Analysis of a concentrated winding induction machine for adjustable speed drive applications. II. Motor design and performance

For pt.I. see ibid, vol.6, no.4, p.679-83 (1991). The performance of multiphase machines designed for operation with static power converters is described. The winding distributions are intentionally rectangular to better accommodate the rectangular waveforms of solid-state inverters. Fourier analysis is used for investigation of the effects of different air-gap-field spatial distributions and time harmonics in the supply. The approach to analysis of such machines, derived in Part I, is implemented by means of a digital-computer simulation. Compound results indicate that when operating in conjunction with a converter supply, a specially wound five-phase machine is theoretically capable of a 10% improvement in torque per root-mean-square ampere assuming the same peak air-gap-flux density level in the air gap of the machine as in a conventionally designed induction motor of the same rating.<
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