Analysis of a polyphase synchronous reluctance motor with two identical stator windings

This paper presents the performance analysis of a cageless two-stator-winding reluctance motor which is capable of developing reluctance torque at good power factors in the absence of inverter control. The machine stator has two separate identical polyphase windings whose pole numbers are the same as that of the cageless rotor. The machine performance is investigated using the traditional circle diagrams, and the d-q rotor reference frame equations derived in space-vector form by applying the concept of winding functions. Core loss and saturation are accounted for in the developed dynamic model. It is shown that if one winding is connected directly to the supply and the other fed with a balanced capacitor, the developed torque is superior to a brushless doubly-fed reluctance machine (BDFRM) of similar size. Other motor characteristics, its line-start behaviour and torque ripples are also presented and discussed. Experimental results corroborate the simulations. (c) 2005 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.