A line start synchronous-reluctance (LSSRM) brushless motor includes a stator that is arranged at an inner circumferential surface of a motor body and that extends longitudinally along an axis to define a central opening. A rotor assembly is disposed in the central opening. The rotor assembly includes a rotor that is configured to rotate via a shaft, and that is surrounded by the stator to define an air gap between an outer edge of the rotor and the stator. The rotor assembly further includes a plurality rotor slots arranged along the circumference of the outer edge, and at least one magnetic flux barrier aligned with a group of opposing rotor slots.

A line start synchronous-reluctance (LSSRM) brushless motor includes a stator that is arranged at an inner circumferential surface of a motor body and that extends longitudinally along an axis to define a central opening. A rotor assembly is disposed in the central opening. The rotor assembly includes a rotor that is configured to rotate via a shaft, and that is surrounded by the stator to define an air gap between an outer edge of the rotor and the stator. The rotor assembly further includes a plurality rotor slots arranged along the circumference of the outer edge, and at least one magnetic flux barrier aligned with a group of opposing rotor slots.

An electric motor rotor mechanism includes a plurality of rotor bars and a rotor core. The rotor bars are disposed on the rotor core. The rotor core has a plurality of lines of barriers and a plurality of flux barrier holes. Each of the lines of barriers extends from one of the rotor bars to another one of the rotor bars. The flux barrier holes are arranged along the lines of barriers. Each of the flux barrier holes is a magnetic flux barrier. An area between each adjacent flux barrier hole is a magnetic flux path.

An electric motor rotor mechanism includes a plurality of rotor bars and a rotor core. The rotor bars are disposed on the rotor core. The rotor core has a plurality of lines of barriers and a plurality of flux barrier holes. Each of the lines of barriers extends from one of the rotor bars to another one of the rotor bars. The flux barrier holes are arranged along the lines of barriers. Each of the flux barrier holes is a magnetic flux barrier. An area between each adjacent flux barrier hole is a magnetic flux path.

A synchronous reluctance type rotary electric machine of an embodiment includes, a rotor core, a plurality of conductor bars, short-circuit rings, a stator core, and multiphase armature windings. The rotor core includes multi-layered hollow parts having a convex shape toward a side radially inward formed for each pole in cross section, and a bridge formed between each of the hollow parts and an outer circumferential surface thereof. The plurality of conductor bars are disposed in the respective hollow parts. The short-circuit rings connect the plurality of conductor bars together. Then, in all of the hollow parts of a second layer and subsequent layers other than the hollow part of a first layer which is at a position farthest from the rotation axis of the rotor core, the conductor bars are disposed at both end portions thereof close to the bridge at a predetermined distance from the bridge.

A rotor bar fault in a rotor of an electrical machine having a plurality of rotor bars and an end ring configured to short circuit the rotor bars. The method includes the steps of measuring a first temperature at a first end ring location, and measuring a second temperature at a second end ring location, the second end ring location being different from the first end ring location. As broken rotor bars cause a non-uniform temperature distribution in the end ring, the detection of rotor bar faults can be based on monitored temperatures at different end ring locations.

A rotor bar fault in a rotor of an electrical machine having a plurality of rotor bars and an end ring configured to short circuit the rotor bars. The method includes the steps of measuring a first temperature at a first end ring location, and measuring a second temperature at a second end ring location, the second end ring location being different from the first end ring location. As broken rotor bars cause a non-uniform temperature distribution in the end ring, the detection of rotor bar faults can be based on monitored temperatures at different end ring locations.

The present invention relates to a line start synchronous reluctance motor and a rotor thereof. To this end, the present invention provides a line start synchronous reluctance motor including: a rotor; a plurality of conductor bars disposed on a side of an outer circumferential portion of the rotor; and flux barriers formed at an inner side of the rotor so as to be close to the conductor bars, wherein the flux barriers, which are formed in separate regions of a body of the rotor that are arranged to have opposite polarities, are formed to be asymmetrical to each other. Therefore, the present invention improves characteristics of the motor through the asymmetrical flux-barrier structure without changing the number of conductor bars, thereby allowing the initial starting of the motor to be smoothly performed, which is advantageous in terms of torque ripple characteristics and die casting.

A method for obtaining a relation between a winding state and a leakage reactance parameter of a transformer by using simulation software is provided. The method includes: establishing a simulation transformer based on a size of a physical transformer; setting parameters of the simulation transformer, setting a winding of the simulation transformer in a predetermined winding state; obtaining a predetermined number of values of a leakage reactance parameter of the simulation transformer in the winding state; and performing statistics on all the values to obtain a value range of the leakage reactance parameter in a case that the winding is in the winding state. The value range is used as a value range of a leakage reactance parameter of the physical transformer in a case that a winding of the physical transformer is in the winding state.

An electric drive comprises a bearingless electric machine, a converter, and a control device. The stator of the electric machine has a cage winding including bars connected to a conductor ring. The control device controls the converter to supply torque generating current components to the bars so that torque is generated in accordance with electric machine control and to supply levitation current components to the bars so that the rotor of the bearingless electric machine is levitated in accordance with levitation control. The cage winding allows the currents of the bars to be controlled so that different current sheet distributions can be generated so as to generate desired torque and magnetic force.