Reluctance type rotating machine with permanent magnets

Abstract

A reluctance type rotating machine includes a stator 1 having armature windings 2 arranged on an inner periphery of the stator 1, a rotor 3 having a magnetic unevenness in the circumferential direction and a plurality of permanent magnets 6 arranged for negating the armature windings' flux passing between adjoining poles. Each magnet 6 is magnetized in a direction different from a direction to facilitate the rotor's magnetization. A magnetic portion 7 is provided between the pole and the interpole of the rotor 3. Owing to the provision of the magnetic portion 7, when the armature windings are not excited, more than 30% of the permanent magnets' flux is distributed in the rotor 3. Similarly, when the machine is loaded, the permanent magnets' interlinkage flux is more than 10% of composite interlinkage flux composed of armature current and the permanent magnets.

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