Research Article

Loss Prediction and Thermal Analysis of Surface-Mounted Brushless AC PM Machines for Electric Vehicle Application Considering Driving Duty Cycle

Table 3

Comparison between previous technique in [3] and proposed technique in this paper.

Technique in [3]Proposed technique

Numbers of FEA13146

Analysis time of compete duty cycleMore than 2 hoursAround 5 min

Types of electromagnetic lossWinding loss, iron loss, and mechanical lossWinding loss, iron loss, PM loss, and mechanical loss