Tubular-linear PM synchronous machine

The paper is aimed at an investigation of the effects of the mover eccentricity on the PM eddy current loss of tubular-linear synchronous machines (T-LSMs) equipped with quasi-Halbach magnetized PMs. The study is initiated by an analytical prediction of the no-load spatial repartition of the flux density taking into account the non-coaxiality of the mover and stator, and its validation by a 3D finite element analysis (FEA). Then a special attention is paid to an analytical formulation of the PM eddy current loss in presence of eccentricity.