Stator Slitting of 12-Slot 10-Pole Concentrated Winding Motors

This paper proposes a design method of stator cores to modify the component ratio of space harmonics in the magnetic field due to stator windings for 12-slot 10-pole concentrated winding motors. The method inserts slit-like magnetic flux barriers in stator wound teeth. In fractional-slot concentrated winding motors, the magnetic field due to stator windings includes dominant space harmonics with a specific space harmonic that produces drive torque. These space harmonics give rise to undesirable effects that increase iron loss in cores and eddy-current loss in magnets. For 12-slot 10-pole motors with single-layer windings, the proposed method increases the driving space harmonic and decreases dominant detrimental space harmonics. This modification of the space harmonics leads to torque enhancement and efficiency improvement. The efficacy of the proposed method is determined by deriving the winding factor, estimating magnetic flux distribution and motor performance through a finite element method analysis, and demonstrating the actual motor performance of a prototype.