PROJECT TITLE :

Design Optimization, Prototyping, and Performance Evaluation of a Low-Speed Linear Induction Motor With Toroidal Winding

ABSTRACT:

In this paper, a study of the performance and experimental results for a coffee-speed linear induction motor (LIM) with toroidal winding is presented. The main plan behind the proposed winding is to produce higher performance and efficiency in space-constrained applications where a LIM with abundant higher primary length compared with the first width is needed. The LIM with toroidal winding in this case enjoys the advantage of short finish-connection length, which can offer a lot of superior performance than a distributed winding linear induction motor (DWLIM). Also, because the motor is designed to operate at low speed, the output power, and therefore potency, would be low, and then the performance of such machines cannot be evaluated in terms of output power or efficiency. However, an improvement in performance, and thus efficiency, could be achieved when the low-speed motor is fed from a coffee-frequency supply. This paper mainly focuses on the planning optimization, prototyping, and performance evaluation of a low-speed LIM with toroidal winding, and also provides an in depth comparison between the LIM with toroidal winding and a DWLIM.