Potentials of Brushless Stator-Mounted Machines in Electric Vehicle Drives—A Literature Review
Brushless stator-mounted traction motors, which are new and emerging, have many potential applications in the electrified transport industry. Brushless stator-mounted machines (BSSMs), with the so-called flux modulation (FM) effects, use asynchronous field harmonics to realize energy conversion by a...
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| description | Brushless stator-mounted traction motors, which are new and emerging, have many potential applications in the electrified transport industry. Brushless stator-mounted machines (BSSMs), with the so-called flux modulation (FM) effects, use asynchronous field harmonics to realize energy conversion by altering the basic principle for conventional machine design which requires the stator and rotor to have the same pole number. The machines show promise of meeting the challenging requirements of electric vehicle (EV) traction motors. Therefore, in this paper, a review is undertaken on the state-of-the-art and potentials of the BSSMs for EV drives. The focus on BSSMs is due to their suitability for high-speed high torque density performance, as well as possessing suitable heat dissipation and flux weakening capabilities. The study is used to first rehash and discuss the design and excitation topologies, operating principles, and some emerging trends based on the basic BSSM variants, e.g., the doubly salient machine, flux reversal machine, and flux switching machine, while also undertaking a bibliometric synthesis on relevant studies highlighting the design and performance candidature of these niche BSSMs in EV applications, especially when compared to the well-developed Prius–IPM motor. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-df2f89ec4c4e41939a20350fc5137e2b2023-11-23T13:36:32ZengMDPI AGWorld Electric Vehicle Journal2032-66532022-05-011359310.3390/wevj13050093Potentials of Brushless Stator-Mounted Machines in Electric Vehicle Drives—A Literature ReviewHillary C. Idoko0Udochukwu B. Akuru1Rong-Jie Wang2Olawale Popoola3Department of Electrical Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0183, South AfricaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0183, South AfricaDepartment of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South AfricaDepartment of Electrical Engineering, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria 0183, South AfricaBrushless stator-mounted traction motors, which are new and emerging, have many potential applications in the electrified transport industry. Brushless stator-mounted machines (BSSMs), with the so-called flux modulation (FM) effects, use asynchronous field harmonics to realize energy conversion by altering the basic principle for conventional machine design which requires the stator and rotor to have the same pole number. The machines show promise of meeting the challenging requirements of electric vehicle (EV) traction motors. Therefore, in this paper, a review is undertaken on the state-of-the-art and potentials of the BSSMs for EV drives. The focus on BSSMs is due to their suitability for high-speed high torque density performance, as well as possessing suitable heat dissipation and flux weakening capabilities. The study is used to first rehash and discuss the design and excitation topologies, operating principles, and some emerging trends based on the basic BSSM variants, e.g., the doubly salient machine, flux reversal machine, and flux switching machine, while also undertaking a bibliometric synthesis on relevant studies highlighting the design and performance candidature of these niche BSSMs in EV applications, especially when compared to the well-developed Prius–IPM motor.https://www.mdpi.com/2032-6653/13/5/93doubly salient machineelectric vehicleflux reversal machineflux switching machineflux weakeninghybrid-excited |
| spellingShingle | Hillary C. Idoko Udochukwu B. Akuru Rong-Jie Wang Olawale Popoola Potentials of Brushless Stator-Mounted Machines in Electric Vehicle Drives—A Literature Review World Electric Vehicle Journal doubly salient machine electric vehicle flux reversal machine flux switching machine flux weakening hybrid-excited |
| title | Potentials of Brushless Stator-Mounted Machines in Electric Vehicle Drives—A Literature Review |
| title_full | Potentials of Brushless Stator-Mounted Machines in Electric Vehicle Drives—A Literature Review |
| title_fullStr | Potentials of Brushless Stator-Mounted Machines in Electric Vehicle Drives—A Literature Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Potentials of Brushless Stator-Mounted Machines in Electric Vehicle Drives—A Literature Review |
| title_short | Potentials of Brushless Stator-Mounted Machines in Electric Vehicle Drives—A Literature Review |
| title_sort | potentials of brushless stator mounted machines in electric vehicle drives a literature review |
| topic | doubly salient machine electric vehicle flux reversal machine flux switching machine flux weakening hybrid-excited |
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