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4.2.8 Conditions of Magnetic Field for Producing Am-
pere's Torque
Asexplainedinsection4.2.2,therotating
fi
eld can be generated by either
mechanically rotating the rotor or electrically changing the current between
pole-pairs. Moreover, it is explained in section 4.2.3 that the EM torque in
an electric motor is produced by the interaction between the rotor
fi
eld and
the stator
fi
eld. Can all the stator and rotor
fi
elds interact to generate the
EM torque? What are the necessary conditions for these
fi
elds to generate the
torque?
Both the stator and rotor can produce magnetic
fi
eld in the airgap. The
total airgap
fi
eld is
X
X
B
g
(θ,t)=B
r
(θ,t,δ
r
)+B
s
(θ,t,δ
s
)=
r
m
(θ,t,δ
r
)+
s
n
(θ,t,δ
s
), (4.64)
m
n
where, the r
m
and s
n
are the m
th
order rotor harmonic and the n
th
order
stator harmonic
fi
elds, respectively. The reference positions of the rotor and
stator are δ
r
and δ
s
, respectively.
If these harmonic
fi
elds rotate in space at speeds of Ω
rm
and Ω
sn
respec-
tively, then these harmonics can be expressed as
r
m
(θ,t,δ
r
)=R
m
sin[m(Ω
rm
t −θ+δ
rm
)+δ
r
],
(4.65)
s
n
(θ,t,δ
s
)=S
n
sin[n(Ω
sn
t −θ+δ
sn
)+δ
r
],
(4.66)
where, δ
rm
and δ
sn
are the reference positions of the harmonics r
m
and s
n
,
respectively.
The energy of the magnetic
fi
eld in the airgap is
Z
Z
2π
2π
W
g
=
gl
c
r
2µ
0
B
g
dθ =
gl
c
rν
0
2
B
g
dθ,
(4.67)
0
0
where,
l
c
:effective length of the motor (see Figure 4.9),
r
: average radius of the airgap,
µ
0
: permeability of air,
g
: width of the airgap, and
ν
0
: the inverse value ofµ
0
, known as the reluctivity of air.
(4.68)