TY - JOUR ID - 93867 TI - Comprehensive Design Procedure and Manufacturing of Permanent Magnet Assisted Synchronous Reluctance Motor JO - International Journal of Engineering JA - IJE LA - en SN - 1025-2495 AU - Aghazadeh, Hadi AU - Afjei, Ebrahim AU - Siadatan, Alireza AD - Department of Power Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University of Shahid Beheshti, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Energy Systems, Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 32 IS - 9 SP - 1299 EP - 1305 KW - Finite element method KW - Magnetic Flux Barrier Motor KW - Synchronous Reluctance KW - Torque Ripple DO - 10.5829/ije.2019.32.09c.10 N2 - Combining the main advantages of the permanent magnet synchronous motors and pure synchronous reluctance motors (SynRM), permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motor (PMaSynRM) has been considered as a promising alternative to the conventional induction motors. In this paper, utilizing a macroscopic design parameter, called insulation ratio along the q-axis, and based on the magnetic reluctance concept, a simple and fast design procedure of synchronous reluctance motor is introduced. Then, the performance improvement of the machine by inserting the permanent magnets into the rotor body is investigated. After calculating the width of the magnetic flux barriers two dimensions Finite Element Method (FEM) analysis simulation of the designed motor is presented. Additionally, the performance characteristics of the designed motor such as torque producing capability and torque ripple are discussed. Furthermore, thermal analysis is conducted to determine the temperature distribution in the designed motor. Consequently, the prototype motor is fabricated and the experimental results are compared to the simulation results which validate the usefulness of the design method. UR - https://www.ije.ir/article_93867.html L1 - https://www.ije.ir/article_93867_6a40c769ded2c3eea0d09da1bab8cc3f.pdf ER -