Magnetic Field Analysis and Performance Optimization of Dual-Rotor Hybrid Excitation Generator for Automobile

Abstract

Aiming at the current problems of low excitation efficiency and poor reliability of single-rotor hybrid excitation generators, the large axial length of dual-rotor structure, and difficulty in magnetic field analysis, a new type of the dual-rotor hybrid excitation generator topology with high power density is proposed, with two rotors side-by-side coaxial, sharing a set of armature windings, and the magnetic fields do not interfere with each other, so the magnetic field analysis and optimization of the two rotors can be carried out separately. The magnetic density distribution of the new permanent magnet (PM) claw pole rotor is analyzed by the joint application of the equivalent magnetic circuit method and the equivalent magnetic network method, which ensures the simplicity of calculation and improves the calculation accuracy. The multi-objective optimization of the key structural parameters is carried out based on the Latin hypercube sampling–Pareto frontier solution method. The subdomain method is improved by segmented equivalence, the unique solution of the salient-pole rotor magnetic field is obtained, and the multi-objective optimization of the salient-pole rotor is used by the particle swarm algorithm. The trial prototype was experimental, and the results showed that the output characteristics of the optimized hybrid excitation generator were significantly improved, and the overall performance of the generator was improved.