External Rotor 6/8 Switched Reluctance Motor Design for E-Bike

Abstract

The interest in electric bicycles, which are personal transportation vehicles, is increasing due to the reasons such as being affordable, environmentally friendly and healthy. This article presents the design of an external rotor Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) suitable for in-wheel use, with a 3-phase 6 stator pole number and 8 rotor pole number designed using the Finite Element Method (FEM). In the study, performance parameters such as output torque, magnetic flux density distribution, copper loss and core loss are presented. The obtained results show that the proposed SRM structure is suitable for E-bike applications. © 2021 IEEE.