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I Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, llT Guwahati, Guwahati, India
2 Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, ITT Patna, Patna, India
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Abstract-This paper presents the design optimization of platform to design various parameters of the electrical
linear induction motor. Application of linear induction motor machine by providing performance characteristics of
includes various industrial processes like conveyor belt, motor for a set of stator and rotor dimensions. By varying
vertical movement, steel power plant, induction heating and
these dimensions, a suitable design can be obtained.
automated material handling. All these applications require
Optimization provides an optimum solution for design
an efficient and high torque providing linear induction motor.
Objective function of the optimization problem discussed in
problem. An optimized design of the motor gives stator
this paper includes efficiency, output thrust and machine and rotor dimension values for which machine gives
weight. Various machine design parameters have been used optimum performance. Various optimization techniques
as constraint variables. Optimization done with Quasi are available in the literature [7]. This paper uses Quasi
Newton process shows significant improvement in machine Newton optimization process to perform the design
efficiency and output torque compared to the results optimization.
reported in literature. Machine design and optimization is Paper is organized as follows. Section 2 presents linear
carried out using RMxprt software.
induction motor modeling. Section 3 discusses Quasi
Newton optimization technique used in this paper. Results
Keywords-Linear Induction Motor, Design Optimization,
Quassi-Newton Technique
obtained for optimized machine is presented in section 4.
Finally conclusion discusses the significance of presented
I. INTRODUCTION work and results obtained.
Certain merits of linear induction motor like high starting II. LINEAR INDUCTION MOTOR MODELING
torque, simple structure, reduction in mechanical losses
and smaller size make it an attractive choice as motor in Fig. 1 presents the cross-sectional view of the rotor and
motor driven systems [1]. There are various applications in stator section of the LIM. Non-uniform airgap causes an
industries where vertical motion of the machine is required. effective airgap ge different from physical airgap gm
For example, robotic machines made for building Relation between physical and effective airgap is given in
constructions, rope-less lifts in super-skyscrapers, material (1-2).
transport for underground constructions etc. Linear
induction motor can be used for all these purposes being (1)
able to facilitate linear upward and downward motion. One
of the advantages of linear induction motor is its non
go =gm+d (2)
contact motion and quick response [2]. In steel power
plants, for high quality and high productivity, linear
where d is the thickness of the conducting layer and kc is
induction motor has been researched and practically used
Carter's coefficient given by (3),
for transporting thin steel plates during reheating and
galvanization process [3]. Basic principle of operation of
linear induction motor also facilitates eddy current (3)
generation by travelling magnetic field. This can help in
induction heating [4].
In coal plants, conveyor belt is used to carry the coal Parameter A is the slot pitch which is the distance between
blocks from one place to other for further processing. the centers of the two consecutive teeth. Stator slot depth
Conventional induction motors used for rotating conveyor hs can be calculated from (4).
belts provide forces at relatively smaller area. Due to
stretching or mismatch of forces at two ends, belt faces A,
danger of getting slipped. Linear induction motor can h, (4)
provide such a provision where a belt of conducting W,
material passes between a pair of linear stator blocks
carrying poly-phase system of coils [5]. where As is the cross sectional area of the slot and Ws is
the slot width. A relation for the slot cross sectional area
Design of linear induction motor demands preparation of with number of turns per slot and conductor cross section
data sheet for stator and rotor dimensions. Number of area is given in (5).
stator and rotor slots, inner and outer dimensions, tooth
and slot dimensions and conductor size requirement are A, (5)
some of the design parameters require to manufacture a
linear induction motor [6]. RMxpert software provide
Here Nc is the number of turns per slot. Yoke height of the
stator core hy is the portion of the core below teeth. If it (13)
assumed that the flux in the yoke is one half of the flux in
air gap, it can be expressed as,
(14)
(15)
Fig. 1: Cross section of linear induction motor
A linear induction motor of the specification given in table Slot width: 10 mm < Ws < 25 mm
I is designed using RMxpert software. Complete datasheet Slot height: 20 mm < hs < 35 mm
is presented in table II. Mathematical model is extended Primary height: 45 mm < hy < 60 mm
to obtain the electrical equivalent circuit model of LIM. Secondary sheet thickness: 2.5 mm < d < 7.5 mm
Electrical equivalent circuit of LIM consists of series Air gap: 0 mm < gm < 7 mm
elements Rl and Xl, core reactance component Xm in Current density: 3 A/mm2 < J 1 < 6 A/mm2
parallel with a variable resistance Rs/s representing
mechanical load. Equations representing equivalent circuit Objective function for the optimization used in this paper
components are given in (7-11). includes efficiency, electromagnetic torque and weight of
the machine. Objective function is built so as to maximize
efficiency and torque and minimize weight of the machine.
(7) Objective function is given by (16).
2flo1if [( ( !J ) ;: }
A, 1 + + A,, + AJ, ,'
J(x) (T(x)*ry(x))/W(x)
=
Xl = (8)
P and weight function respectively.
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Table 1: Linear induction motor specification
Xm (9)
J[ 2 pge Specification Value
R
_Xm
2-
(10) Rated Power 3.73 kW
ge Rated Voltage 440V
Number of poles 4
2J.1o Jr2
G = (11) Rated frequency 50 Hz
nge Rated speed 1428
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Qrtput Paw.r (W)
lines. Fig. 2-3 gives magnetic field and flux representation.
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efficiency but lower electromagnetic torque. For
applications discussed in this paper where LIM's are
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torque. Also a low weight machine is preferred for
dynamic operation. In order to achieve these requirements,
optimization is done. An initial setting of efficiency,
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weight and torque is fed to Quasi-Newton algorithm.
Based on results obtained and cost Vs iteration relation,
initial settings may be required to be changed. Finally an
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optimized design is obtained.
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� induction motor for better efficiency, weight and torque. A
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conventional design based on electrical equivalent circuit
is prepared in RMxprt software. Optimization of the
machine design has been carried out using Quasi-Newton
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performance of the machine in a different way. Their
Fig. 8: Power factor Vs speed independent effects have been discussed in this paper.
Optimized machine achieves better desired output as
compared to the conventional design
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