Electromagnetic, Vibration and Thermal Analysis of 1.1 kw Switched Reluctance Motor for Electric Vehicle Application

• Published in: Journal of electrical engineering & technology 2023, 18(3), , pp.1809-1820
• Main Authors: Karunakaran, Vijayalakshmi, Kandadai Nagaratnam, Srinivas
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Electrical Engineering; Electrical Machines and Networks; Electronics and Microelectronics; Engineering; Instrumentation; Original Article; Power Electronics; 전기공학
• ISSN: 1975-0102; 2093-7423
• DOI: 10.1007/s42835-022-01318-6

This paper presents the electromagnetic analysis, vibration analysis and thermal analysis of a 6/4 pole, 1.1 kW switched reluctance motor (SRM), focusing on its application to EV, in the sense that the vibration and thermal analyses are carried out at speeds of range more than 1000 rpm, which usually experienced by EV SRM. At first, electromagnetic analysis is performed for six different silicon steel materials viz., 35JN210, 35JN300, 50JN470, 50JNA350, 50JNA600 and 50JNE350, and from the results, it has been noted that the material 35JN210 has less torque ripple and a good efficiency compared to all other materials. So this material is selected for SRM structure to perform thermal and vibration analysis. SRM proves to be a suitable candidate in electric vehicle application with the limitation with respect to its vibration and noise. The noise generation during motor operation is a major concern for SRM. The main source of vibration, the radial force, is calculated using two- dimensional (2D) transient finite-element analysis (FEA).The electromagnetic analysis is performed to find out the force exerted on the stator and deformations due to that. Using these nodal forces as input, transient analysis is performed to examine the motor's vibration characteristics. By this analysis, the motor modal frequencies are examined so that the motor operation could be skipped from operating in this vibrating region when it is used in electric vehicle applications. For thermal analysis, FEA is used to calculate the heat generation and temperature distribution on different parts of the machine to estimate the thermal behaviour of the motor.