EFFECTS OF ANISOTROPY ON THE PERFORMANCE-CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AXIALLY LAMINATED ANISOTROPIC-ROTOR SYNCHRONOUS RELUCTANCE MOTOR DRIVE SYSTEM

The effects of accounting for anisotropy on the performance characteri stics of Axially Laminated Anisotropic: (ALA) rotor Synchronous Reluct ance Motor (SynRM) drive systems are studied. These effects are evalua ted from the simulations of a computer aided model. The model is based on the use of an iterative approach which indirectly couples a two di mensional (2D) nonlinear finite element (FE) model, which accounts for anisotropy, to a state space model describing the SynRM drive system. The simulation results are also validated by comparison to test data of a prototype ALA rotor SynRM drive system.