Abstracto

Reduction of Cogging Torque, Harmonics in PM BLDC Motor

Madhavaraj S, Venkatalakshmi B

The Brushless DC Motors are the one in several motors gaining popularity in industrial applications. The main issues with this BLDC motors are cogging torque and harmonics associated with it. Cogging torque is due to the interaction between the permanent magnet of the rotor and the stator slots in permanent magnet machine. The presence of 5th and 7th harmonics in input supply reduces the efficiency of BLDC motor. Many researches are undergoing to reduce the cogging torque and harmonics. Some of the known techniques for reducing the cogging torque are the magnet pole design, skewing, step skewing, and dummy slots in the stator lamination. This paper proposes a method for reducing cogging torque which is a Hybrid method, comprising of both Numerical and Analytical analysis. The design process involves simulating the proposed solution in the MotorSolve FEM and later it is integrated with MATLAB-SIMULINK. The result observed in the proposed system is the reduction of cogging torque and harmonics to a considerable amount.