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[r39] by simoneferrari

Minor bug fixed and some motor models corrected

2023-12-14 14:15:24 Tree
[r38] by simoneferrari

Update for ECCE 2023 (v3.7)
- Main GUI:
- improved structural simulations
- improved model for iron and PM loss evaluation (also with PWM)
- wrapped rotor: improved geometric definition and bug fixed
- improved computation of the magnetic pressure at the airgap and added the computation of the tooth forces
- MMM GUI:
- added safe modes evaluation in the efficiency map computation
- added the derated efficiency map to account for ASC
- added computation of the efficiency maps with PWM loss
- added demagnetization current to the MMM GUI
- added demagnetization limit to the scaling procedure
- added the Matlab figures names
- xbDesignPlaneExplorer
- syrmDesignPlaneExplorer changed name to "xbDesignPlaneExplorer"
- improved workflow with the main GUI
- added the possibility to open the explorer after the design plane computation (without saving the figure)
- added the possibility to import export directly one or more motors to the main GUI

2023-10-29 18:27:24 Tree
[r37] by simoneferrari

Version with WEMDCD23, PCIM23 and IEMDC23 updates.
- Main GUI:
- improvement and bug fixed on the demagnetization limit identification
- added the possibility to compute demagnetized PM volume ad different current angles
- improved magement of the axys style (SR or PM)
- improved the PM loss model: added reaction field and end-side effect (work in progress)
- improved IM simulation toolchain
- added the possibility to have circumferential segmentation of the PMs (Circular and Seg geometry)
- (x,b) design plane and FEAfix and syrmDesignExplorer
- added characteristic current (analytical and FEAfix)
- added Hyper-Worst-Case short-circuit current (analytical and FEAfix)
- added the computation of the PM demagnetization volume @ rated and HWC current (FEAfix)
- added Uncontrolled Generator Operation index
- added the possibility in syrmDesignExplorer to identify the feasibility area (see ICEM 2022 tutorial)
- MMM:
- GUI re-organization: short-circuit and constant current computation moved to the "Waveform" tab
- added efficiency map computation with PWM loss
- improved management of PM temperature
- added demagnetization limit in MMM (as model): demagnetization current function of PM temperature
- added apparent inductance map
- added the possibility to export motorModel structure from GUI to Matlab WorkSpace directly
- syreDrive:
- added iron loss model
- added DFVC torque control
- other:
- added new default motor (based on TeslaModel3)
- updated motor examples with flux maps data
- added SyR-e stats in ReadMe\stats

2023-05-10 09:52:58 Tree
[r36] by simoneferrari

Major updates:
- syreDrive: improved Simulink model
- syreDrive: added PLECS export
- Documentation: added ICEM 2022 tutorial and PLECS conference 2022 presentation
Minor updates:
- Matlab compatibility: improved compatibility with Matlab 2019b (added .m files to run in place of .mlapp files)
- GUI_Syre_MMM: minor bug fixed in resistance computation for different temperatures/frequencies
- GUI_Syre_MMM: improvement of skewed maps computation
- minor bug fixed for SPM geometry
- minor bug fixed for IM geometry
- minor bug fixed for multi-3-phase motor simulation
- improvement of skewing

2022-10-07 13:29:49 Tree
[r35] by simoneferrari

Update to v3.4:
Major updates:
- improved syrmDesign, with PM-SyR and IPM motors (see ICEM22 paper and tutorial)
- improved FEAfix procedure, including the MTPA search (see ICEM22 paper and tutorial)
- added syrmDesignExplorer: a new GUI to open and use the (x,b) planes saved from syrmDesign
- improved scaling maps procedure and added scaling plane to MMM GUI (see ECCE22 paper)
- syreDrive: general review and improvement of the procedure and added circuital models
- added Induction Motor in SyR-e. It is possible to:
- manually define the geometry
- simulate one operating point in Field Oriented Control (FOC) (under validation)
- compute the dq flux map in FOC (under validation)
- run structural simulation (under validation)
- complete compatibility with MMM GUI

Minor updates and bug fixed:
- possibility to edit hc both in p.u. and in mm
- Circular and Seg geometry improved and some bugs corrected
- structural simulation: mesh definition and model improved (still under validation)
- experimental data are more usable in MMM GUI
- improved iron loss model computation with the DC-bias effect
- added ribless motor design and rotor sleeve (under development, no structural simulations available at the moment)

