A New Electric Magnetic-Geared Machine for Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

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Original languageEnglish
Article number8111306
Journal / PublicationIEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume53
Issue number11
Online published23 May 2017
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2017

Abstract

This paper proposes a new electric magnetic-geared (EMG) machine, which artfully incorporates the magnetic gear into an outer-rotor inserted permanent-magnet (PM) machine, purposely for electric unmanned aerial vehicle (e-UAV) application. The proposed EMG machine artfully shares the sandwiched-rotor for both the PM machine and the magnetic gear. As a result, the proposed machine can run in the high speed and high power for propelling the e-UAV. The design details, operation principles, static characteristics, and machine performances, as well as the propulsion performances of the proposed machine, are elaborated and discussed. The finite-element method is utilized to verify the validity of the machine design and performances, with emphasis on the e-UAV application.

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  • Gearing effect, magnetic-geared machine, permanent-magnet (PM) machine, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)