Impact of Topology Optimization Problem Setup on Switched Reluctance Machine Design

Aino Manninen; Janne Keränen; Jenni Pippuri-Mäkeläinen; Tuomas Riipinen; Sini Metsä-Kortelainen; Tomi Lindroos

doi:10.1109/COMPUMAG45669.2019.9032826

Impact of Topology Optimization Problem Setup on Switched Reluctance Machine Design

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Abstract

We study the topology optimization (TO) of an 8/6 switched reluctance motor rotor in terms of torque and mass. Together with additive manufacturing, topology optimization offers disruptive possibilities in electrical machine design. We investigate how sensitive the TO is to the problem setup by varying mesh density, material definitions and initial values of optimization. We also derive and implement three different optimization problem formulations to improve the electrical machine performance. As a result, we found that the geometry obtained with this method is sensitive to both material definition and mesh density. Further, the rotor mass could not bedecreased significantly without compromising the average torque to some extent. However, through optimization, significant improvement of the torque values was gained for the rotor angles at the beginning or at the end of the stroke.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	COMPUMAG 2019 - 22nd International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
ISBN (Electronic)	978-1-7281-5592-0
ISBN (Print)	978-1-7281-5593-7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPUMAG45669.2019.9032826
Publication status	Published - Jul 2019
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	22nd International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields, COMPUMAG 2019 - Paris, France Duration: 15 Jul 2019 → 19 Jul 2019

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Conference	22nd International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields, COMPUMAG 2019
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	15/07/19 → 19/07/19

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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Electric machines
electromagnetic analysis
finite element method
switched reluctance motors
topology optimization

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Manninen, A., Keränen, J., Pippuri-Mäkeläinen, J., Riipinen, T., Metsä-Kortelainen, S., & Lindroos, T. (2019). Impact of Topology Optimization Problem Setup on Switched Reluctance Machine Design. In COMPUMAG 2019 - 22nd International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields Article 9032826 IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPUMAG45669.2019.9032826

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Manninen, A , Keränen, J , Pippuri-Mäkeläinen, J , Riipinen, T, Metsä-Kortelainen, S & Lindroos, T 2019, Impact of Topology Optimization Problem Setup on Switched Reluctance Machine Design. in COMPUMAG 2019 - 22nd International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields., 9032826, IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 22nd International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields, COMPUMAG 2019, Paris, France, 15/07/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/COMPUMAG45669.2019.9032826

Impact of Topology Optimization Problem Setup on Switched Reluctance Machine Design. / Manninen, Aino ; Keränen, Janne ; Pippuri-Mäkeläinen, Jenni et al.
COMPUMAG 2019 - 22nd International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2019. 9032826.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference article in proceedings › Scientific › peer-review

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Manninen A , Keränen J , Pippuri-Mäkeläinen J , Riipinen T, Metsä-Kortelainen S, Lindroos T. Impact of Topology Optimization Problem Setup on Switched Reluctance Machine Design. In COMPUMAG 2019 - 22nd International Conference on the Computation of Electromagnetic Fields. IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. 2019. 9032826 doi: 10.1109/COMPUMAG45669.2019.9032826

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