Electronically Controlled Flux Switching Motors: A Comparison with an Induction Motor Driving an Axial Fan

IECON Proceedings (Industrial Electronics Conference)

Volumn 3, Issue , 2003, Pages 2465-2470

  Pollock, C ^a   Pollock, H ^a   Brackley, M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL GRID   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic noise; Fans; Flux switching motors; Low cost; Reluctance motors

Indexed keywords

FLUX SWITCHING MOTORS; LOW COST; POWER ELECTRONIC CONTROLLER;

ACOUSTIC NOISE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTRIC SWITCHES; ELECTRIC WINDINGS; FANS; INDUCTION MOTORS; MAGNETIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR SWITCHES; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

RELUCTANCE MOTORS;

EID: 1442284642     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IECON.2003.1280632     Document Type: Conference Paper

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