TY - GEN
T1 - Comparative Analysis of Synchronous Reluctance Machine against Conventional Induction Machine for Railway Traction
AU - Tom, Liya
AU - Khowja, Muhammad Raza
AU - Ramanathan, Ramkumar
AU - Vakil, Gaurang
AU - Gerada, Chris
AU - Anpalahan, Param
AU - Wejrzanowski, Krzysztof
AU - Brown, Neil
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.
PY - 2022
Y1 - 2022
N2 - Electrification in railway industry offers better performing trains with reduced pollution and maximised capacity. SynREL is gaining more interest as a candidate for traction application in place of IM due to its simple and robust structure. Consequently, induction machine (IM) and synchronous reluctance machine (SynREL) are designed and compared for same electrical (1.5 kV and 170 A), thermal and mechanical specification in this paper. IM is found to have a higher torque capability than SynREL for the same torque speed characteristics. Around 67% of the torque at both rated and maximum speed of operation is achieved by SynREL in relation to the specification. The absence of rotor cage improves the efficiency and reduces the weight of SynREL However, SynREL is found to suffer from poor power factor.
AB - Electrification in railway industry offers better performing trains with reduced pollution and maximised capacity. SynREL is gaining more interest as a candidate for traction application in place of IM due to its simple and robust structure. Consequently, induction machine (IM) and synchronous reluctance machine (SynREL) are designed and compared for same electrical (1.5 kV and 170 A), thermal and mechanical specification in this paper. IM is found to have a higher torque capability than SynREL for the same torque speed characteristics. Around 67% of the torque at both rated and maximum speed of operation is achieved by SynREL in relation to the specification. The absence of rotor cage improves the efficiency and reduces the weight of SynREL However, SynREL is found to suffer from poor power factor.
KW - Electric Railway
KW - Induction Machine
KW - Motor Design
KW - Optimisation
KW - Synchronous Reluctance Machine
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U2 - 10.1109/ICEM51905.2022.9910767
DO - 10.1109/ICEM51905.2022.9910767
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85141045723
T3 - 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2022
SP - 69
EP - 75
BT - 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2022
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2022 International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2022
Y2 - 5 September 2022 through 8 September 2022
ER -
