forth a multi-objective optimization of the efficiency and power density of a low speed AFPM synch...

Abstract: Recently, Vernier permanent magnet (VPM) machines, one special case of magnetic flux-modulated (MFM) machines, benefiting from their compact, simple construction and low-speed/ high-torque characteristics, have been receiving increasing interest. In this paper, the Vernier structure is integrated with an axial-flux PM machine to obtain the magnetic gear effect and produce an improved ...