Influence of PWM on the proximity loss in permanent-magnet brushless AC machines

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1359-1367

  Iwasaki, S ^a   Deodhar, Rajesh P ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Pride, Adam ^a   Zhu, Z Q ^b   Bremner, Jonathan James ^c  

^a IMRA Europe SAS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c Sussex Innovation Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brushless ac machine; Eddy current loss; Permanent magnetmachine; Proximity loss; Pulsewidth modulation; Skin effect

Indexed keywords

2-D FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; AC MACHINE; BRUSHLESS AC MACHINE; COPPER LOSS; EDDY-CURRENT EFFECTS; EDDY-CURRENT LOSS; FUNDAMENTAL FREQUENCIES; HIGH-FREQUENCY CURRENT; PERMANENT-MAGNETMACHINE; PROXIMITY LOSS; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

COUNTING CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWER CONVERTERS; PULSE MODULATION; SKIN; SPOT WELDING;

PULSE WIDTH MODULATION;

EID: 68249156485     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2009.2023488     Document Type: Article

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