Hybrid Excited Vernier PM Machines with Novel DC-Biased Sinusoidal Armature Current

In this paper, a novel class of hybrid excitation, stator vernier permanent magnet (VPM) machines (HE-VPM) are proposed. The proposed machines are with salient rotor structure, stator located PMs, and concentrated armature windings. Therefore, the superiority of the proposed machine is robust rotor structure, short and non-overlapping end-winding, and easy heat dissipation. Besides, a novel DC-biased sinusoidal current, which contains an alternating current (AC) component and a direct current (DC) component, is applied, with this novel current, a novel hybrid excited VPM machines without additional field windings are obtained. The simulation results shows that the proposed machines exhibit higher torque density, power factor, and efficiency, Also, the constant power operation range is broadened, as the injected DC biased current can weaken or enhance the exciting fields at high/low speed. Finally, a prototype has been designed and under built, and the corresponding experiments will be added later.