Software design tool for optimum axial flux BLDC motors

Abstract

The Axial Flux BLDC motors are relatively new, specially at higher power ratings over 10kW. Therefore the designers face a lot of difficulties in designing and optimizing the motor for a given application. This paper presents a new method to optimize the performance in speed, torque, torque stability, power output, power density and motor dimensions in view of the cost and reliability for a given motor; specially to be used for traction purposes. By this method, the motor designers can easily choose the exact parameters of the motor to match the requirement and make sure of the optimization of the design. A software interface and simulation results are presented to check the level of optimization achievable with the system. This paper discusses a three phase axial flux outer rotor BLDC motor, but the core equations can be easily changed to simulate for any kind of motor with the same software and simulation interface.