Stanisław Hajnrych
supervisor: Lech Grzesiak
As Electric Vehicle (EV) market is growing in fast pace in response to zero emissions targets there is constant need for better drive components to decrease production costs, reliance on rare earth materials and carbon footprints of manufacturing process itself. Synchronous Reluctance (SyR) motors without neodymium magnets are one of the possible best technologies to meet these demands. However mechanical and power density constrains of the SyR motors pose challenge in design of such motor suited for EVs. The aim of this doctoral research is to find the best design of SyR motor for such applications. After comparing various electric machine types and EV drive topologies, SyR motor is designed, simulated in various FEM software and a prototype is build. The results are verified by laboratory measurements on the test-stand and compared with these state of the art mass produced EV motor – the current stage of the research.