NOISE AND VIBRATIONS IN ELECTRIC MACHINESReview of NVH sources & mitigation of electromagnetically-excited noise
LE BESNERAIS Jean
REGNIEZ Margaux
21th September2017
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acoustic design optimization of electric machines
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SERVICES & PRODUCTS
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WEBINAR SUMMARY
• INTRODUCTION
• REVIEW OF NOISE & VIBRATIONS IN ELECTRIC MACHINES
• FOCUS ON MAGNETIC NOISE AND VIBRATION MITIGATION
• MODELING & SIMULATION OF ELECTROMAGNETICALLY-EXCITED NOISE
• CONCLUSION
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Why vibro-acoustics are important when designing electrical machines?
• Cost optimization leads to less stiff magnetic cores, increasing vibration & noise levels
• Skewing technique degrades torque and efficiency and can be avoided with a good NVH design
• New topologies with higher Noise, Vibration, Harshness (NVH) challenges: concentrated winding PMSM,
brushless DFIM
• Additionnal cost, weight, and delays may come when solving vibration and noise issues after manufacturing
Importance of noise & vibration analysis
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Review of noise sources in electric machines
aerodynamic sources
(e.g. fans)
electromagnetic sources
(e.g. slot/magnet)
mechanical sources
(e.g. bearings, gearbox)
Noise of an electric traction machine during starting:
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• Bearings
• Shaft imbalance
• Shaft eccentricity
• Sliding contacts
- between rotor and bearings
- slip rings
- metal or carbon brushes
• Geared power transmission motor coupling
• Tightening fault
[Bertolini2012]
Contributors to mechanical noise
Mechanical noise and vibration sources
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Causes of mechanical noise and vibrations
Bearing noise and vibrations
• Journal bearings / Sleeve bearings
• Fluid bearings
- Floating bearings – oil film bearings
- Air bearings
• Ball bearings / Roller bearings
- “simple” ball bearings
- ball bearings with squeeze film dampers
Roughness of sliding surfaces
Lubrication fault
Manufacturing faults
Instability of oil film in bearing
Manufacturing faults (sphericity, waviness)
Presence of dirt / lubrication fault
Resonance of outer ring (natural frequencies)
Alignment fault (mounting) / shaft resonances
Noise depends on and can be modified by- Running speed- Load- Temperature- Alignment fault
[Momono1999][Sterling2009]
Rotor response orbit (oil whirl)
Rotor response orbit (inner & outer oil whirl)
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Frequency content
Bearing noise and vibrations
• Flow-induced vibrations due to instability of oil film in bearings
- Nonlinear characteristics of stiffness and damping coefficients of oil-film bearings
- Oil whirl (case of full-floating bearings) at subsynchronous frequency
[Sterling2009]
Excessive unbalance Rotor misalignment Contact rub between rotor and bearings
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Bearing noise and vibrations
Frequency content
• Ball bearings
- Balls frequency rotational frequency (FT) �� ��
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�cos�
- Balls passage frequency on outer raceway (FPE) ��� ��
��� 1 �
�cos�
- Balls passage frequency on inner raceway (FPI) ��� ��
��� 1 �
�cos�
- Balls rotational frequency (FRB) ��� ��
�� 1 �
�
�
cos��
- Flaw noise
- Contamination noise (due to dirt)
[Vijayraghavan1999][Momono1999][Augeix]
Structural fault
Handling
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Mechanical noise mitigation
Bearing noise and vibrations
• Modification of damaged ball bearing
• Use of chemical additives
• Use of vibration absorption or vibration isolation device
• Modification of rotating speed
• Use of alignment tools when mounting the motor
