Pole Optimization and Thrust Ripple Suppression of New Halbach Consequent-Pole PMLSM for Ropeless Elevator Propulsion

Permanent magnet linear synchronous motors (PMLSM) has the advantages of high speed, high thrust density, high power density, high power factor and high reliability. In order to save permanent magnet (PM) materials and reduce magnetic leakage, a new type of PMLSM with Halbach consequent-pole (HCP) structure is presented, which has great potential for application to the ropeless elevator system. By using extensive finite element analysis (FEA), the electromagnetic properties of the proposed HCP-PMLSM, including magnetic field, back electromagnetic force (back-EMF), thrust force and cogging force are simulated and compared with the consequent pole PMLSM (CP-PMLSM) and surface-mounted pole PMLSM (SP-PMLSM). The comparison results show that the proposed HCP configuration can reduce substantial PM material and increase the air-gap magnetic field effectively. Then, the influence trend of HCP parameters such as pole thickness, pole width ratio, auxiliary PM width and magnetism angle, are studied and analyzed for evaluating the output performance in HCP-PMLSM. On this basis, Response surface method (RSM) is employed to optimize the HCP parameters with the target of maximum average thrust, minimum thrust ripple, and highest PM utilization. Furthermore, a double-sided pole shift method was proposed to significantly suppress the thrust fluctuation of HCP-PMLSM. Lastly, experimental results are provided to verify the investigation.