Rotor losses measurements in an axial flux permanent magnet machine

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 639-645

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Experimental tests; fractional slot windings; permanent magnet (PM) machines; rotor losses; variable speed drives

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; AXIAL FLUX; AXIAL FLUX MACHINES; AXIAL-FLUX PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINES; EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FRACTIONAL-SLOT; PERMANENT MAGNET (PM) MACHINES; PERMANENT-MAGNET MACHINE; ROTOR DISKS; SPACE HARMONICS; THREE-LAYER;

DISKS (MACHINE COMPONENTS); MAGNETIC DEVICES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; PHASE MODULATION; ROTORS; VARIABLE SPEED DRIVES; WINDING;

ROTORS (WINDINGS);

EID: 79957522796     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2010.2096818     Document Type: Article

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