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Publication date: 2 May 2017

Guillaume Caron, Thomas Henneron, Francis Piriou and Jean-Claude Mipo

The purpose of this study is to determine the steady state of an electromagnetic structure using the finite element method (FEM) without calculation of the transient state. The…

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Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine the steady state of an electromagnetic structure using the finite element method (FEM) without calculation of the transient state. The proposed method permits to reduce the computation time if the transient state is important.

Design/methodology/approach

In the case of coupling magnetic and electric circuit equations to obtain the steady state with periodic conditions, an approach can be to discretise the time with periodic conditions and to solve the equation system. Unfortunately, the computation time can be prohibitive. In this paper, the authors proposed to use the waveform relaxation method associated with the Newton method to accelerate the convergence.

Findings

The obtained results show that the proposed approach is efficient if the transient state is important. On the contrary, if the transient state is very low, it is preferable to use the classical approach, namely, the time-stepping FEM.

Research limitations/implications

The main limitation of the proposed approach is the necessity to evaluate or to know the time constant and consequently the duration of the transient state. Moreover the method requires some important memory resources.

Practical/implications

In the context of the use of the time-stepping FEM, one of the problems is the computation time which can be important to obtain the steady state. The proposed method permits avoidance of this difficulty and directly gives the steady state.

Social/implications

The proposed approach will permit to model and study the electromagnetic systems in the steady state, and particularly the transformers. Because of the gain in computing time, the use of optimisation techniques will be facilitated.

Originality/value

The novelty of this study is the proposal of the waveform relaxation–Newton method to directly obtain the steady state when applied to the three-phase transformer.

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COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, vol. 36 no. 3
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Publication date: 7 March 2016

I.A.A. Afinowi, Z.Q. Zhu, Y. Guan, Jean-Claude Mipo and P. Farah

– The purpose of this paper is to comparatively study the conventional, i.e. single magnet, and novel hybrid-magnet switched-flux permanent-magnet (HMSFPM) machines.

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Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to comparatively study the conventional, i.e. single magnet, and novel hybrid-magnet switched-flux permanent-magnet (HMSFPM) machines.

Design/methodology/approach

The HMSFPM machines utilize two magnet types, i.e. low-cost ferrites and NdFeB. Thus, a set of magnet ratios (?), defined as the quotient of the NdFeB volume to the total PM volume, is introduced. This allows any desired performance and cost trade-off to be designed. Series- and parallel-excited magnet configurations are investigated using 2-dimensional finite element analysis.

Findings

The torque of the HMSFPM machines is lower than the NdFeB SFPM machine but the flux-weakening performance is improved for similar machine efficiency. If the machine dimensions are unconstrained, the HMSFPM machines can have the same torque for reduced material costs and a moderate increase in machine dimensions. Ferrite SFPM machines have the lowest cost for the same torque but a significant increase in machine dimensions is required. Finally, the series-excited HMSFPM machine is the preferred over the parallel-excited HMSFPM machine because it has superior demagnetization withstand capability.

Research limitations/implications

Mechanical and winding eddy current losses are not considered in the efficiency map calculations.

Originality/value

The NdFeB SFPM, ferrite SFPM, series-excited HMSFPM, and the parallel-excited HMSFPM machines are compared for their electromagnetic performance, flux-weakening, PM demagnetization, efficiency, and material costs.

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COMPEL: The International Journal for Computation and Mathematics in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, vol. 35 no. 2
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0332-1649

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Publication date: 1 December 2001

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Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, vol. 10 no. 5
Type: Research Article
ISSN: 0965-3562

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