• Application of axial pre-load by means of coil springs
• Addition of elastic damping elements in bearing housing
• Application of shield or seal to prevent dirt from entering the bearing
• Dynamic rotor balancing
[Vijayraghavan1999][Tillema2003]
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Causes of aerodynamic noise and vibrations
• Air flow in electrical machine (high speed) centrifugal fan
• Cooling system
- air (fan)
-> fan rotating with electrical machine
-> fan rotating independently
- water
- oil
[Guédel][Parrang2016][Vijayraghavan1999]
Examples of water jackets, from[Satrustegui2017]
-> external pump-> fluid flow and interaction with obstacles
Acoustic radiation
Natural convection
Forced convection
Shaft-mounted fan
Aerodynamic noise and vibration sources
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Frequency content
Aerodynamic noise and vibrations
• Mechanisms of flow noise generation
- Monopolar noise harmonic noise
=> due to quick variations of flow rate imposed by obstacles in flow
- Dipolar noise harmonic or broadband noise (depending on periodicity of load)
=> due to load fluctuations imposed by the fluid on obstacles
- Quadripolar noise broadband noise
=> directly generated inside the flow due to shear strains induced by turbulences in the fluid
• Fan noise at characteristic frequencies
- Vortex frequency: �� � 0,185�
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- Fan blades frequency: �� � ���
�
- Cooling air passing through rotor ducts frequency: �!" � #!�
�
[Guédel][Parrang2016][Vijayraghavan1999]
Rotation speed (RPM)
Number of blades Rotation speed (RPM)
Number of rotor slots
Air stream velocity (m/s)
Diameter of the fan (m)
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Aerodynamic noise mitigation
Aerodynamic noise and vibrations
• Blade geometry (circular to aerofoil cross-section) => no more vortex frequency
• Minimum distance between fan blades and stationary obstacle
• Reduction of number of rotor vents and lining air chambers with sound absorbent insulation
• Unevenly spaced fan blades (caution with unbalance)
• Reduction of fan diameter
• Texturing on blades
• Use of porous material for fan blades
• Use of axial fan rather than radial fan
[Vad2014][Wang2016][Vijayraghavan1999][Mizuno2013]
Example of texture, from [Wang2016]
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Causes of magnetic noise and vibrations
• Dynamic magnetic forces apply to active materials (laminations, magnets, windings)
• Magnetic forces include magnetostrictive & Maxwell forces
• Magnetostriction can be neglected
• Maxwell forces tend to bring stator closer to rotor (minimum reluctance / maximum flux)
Electromagnetic noise and vibration sources
Magnetostriction forces
Maxwell / reluctance forces
[Laftman 1995]
see video at https://eomys.com/ressources/article/videos?lang=en
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Causes of magnetic noise and vibrations
• Maxwell force harmonics include the effects of
- pole/slot harmonics
- time harmonics (Pulse Width Modulation)
- saturation harmonics
- winding harmonics
- eccentricities harmonics
• Resonance is due to frequency and spatial distribution match of excitingforces with stator/rotor structural modes
Electromagnetic noise and vibration sources
Noise harmonic analysis of a PMSM with MANATEE software
resonance
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Frequency content
�$%&" � �$�'$ ()
*� 0,+2
Electromagnetic noise and vibrations
• Complex spectrum due to 2D phenomenon
- wavenumber r: space frequency along the airgap- frequency f: time frequency
• Lowest wavenumbers give highest vibrations due to lower yoke stiffness
• Slotting effect in induction machines mainly occur at
r=0 r=+/-1 r=+/2
-$%&" � #! � #$ � 0,+2.
�$%&" � 2/0�$
• Slotting effect in permanent magnet synchronous machines mainly occur at
-$%&" � 012 #$, 2.
