Z. Zhang et al., IMPROVED DESIGN FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE INDUCTION-MOTORS USING AN OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURE, IEE proceedings. Electric power applications, 143(6), 1996, pp. 410-416
A design technique for electric vehicle (EV) induction motors using an
optimisation procedure is described. The supply inverter operates in
PWM mode with a field orientated controller in both the constant torqu
e and the constant power regions. The motor voltage regulation strateg
ies are discussed in the first part of the paper, because the motor de
sign and the inverter kVA size are related to it. Thus, the nonlinear
programming technique is applied for the three-phase induction motors
designs in the design procedure. The proposed method has been applied
to design a 17.5 kW induction motor with 30 kW maximum power. Complete
design results for motors with different characteristics (voltage reg
ulation strategy, pole number, base and maximum speeds) are presented
and discussed.