An Analytical Approach to Design the PM in PMAREL Motors Robust Toward the Demagnetization

In the permanent magnet (PM)-assisted reluctance motors, low-energy PM, such as Ferrite PM, is used to get a cheap rotor. As far as the design choices are concerned, the PM width has to be selected so as to achieve the desired air-gap flux density at no-load condition and the PM thickness has to be selected to avoid the demagnetization of the PM under full-load conditions. This paper presents a practical analytical approach to compute PM width and thickness according to a given air-gap flux density and stress on the PM itself. Two approaches based on a complete model and a simplified model are considered and compared. As an example, a 36-slot 4-pole machine is designed. Finite element analysis confirms the results achieved by means of both analytical analyses.