Novel permanent magnet motor topologies using advanced magnetic materials

使用先进磁性材料的新型永磁电机拓扑

• 批准号: 531845-2018
• 负责人: Pillay, Pragasen
• 金额: $ 7.65万
• 依托单位: Concordia University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=719710
• 关键词: Novel; permanent; magnet; motor; topologies

The project aims to develop novel electric motor topologies by using advanced magnetic materials and manufacturing techniques. The project main tasks will be to identify, design, simulate, build and optimize innovative motor topologies using 3D magnetic flux path designs. These topologies will be enabled by developing simultaneously soft and hard magnetic materials and manufacturing processes. Soft magnetic composites (SMC) offers unique isotropic magnetic properties compared to laminations that can enable several advantages for the fabrication of machines and stators in particular. Using the cold spray process for the fabrication of a M-NdFeB composite, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) have shown that it is possible to build complex shaped permanent magnets that cannot be realized on rotors using traditional fabrication methods. These two materials also offers manufacturing advantages such as reduced part counts and assembly steps that can significantly reduce the cost of the electric motor. Both the advantages of the 3D magnetic flux and the manufacturability will be clearly established in this project by building and testing various prototypes. Rio Tinto Metal Powders (RTMP) of Quebec, Canada, in collaboration with the NRC in Boucherville, QC, will improve the performance and the fabrication process of SMC powder grades while NRC will continue the development of the cold spray permanent magnet technology. The expertise of Concordia University on electric motor design and on finite element analysis will be required to develop permanent magnet motor topologies that would benefit from 3D magnetic flux. The support of Stackpole, a producer of powder metallurgy components, for the fabrication of the prototypes will ensure the achievement of this project objective.

该项目旨在通过使用先进的磁性材料和制造技术来开发新型电机拓扑结构。该项目的主要任务将是识别、设计、模拟、建造和优化使用3D磁通路径设计的创新电机拓扑。这些拓扑结构将通过同时开发软磁和硬磁材料和制造工艺来实现。与薄片相比，软磁复合材料(SMC)具有独特的各向同性磁性，特别是在制造电机和定子方面具有许多优势。加拿大国家研究委员会(NRC)已经证明，使用冷喷涂工艺制造M-NdFeB复合材料是可能的，可以制造出使用传统制造方法无法在转子上实现的复杂形状的永磁体。这两种材料还提供了制造优势，例如减少了部件数量和组装步骤，可以显著降低电机的成本。通过制造和测试各种原型，3D磁通的优势和可制造性将在这个项目中得到明确的确立。加拿大魁北克省力拓金属粉末公司(RTMP)与位于昆士兰布切维尔的NRC合作，将改进SMC粉末等级的性能和制造工艺，而NRC将继续开发冷喷涂永磁体技术。将需要康科迪亚大学在电机设计和有限元分析方面的专业知识来开发将受益于3D磁通的永磁电机拓扑结构。粉末冶金部件生产商StackPole对原型制造的支持将确保该项目目标的实现。