A Review of Electric Motors with Soft Magnetic Composite Cores for Electric Drives
Electric motors play a crucial role in modern industrial and domestic applications. With the trend of more and more electric drives, such as electric vehicles (EVs), the requirements for electric motors become higher and higher, e.g., high power density with good thermal dissipation and high reliabi...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
MDPI AG
2023-02-01
|
| Series: | Energies |
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/4/2053 |
| _version_ | 1811153833243443200 |
|---|---|
| author | Youguang Guo Xin Ba Lin Liu Haiyan Lu Gang Lei Wenliang Yin Jianguo Zhu |
| author_facet | Youguang Guo Xin Ba Lin Liu Haiyan Lu Gang Lei Wenliang Yin Jianguo Zhu |
| author_sort | Youguang Guo |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | Electric motors play a crucial role in modern industrial and domestic applications. With the trend of more and more electric drives, such as electric vehicles (EVs), the requirements for electric motors become higher and higher, e.g., high power density with good thermal dissipation and high reliability in harsh environments. Many efforts have been made to develop high performance electric motors, such as the application of advanced novel electromagnetic materials, modern control algorithms, advanced mathematical modeling, numerical computation, and artificial intelligence based optimization design techniques. Among many advanced magnetic materials, soft magnetic composite (SMC) appears very promising for developing novel electric motors, thanks to its many unique properties, such as magnetic and thermal isotropies, very low eddy current loss, and the prospect of low-cost mass production. This paper aims to present a comprehensive review about the application of SMC for developing various electric motors for electric drives, with emphasis on those with three-dimensional (3D) magnetic flux paths. The major techniques developed for designing the 3D flux SMC motors are also summarized, such as vectorial magnetic property characterization and system-level multi-discipline robust design optimization. Major challenges and possible future work in this area are also discussed. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-11T08:52:20Z |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj.art-edd327bb7dcd4b089c97b9deefe5c1cb |
| institution | Directory Open Access Journal |
| issn | 1996-1073 |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-11T08:52:20Z |
| publishDate | 2023-02-01 |
| publisher | MDPI AG |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Energies |
| spelling | doaj.art-edd327bb7dcd4b089c97b9deefe5c1cb2023-11-16T20:21:30ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732023-02-01164205310.3390/en16042053A Review of Electric Motors with Soft Magnetic Composite Cores for Electric DrivesYouguang Guo0Xin Ba1Lin Liu2Haiyan Lu3Gang Lei4Wenliang Yin5Jianguo Zhu6Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, AustraliaFaculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, AustraliaFaculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, AustraliaFaculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, AustraliaFaculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, AustraliaSchool of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, AustraliaSchool of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, AustraliaElectric motors play a crucial role in modern industrial and domestic applications. With the trend of more and more electric drives, such as electric vehicles (EVs), the requirements for electric motors become higher and higher, e.g., high power density with good thermal dissipation and high reliability in harsh environments. Many efforts have been made to develop high performance electric motors, such as the application of advanced novel electromagnetic materials, modern control algorithms, advanced mathematical modeling, numerical computation, and artificial intelligence based optimization design techniques. Among many advanced magnetic materials, soft magnetic composite (SMC) appears very promising for developing novel electric motors, thanks to its many unique properties, such as magnetic and thermal isotropies, very low eddy current loss, and the prospect of low-cost mass production. This paper aims to present a comprehensive review about the application of SMC for developing various electric motors for electric drives, with emphasis on those with three-dimensional (3D) magnetic flux paths. The major techniques developed for designing the 3D flux SMC motors are also summarized, such as vectorial magnetic property characterization and system-level multi-discipline robust design optimization. Major challenges and possible future work in this area are also discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/4/2053soft magnetic compositeelectric motormagnetic isotropythree-dimensional magnetic flux |
| spellingShingle | Youguang Guo Xin Ba Lin Liu Haiyan Lu Gang Lei Wenliang Yin Jianguo Zhu A Review of Electric Motors with Soft Magnetic Composite Cores for Electric Drives Energies soft magnetic composite electric motor magnetic isotropy three-dimensional magnetic flux |
| title | A Review of Electric Motors with Soft Magnetic Composite Cores for Electric Drives |
| title_full | A Review of Electric Motors with Soft Magnetic Composite Cores for Electric Drives |
| title_fullStr | A Review of Electric Motors with Soft Magnetic Composite Cores for Electric Drives |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Review of Electric Motors with Soft Magnetic Composite Cores for Electric Drives |
| title_short | A Review of Electric Motors with Soft Magnetic Composite Cores for Electric Drives |
| title_sort | review of electric motors with soft magnetic composite cores for electric drives |
| topic | soft magnetic composite electric motor magnetic isotropy three-dimensional magnetic flux |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/16/4/2053 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT youguangguo areviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT xinba areviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT linliu areviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT haiyanlu areviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT ganglei areviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT wenliangyin areviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT jianguozhu areviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT youguangguo reviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT xinba reviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT linliu reviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT haiyanlu reviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT ganglei reviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT wenliangyin reviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives AT jianguozhu reviewofelectricmotorswithsoftmagneticcompositecoresforelectricdrives |