s slipfs fundamental electrical frequencyp pole pair number
012 #$, 2. � |/02. � 40#$|
u0 minimum positive integerv0 relative integerGCD=Greatest Common Divider
Ex: Zs=12 p=5 GCD=2=|1*10-1*12| -> u0=1, first excitation with r=2 occurs at 2x1fs= 2fsGCD=2=|5*10-4*12| -> u=5, another excitation with r=2 occurs at 2x5fs=10fsGCD=2=|7*10-6*12| -> u=7, another excitation with r=2 occurs at 2x7fs= 14fs
Ex: Zs=36 Zr=28 p=3 -> an excitation of wavenumber r=-2=28-36+6 occurs at fs(Zr/p+2)
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Frequency f
Wavenumbers r
r=Mc
2u0f s
2(u
0+Zs/Mc)fs
2(u
0-Zs/Mc)fs
Frequency spacing=LCM(Zs,2p)fR
r=2Mc
4u0f s
Wavenumber spacing=GCD(Zs,2p)
2(u
0+2Zs/Mc)fs
2(2u0+Zs/Mc)fs
Ncf s/p
2N
cf s/p
-Ncf s/p
n=2
n=1
n=0r=0
• General pattern of harmonic forces in PMSM open-circuit conditions
Frequency content
Electromagnetic noise and vibrations GCD=Greatest Common DividerLCM=Least Common MultipleMc=GCD(Zs,2p)Nc=LCM(Zs,2p)NcMc=Zs2p
r=0 cogging torque/pulsating radial force
other radial & tangential force harmonics
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Transfer path analysis
Electromagnetic noise and vibrations
Wave-number
Force direction
Transfer path Description
r>0 Radial,tangential
Air borne Radial circumferential deflection of the outer stator yokeand frame or outer rotor (rotating in forced regime,pulsating at resonance)
r=0 Radial Air borne Radial pulsating circumferential deflection of the statoryoke and frame or outer rotor
r=0 Tangential(cogging torque/ torque ripple)
Structural borne Propagation of rotor torsional vibration to rotor shaft lineand gearbox mount, or bearing sleeves and outer statorframe
r=0 Tangential(cogging torque/ torque ripple)
Air borne Deflection of the outer stator yoke and frame or outerrotor following a unbalanced torsional mode due toparticular boundary conditions
r=1 Radial(unbalancemagnetic pull)
Air borne Bending / tilting deflection of the outer stator frame orouter rotor, in particular in clamped-free conditions
r=1 Radial(unbalancemagnetic pull)
Structural borne Propagation of rotor bending vibration to rotor shaft lineand gearbox mount, or bearing sleeves and outer statorframe
Axial Air borne Axial deflection of the end-shields
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Magnetic noise mitigation (general)
• Avoid resonance between magnetic forces & structural modes (simulation recommended)
• Reduce asymmetries so tolerances on- eccentricities- magnet position / magnetization- lamination roundness
Electromagnetic noise and vibrations
Effect of stator roundness on variable speed sound level using MANATEE software (left: circular stator, right: elliptical stator shape)
Effect of rotor slot number on maximum noise of an induction motor using MANATEE software
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Magnetic noise mitigation (magnetics)
• Skewing
• Pole shaping
• Modulation of pole width / position
• Modulation of slot width / position
• Notches
• Flux barriers
• Airgap increase
Electromagnetic noise and vibrations
Effect of a PMSM rotor skew angle on acoustic noise (MANATEE software)
Use of rotor notch to mitigate acoustic noise (MANATEE software)
Example of stepped-skew PMSM rotor
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Magnetic noise mitigation (control)
• Spread spectrum switching strategies
• Harmonic current injection
• Load angle
Electromagnetic noise and vibrations
Magnetic noise mitigation (structural)
• Lamination geometry (static + natural frequencies)
• Damping
• Coupling between housing & lamination
• Structural spacers
Effect of harmonic current injection on noise level (MANATEE software)
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 1002000
2500
3000
3500
4000
4500
5000
5500
6000
6500
Stator yoke [mm]
Fre
qu
en
cy
[Hz]
Frequency variation of m=0 mode
Effect of yoke height change on breathing mode natural frequency (MANATEE software)
[Masoudi2013][Rasmussen2001]
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ELECTRICAL MODEL
ELECTROMAGNETIC MODEL
STRUCTURAL MODEL
ACOUSTIC MODEL
Analytical Analytical PWM generationExtended equivalent circuitsSaturation coefficient
Numerical Circuit simulation (ODE)
Analytical Permeance / mmfwinding function
Semi-analytical
Subdomain modelsComplex permeanceConformal mapping
