Effect of back-EMF constraints on fractional-slot surface PM machines designed for wide constant-power speed range operation

Electric Power Components and Systems

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 124-137

  El Refaie, Ayman M ^a   Jahns, Thomas M ^b   McKeever, John W ^c  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Back emf; Concentrated winding; Flux weakening; Fractional slot; SPM; Surface permanent magnet synchronous machine

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATED WINDING; FLUX WEAKENING; FRACTIONAL SLOT;

ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FLUX;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

EID: 38149024059     PISSN: 15325008     EISSN: 15325016     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325000701549012     Document Type: Article

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