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A Review of Electric Motors with Soft Magnetic Composite Cores for Electric Drives

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  • Youguang Guo

    (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Xin Ba

    (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Lin Liu

    (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Haiyan Lu

    (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Gang Lei

    (Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, NSW 2007, Australia)

  • Wenliang Yin

    (School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia)

  • Jianguo Zhu

    (School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW 2006, Australia)

Abstract

Electric motors play a crucial role in modern industrial and domestic applications. With the trend of more and more electric drives, such as electric vehicles (EVs), the requirements for electric motors become higher and higher, e.g., high power density with good thermal dissipation and high reliability in harsh environments. Many efforts have been made to develop high performance electric motors, such as the application of advanced novel electromagnetic materials, modern control algorithms, advanced mathematical modeling, numerical computation, and artificial intelligence based optimization design techniques. Among many advanced magnetic materials, soft magnetic composite (SMC) appears very promising for developing novel electric motors, thanks to its many unique properties, such as magnetic and thermal isotropies, very low eddy current loss, and the prospect of low-cost mass production. This paper aims to present a comprehensive review about the application of SMC for developing various electric motors for electric drives, with emphasis on those with three-dimensional (3D) magnetic flux paths. The major techniques developed for designing the 3D flux SMC motors are also summarized, such as vectorial magnetic property characterization and system-level multi-discipline robust design optimization. Major challenges and possible future work in this area are also discussed.

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  • Youguang Guo & Xin Ba & Lin Liu & Haiyan Lu & Gang Lei & Wenliang Yin & Jianguo Zhu, 2023. "A Review of Electric Motors with Soft Magnetic Composite Cores for Electric Drives," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(4), pages 1-17, February.
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