Design Trends for Line Start Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors

Starting from the first years of the proposed period right up to the 2000s, there were commercialization concerns of line start permanent magnet synchronous motors. This situation, which developed as a result of not developing methods to adequately explain the motor operating characteristics, and also because of the limitations associated with the non-high-performance manufacturing materials, took place widely until the 1970s. In subsequent years, the development of increasingly efficient materials, as well as the use of innovative methods, such as advanced magnetic circuit models and FEM analysis, which better reflect the performance of the motor, these motors became available for an increasing number of industries. In the past 10 years, research has paid off, and finally, line start permanent magnet synchronous motors have begun to be offered on the market as an alternative to AC induction motors. These motors, which are offered on the market with an IE4 efficiency class limits level that is currently tricky to achieve with traditional AC induction motors, are already included in the catalog of many major motor manufacturers. With this study, a detailed literature search was conducted and filtered on the development and improvement of line start permanent magnet synchronous motors. As a result of the study of numerous researches and more than 50 rotor topologies, design trends were identified that are important in the development of such motors. The development steps from the proposed years to the present have been discussed in terms of manufacturability, efficiency and performance.