The design, analysis, and control of Disc-type Linear Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines are presented in this dissertation. The machine is designed in order to have the features of high power density, high efficiency, direct drive without extra transmission device, simple mechanical structure, and wide operating speed range for the electric vehicle applications. The Feasible Triangle Technique for permanent magnet synchronous machine design is employed to increase torque density and reduce torque ripple. Magnetic theory and the finite element method are involved to establish machine mathematical model to simulate and analyze the proposed machine. The coupling field between rotor and stator can be analyzed from flux distribution by using three-dimensional finite element method. The numerical simulation and experimental results are used to verify the machine model and the operational characteristics of machine. The dissertation provides the procedures for design, analysis, and control of the proposed machine.

Cette thèse porte sur l'étude de machines polyentrefers et leurs limitations, dans le contexte d'avion plus électrique et du projet de déplacement des avions au sol. Ces moteurs, basés sur l'utilisation de plusieurs éléments mobiles et fixes mis en parallèle, permettent d'obtenir de hautes performances. Une étude sur les tolérances des dimensions des éléments actifs montre que les performances peuvent être dégradées si des précautions lors de la réalisation ne sont pas prises et si les entrefers utilisés ne sont pas faibles. Ce manuscrit présente un système totalement innovant permettant d'utiliser un entrefer réduit à son minimum sans que les performances ne soient dégradées par de la friction. Ce système est appelé système de compensation des efforts de plaquage. Afin de développer un moteur tournant à entraînement direct dans le cadre du taxiage des avions, deux topologies différentes de machines discoïdes sont étudiées et dimensionnées. Les résultats favorisent l'utilisation d'une des deux structures, à entrefer réduit, pour réaliser un maximum de couple dans le volume donné. Afin de prouver la faisabilité du système innovant sur un moteur discoïde, la réalisation d'un prototype laboratoire complet est proposée. Des simulations thermiques et du comportement du système innovant permettront de valider ces études. / This thesis focuses on the study of multi-air gap machines and their limitations, in the framework of more electric aircraft and the project of moving aircrafts on the ground without the main engines. These motors, based on the use of mobile and fixed parts disposed in parallel, induce high performance. A study concerning the tolerance for the dimensions of active parts shows that performance can decrease if precautions are not taken during manufacturing and if the air gaps are not small. This manuscript presents a totally innovative system that permits the use of an air gap reduced to its minimum without reducing performance by friction. This system is called system of attraction control. In order to develop a direct-drive motor for aircraft taxiing, two different topologies of disc-type machines are studied and sized. The obtained results encourage the use of one of the two structures with reduced air gap to realize maximum torque in the fixed volume. To prove the feasibility of the innovative system on a disc-type motor, the conception of an entire laboratory prototype is proposed. Thermal modelling and simulations on the innovative system behaviour will validate the presented work.

The aim of this thesis is to design a drive for seal-less centrifugal pump. Designed motor with axial magnetic flux is a double-sided structure with an internal coreless stator. The construction of the seal-less pump is based on a patent no. 17818, which was created at the Victor Kaplan Department of Fluid Engineering BUT. Potential use of this assembly is mainly in the food industry, possibly in the field of chemically aggressive liquids. The whole design is based on coordination between analytical equations and finite element method of the software ANSYS Maxwell. The temperature ratios inside the motor were investigated when cooling with air by the iterative solution of thermal circuit. The work includes research on the topic of constructing the axial machines and their applications in pumps. A comprehensive specification of the entire seal-less centrifugal pump is given in Chapter 4.