Design and field-weakening performance of a synchronous reluctance motor with axially laminated rotor

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1035-1041

  Chalmers, Brian J ^a,b   Musaba, Lawrence ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Copperbelt Energy Corporation Plc ^*  (Zambia)

Author keywords

Axially laminated rotor; Field weakening; Synchronous reluctance motor

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERFORMANCE; ROTORS (WINDINGS); TORQUE;

AXIALLY LAMINATED ROTOR; FIELD WEAKENING; SALIENCY; TORQUE CAPACITY;

RELUCTANCE MOTORS;

EID: 0032162336     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/28.720443     Document Type: Article

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