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High speed internal permanent magnet machine and method of manufacturing the same

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1027262
An internal permanent magnet (IPM) machine is provided. The IPM machine includes a stator assembly and a stator core. The stator core also includes multiple stator teeth. The stator assembly is further configured with stator windings to generate a magnetic field when excited with alternating currents and extends along a longitudinal axis with an inner surface defining a cavity. The IPM machine also includes a rotor assembly and a rotor core. The rotor core is disposed inside the cavity and configured to rotate about the longitudinal axis. The rotor assembly further includes a shaft. The shaft further includes multiple protrusions alternately arranged relative to multiple bottom structures provided on the shaft. The rotor assembly also includes multiple stacks of laminations disposed on the protrusions and dovetailed circumferentially around the shaft. The rotor assembly further includes multiple permanent magnets for generating a magnetic field, which interacts with the stator magnetic field to produce torque. The permanent magnets are disposed between the stacks. The rotor assembly also includes multiple bottom wedges disposed on the bottom structures of the shaft and configured to hold the multiple stacks and the multiple permanent magnets.
Research Organization:
General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
FC26-07NT43122
Assignee:
NETL
Patent Number(s):
8,018,110
Application Number:
12/432,885
OSTI ID:
1027262
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (1)

High-Speed Generators for Power-Dense, Medium-Power, Gas Turbine Generator Sets journal October 2007

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