Torque density and efficiency improvements of a switched reluctance motor without rare-earth material for hybrid vehicles

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1240-1246

  Chiba, Akira ^a   Takano, Yuichi ^b   Takeno, Motoki ^b   Imakawa, Takashi ^b   Hoshi, Nobukazu ^b   Takemoto, Masatsugu ^c   Ogasawara, Satoshi ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Efficiency; hybrid vehicles; switched reluctance motor (SRM); torque density

Indexed keywords

AXIAL LENGTH; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; FIELD-WEAKENING; HYBRID ELECTRIC VEHICLE; HYBRID VEHICLES; LIGHT LOADS; OUTER DIAMETERS; RARE-EARTH MATERIALS; ROTOR STRUCTURES; SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR; TEST MACHINE; TORQUE DENSITY; TOYOTA PRIUS;

AUTOMOBILES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; LAND VEHICLE PROPULSION; MACHINE DESIGN; PERMANENT MAGNETS; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TORQUE;

RELUCTANCE MOTORS;

EID: 79956353960     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2011.2125770     Document Type: Article

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