AC Machine Design Fundamentals Induction Motors, PM Motors, Mechanical Design, Thermal Design, and FEA Examples

Through a building-block teaching approach, you will develop a basic understanding of AC electric machine design. By learning the core concepts of electromagnetic laws for machine design, magnetic circuit calculations, loss mechanisms, analytical design techniques, and other essential topics, you will improve your skills, and ultimately, your work. Recent developments in AC electric machine design also will be covered in this course.

• Engineers involved in the design, specification, and integration of components and systems that require an understanding of AC machine design. 
• Electrical and mechanical design engineers
• System engineers and integrators
• Project engineers and program managers
• Technical leaders

Attendees should have a bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related science, or the equivalent amount of industrial experience.

Introduction to AC Machine Design

• Induction, PM, synchronous and switched reluctance

Sizing Laws: the influence of size

Power Sizing Equations

• Electric and magnetic loading
• Shear stress

Winding Types

• Full pitch and fractional windings
• Fractional pitch windings
• Distributed and concentrated windings
• Fractional slot windings

Magnetic Circuits

• Permeance and reluctance
• Multiple circuit paths
• Magnetic circuits with airgaps

Electric and Magnetic Materials

• Permanent magnet types
• Copper and aluminum
• Steel types
• Skin depth

Main Flux Path Calculations Using Magnetic Circuits

• Main magnetic circuit of an induction machine
• Effective gap and Carter''s coefficient
• Effective length
• Reluctance calculations

Leakage Reactance Calculations

• Slot leakage inductance
• Zigzag and differential leakage inductance
• Skew and end turn leakage inductance

Calculation of Machine Losses

• Eddy current and hysteresis losses
• Friction, windage, and copper losses

Testing and Parameter Characterization

Thermal Analysis and Cooling Systems

• Conduction, convection, and radiation
• FEA, CFD, lumped-parameters equivalent-networks
• Fan ventilation, liquid cooling

Manufacturing Topics

• Laminations, cores, windings, frames, assemblies
• Material and manufacturing tolerances

Vibrations and Noise

• Electromagnetic forces; harmonic components
• Mechanism of transmission
• Mitigation measures

Machine Design Examples

"Back of the Envelope" Calculations to Automated Optimal Computer Design

Finite Element Analysis

• Fundamentals
• Examples

Special Topics—How to Design Machines for Self-Sensing

Ayman El-Refaie

Ayman M. EL-Refaie received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Wisconsin– Madison in 2002 and 2005, respectively. Since 2005, he has been with the Electrical Machines and Drives Laboratory, General Electric Global Research Center, NY, USA as a Principal Engineer and Project Leader. He is the author of more than 50 journal, and 85 conference publications with several others pending. He holds 45 issued U.S. patents with several others pending. His research interests include electrical machines and drives. Since January 2017 he became the Thomas and Suzanne Werner Endowed Chair in Secure and Sustainable Energy at Marquette University. He is a Fellow of the IEEE

Dan Ionel

Dan M. Ionel, PhD, FIEEE, is currently Chief Engineer for Regal Beloit Corp., and Visiting Professor at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. After completing post-doctoral research in the SPEED Laboratory, University of Glasgow, UK, Dr. Ionel worked in industrial R&D for large corporations in the UK and the US, most recently as Chief Scientist for Vestas. His design experience covers a wide range of electric machines and drives for various applications with power ratings between 0.002 hp and 10,000 hp. Dr. Ionel published more than 100 technical papers, including two winners of Best Paper Awards from the IEEE Industry Applications Society Electric Machines Committee, and holds more than 30 patents. An IEEE Fellow, he is the Chair-Elect of the IEEE Power and Energy Society Electric Motor Sub-committee, Chair of the Milwaukee IEEE Power Electronics Chapter, and Editor-in-Chief of the Electric Power Components and Systems Journal.

Thomas Jahns

Thomas M. Jahns is a Professor with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Previously with GE Corporate R&D and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Jahns has research interests in electric machines, drive system analysis and control, and power electronic modules.

Daniel Ludois

Dan Ludois received his Ph.D from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2011 working in WEMPEC with a focus on Modular Multilevel Converters. He then cofounded the startup company C-Motive Technologies to commercialize capacitive coupling techniques for industrial power conversion applications. He returned to the University of Wisconsin–Madison in August 2013 as an assistant professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering and has been working in WEMPEC since.

Darren Tremelling

Darren Tremelling, Ph.D. is currently a Principal Scientist in ABB Corporate Research.

After completing his doctorate in WEMPEC, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Dr. Tremelling has worked in ABB Corporate Research. His research experience covers a range of electric machines for various applications with power ratings between 1 [kW] to 7 [MW].

Bulent Sarlioglu

Bulent Sarlioglu is an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and the associate director of the Wisconsin Electric Machines and Power Electronics Consortium (WEMPEC). He previously worked at Honeywell International Inc.'s aerospace division for 11 years, most recently as a staff systems engineer, earning Honeywell's technical achievement award in 2003 and an outstanding engineer award in 2011. Bulent’s expertise includes electrical machines, drives, and power electronics and he is the inventor or co-inventor of 15 US patents as well as many international patents. He received his PhD from University of Wisconsin–Madison, MS from University of Missouri–Columbia, and BS from Istanbul Technical University, all in electrical engineering.