Pole-changing flux-weakening DC-excited dual-memory machines for electric vehicles

Fuhua Li, K. T. Chau, Chunhua Liu

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Abstract

The dc-excited dual-memory machine utilizes two different kinds of permanent magnet (PM) materials for each PM pole. By employing a set of separately controlled magnetizing windings, it can easily realize the pole-changing function without affecting or changing the armature winding topology. In this paper, the principle of pole changing of the dc-excited dual-memory machine is analyzed by finite-element method. With the aim of preventing unexpected demagnetization of the low-coercivity PMs, a special scheme, namely the pole-protection scheme, is developed to shield these PMs. Experimental results are given to verify the pole-changing principle of the dc-excited dual-memory machine, and the feasibility of pole-dropping and pole-retrieving operations.
Original languageEnglish
Article number7286788
Pages (from-to)27-36
JournalIEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion
Volume31
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Mar 2016
Externally publishedYes

Research Keywords

  • Dual-memory machine
  • electric vehicle
  • flux-mnemonic machine
  • flux-weakening
  • memory machine
  • permanent magnet machine
  • pole-changing

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