2022-09-02 15:54:28 Tree
[r34] by simoneferrari

Updates:
- GUI_Syre:
- improvements in syrmDesign and FEAfix (under development):
- added design options
- additional information available in the figure
- bug fixed
- added the possibility to change flux carrier thickness (new coefficient: Rotor yoke factor)
- added utilities tab in the main GUI
- added the possibility to simulate custom currents waveform (loaded from a separate file)
- added straight ribs for circular geometry
- V-type geometry: to be dismissed in future releases. Consider to use Seg geometry with barriers shrink factor = 0
- added axis convention (SR or PM)
- GUI_Syre_MMM:
- minor bug fixed in efficiency map computation
- updated operating limits computation: now phase resistance is considered

2021-12-16 08:23:44 Tree
[r33] by simoneferrari

Main GUI updates:
- 2D structural analysis (with Matlab PDE Toolbox)
- peak short-circuit current evaluation (HWC condition, see ECCE2021 paper)
- added radial geometrical scaling to main GUI
- added the possibility to load a custom geometry from the FEMM file (after dxf import in FEMM)
- improved the possibility to easily select the number of quadrants for flux maps evaluation
- Motor-CAD interface improved
- added the export to Ansys-Maxwell (still work-in-progress)

MMM GUI updates:
- transient short-circuit computation (see ECCE2021 paper)
- updated the field names in motorModel structure
- added the possibility to change the dq-axis convention (from SyR to PM motor and vice versa)
- added end-winding length (to avoid AC Joule loss model overestimation)

Other updates:
- new PM-SyRM model (THOR), with MMM data (see ECCE2021, WEMDCD2021 or ECCE2019 papers)
- added the MMM data to mot_01 and RAWP motors
- updated the user manual (merge between main GUI and MMM) and updated reference list

Some bug fixed

2021-10-05 12:38:31 Tree
[r32] by simoneferrari

- improvement of syreDrive, presented at WEMDCD 2021 conference
- general re-order of folder, with the possibility to add custom functions (in the syreCustomFunction folder)
- minor bug fixed
- improvement in Seg barriers parametrization
- improvement in Motor-CAD export
- added MMM data for mot_01 and RAWP motors
- possibility to manage custom material library

2021-04-08 11:29:04 Tree
[r31] by simoneferrari

Major changes:
- airgap force computation
- improvement of preliminary design of SyR machines
- improved FEAfix process
- improvement of characteristic current computation
- improvement of the V-type rotor geometric check
- added slot model and skin effect computation
- added iron loss computation using SyR-e processing and FEMM results
- update GUI with AppDesigner
- added direct export to Motor-CAD
- improvement of the multi-three-phase motors simulation and processing
- update material library
- improved demagnetization curve computation
- added demagnetization analysis, to estimate the quantity of PMs demagnetized for a given current
- creation of a second GUI for the magnetic model elaboration and post-processing (GUI_Syre_MMM)
- improved Seg geometry, with straight ribs
- added motor mass and rotor inertia estimation
- added computation of the short-circuit torque (MMM)
- removed xfemm link

2020-09-18 14:05:58 Tree
[r30] by simoneferrari

Major revision:
- better organization of folder and subfoler in mfiles
- improved syrmDesign for SyR, SPM and single layer V-type IPM machines
- extended FEAfix approach to SPM and V-type
- added FEAfix8
- parallel computing for FEAfix and multiple point simulations (only if parallel pool is enabled)
- Improved PM definition for Circular, Seg, ISeg, SPM and V-type geometries
- Improved V-type geometry with a different parametrization and multiple layers
- Improved post-processing tab: now it is possible to select the analysis method with a menu
- added demagnetization analysis and demagnetization curve computation in post-processing tab
- added characteristic current evaluation in post-processing tab
- added evaluation of airgap, stator yoke and tooth flux density in post-processing tab
- added current offset simulation in post-processing tab
- new airgap boundary condition, according to FEMM 28Feb2018 release
- added dqtMap post-processing
- improved material library working
- added PM design procedure, according to a target characteristic current
- Added PM dimensions and PM shape factor in the optimization variables list
- updated user manual and list of references

2019-09-12 13:26:04 Tree
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