Research Article

Design and Experimental Validation for Direct-Drive Fault-Tolerant Permanent-Magnet Vernier Machines

Table 3

Machine design requirements.

ItemsFT-PMV machine

Phases, 5
Number of stator slots, 20
Number of rotor pole pairs, 31
Number of FMPs, 40
Gear ratio, −31 : 9
Rated voltage, (V)70
Current density, (A/mm2)6.57
Outside stator radius, (mm)60
Outside rotor radius, (mm)70
Stack length, (mm)60
Air-gap length (mm)0.5
PM thickness, (mm)3.2
Fault-tolerant tooth, (mm)1.9
Armature tooth, (mm)3.3
PM pole-arc coefficient, 1
Per slot area, (mm2)121.8
Slot packing factor, 0.6
Stator turns per coil, 48
PM typeNdFe35