Analytical modelling of permanent magnet synchronous machines

Abstract

This report contains a comprehensive evaluation of the Final Year Project (FYP), Analytical Modelling of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM). It will give a full assessment of the motivation behind the project, the project objective, the background theory of the PMSM, the literature review, objectives/milestones, results, analysis, overall conclusions and suggestions of any future work or improvements that could be made on the project.

The PMSM is a modern alternative to the, presently used, electrically excited synchronous machines and has been shown to have a greater efficiency when used within various sectors and industries. The PMSM hasn’t been fully introduced to all of its possible applications yet, but there will be future integrations into these areas. There have been multiple publications that have experimentally shown how PMSM could be used to improve several processes in everyday life. The project focusses more on the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor rather than the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator as an analytical model. The project will focus on presenting evaluated results on chosen characteristics of the motor when it is subjected to defined oscillations during operation and identifying the motor harmonics in the frequency domain. These will subsequently be analysed and evaluated.