Design of Winding Changeable BLDC Motor Considering Demagnetization in Winding Change Section

• Published in: IEEE transactions on magnetics Vol. 53; no. 11; pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Seol, Hyun-Soo, Kang, Dong-Woo, Jun, Hyun-Woo, Lim, Jongsuk, Lee, Ju
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.11.2017; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Brushless motors; Coils (windings); D C motors; Demagnetization; Fault currents; fault in brushless DC (BLDC) motor; Magnetism; permanent magnet; Permanent magnet motors; Permanent magnets; Product design; Torque; Winding; winding change; Windings
• ISSN: 0018-9464; 1941-0069
• DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2017.2695890

In this paper, a changeable winding brushless DC (BLDC) motor for the expansion of the speed region is described. The changeable winding BLDC motor is driven by a large number of phase turns at low speeds and by a reduced number of turns at high speeds. For this reason, the section where the winding changes is very important. Ideally, the time at which the windings are to be converted should be same as the time at which the voltage changes. However, if this timing is not exactly synchronized, a large current is generated in the motor, and the demagnetization of the permanent magnet occurs. In addition, a large torque ripple is produced. In this paper, we describe the demagnetization of the permanent magnet in a fault situation when the windings change, and we suggest a design process to solve this problem.