Measurement Tests and FEM Calculations of DC Excited Flux Switching Motor Prototype
Tomasz Drabek,
Dawid Kara,
Tomasz Kołacz,
Tomasz Lerch,
Jerzy Skwarczyński
Affiliations
Tomasz Drabek
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Dawid Kara
Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Faculty, University of Applied Sciences in Tarnow, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland
Tomasz Kołacz
Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic Faculty, University of Applied Sciences in Tarnow, 33-100 Tarnów, Poland
Tomasz Lerch
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
Jerzy Skwarczyński
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Automatics, Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering, AGH University of Science and Technology, 30-059 Krakow, Poland
The paper presents the results of laboratory tests and FEM 2D calculations of the DCEFSM (Direct Current Excited Flux Switching Machine) electric motor prototype, made based on the stator ferromagnetic sheets of the induction motor. Static measurements of torques, currents, power, efficiency, electromotive forces, and voltages of the motor under various operating conditions were performed, as well as the recordings of its currents and back-EMFs waveforms. FEM calculations of measured values were also performed. The obtained results allow us to conclude that the motor has the operating properties of an under-excited synchronous cylindrical motor and can be vector controlled like the PMSM motor. The results of measurements and calculations indicate the need to redesign the magnetic circuit of the stator.
