Rotor losses in fractional-slot three-phase and five-phase PM machines

19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Fornasiero, Emanuele ^a   Bianchi, Nicola ^a   Bolognani, Silverio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Multiphase machines; PM machines; Rotor losses; Variable speed drives

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAPS; FRACTIONAL-SLOT; HARMONIC CONTENTS; HIGH-CONTENT; LOSSES REDUCTION; MULTIPHASE MACHINES; PM MACHINES; ROTOR SPEED; SPACE HARMONICS; STATOR LAMINATIONS; THREE PHASE; VARIABLE SPEED; WINDING CONFIGURATION;

ELECTRIC MACHINERY; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; POLES; TRANSFORMER WINDINGS; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES;

PERMANENT MAGNETS;

EID: 78649619189     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5607888     Document Type: Conference Paper

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