Investigation of Frequency Effects on the Performance of Single- Sided Linear Induction Motor.

Single-sided linear induction motors (SLIMs) have been widely used in industry, especially in high-speed transportation systems. The performance of the SLIMs is considerably affected by the characteristics of its secondary back-iron. The conductivity of the iron used as well as its magnetic permeability influence the performance of the machine, while the magnetic permeability itself is affected by the input frequency of the SLIM. In this paper, using Dancan equivalent circuit model and considering all phenomena involved in the single-sided linear induction motor, the outputs of the motor such as efficiency, power factor, normal force and output thrust are analytically derived. Then, the effects of the input frequency on depth of the field penetr-ation and saturation level of the secondary back-iron as well as the SLIM outputs are analyzed. To confirm the analytical results, 2D time-stepping finite element method is employed. The results are in good agreement with each other confirming the analytical analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]