Numerical Non linear electromagnetic FEM
Analytical 2D equivalent shell deflections2D/3D natural frequencies with tooth correction factors
Semi-analytical
Green’s function for the vibration responseSEA
Numerical Structural FEM
Analytical Equivalent radiation efficiency
Semi-analytical
Dipole field expansionSEA
Numerical Acoustic FEM/BEM
Fully analyticalFully numericalHybrid (preferred)
Output: rotor & stator currents Output: time and space distribution of radial & tangential airgap flux density
Output: radial vibration of the outer surface
Output: acoustic noise spectrum
strong circuit coupling
Modelling and simulation of electromagnetic noise & vibrations
Overall simulation workflow (weak coupling)
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Conclusions on available software solutions
• All electromagnetic FEA software now propose a coupling with NVH tools
• Electromagnetic FEA software only offer a direct coupling approach with structural mechanics
• Multiphysic software like Comsol / Ansys Workbench do not give ready-to-use multiphysic simulation workflow
• MANATEE is the only software with:
- indirect coupling approach (Electromagnetic Vibration Synthesis) to speed up simulation time
- semi-analytical models and model hybridation to be used in early design phase
- an integrated multiphysic simulation process
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Limitations of fully numerical approaches
• Variable-speed vibroacoustic simulation including switching effects up to 10 kHz can take several days of simulation
• Numerical noise (remeshing ripple) can appear and sound power level may be wrong due to spurious inter-harmonics (continuous sound spectrum Vs discrete excitations)
• Missing validation of magnetic force calculation & mesh to mesh projection techniques
[Pellery2012][LeBesnerais2016]
[Magnet website]
[Peters2011]
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Recommended simulation workflow
• Use of semi-analytical models (subdomain + equivalent cylinder) for the variable speed NVH simulation of electric machines during early electromagnetic design loops
Comparison between FEA and subdomain electromagneticmethods in MANATEE software (left: SPMSM, right: SCIM)
• Use of finite element models (electromagnetics + structural mechanics) combined with ElectromagneticVibration Synthesis algorithm in detailed mechanical design phase
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Electromagnetic Vibration Synthesis (from MANATEE software)
Tangential and radial harmonic magnetic forces (magnitude,
wavenumber, frequency, phase)
3D airgap flux distribution
HARMONIC FORCE PROJECTION
r=2 r=3
ELECTROMAGNETIC MODEL
r=0
STRUCTURAL MODEL
Unit harmonic loads for wavenumbers
r=0, ±2, ±4 …
STRUCTURAL FREQUENCY RESPONSE FUNCTIONS
r=0 r=2
ELECTROMAGNETIC VIBRATION SYNTHESIS
Complex FRFs (radial & tangential) for each
wavenumber r
Vibration and noise spectrogramsOperational Deflection Shapes
Modal contributionRadiating surface velocities
• 2D or 3D external FEA software (Flux, Jmag, Maxwell, Magnet etc…)
• Manatee 2,5D analytic model• Manatee 2,5D semi analytic model• Manatee 2,5D numerical model (FEMM)
• 3D external FEA software (Optistruct, Ansys)
• Manatee 2,5D analytic model• Manatee numerical model (GetDP)
Torque/speed curve (variable speed control law)
SPECTROGRAM SYNTHESIS
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Examples of experimental validation with obtained with MANATEE software
Sound level during a run-up (experiments with gearbox+water-
cooling+converter harmonics)
Sound level during a run-up (MANATEE simulation without
converter harmonics)~10 seconds on a laptop
TESTS MANATEE
Motor A
Motor B-40 dB
-> Semi-analytical models of MANATEE software can be successfully applied during first
electromagnetic design loops, even when neglecting saturation and housing effect
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• A good vibro-acoustic design can be carried without skewing, thus improving electric machine efficiency
• Magnetic noise & vibrations should be considered at the early electromagnetic design stage
• Numerical models can be accelerated using Electromagnetic Vibration Synthesis algorithm in detailed
design phase of electric motors
• Experiments should always be used to improve the simulation model accuracy (e.g. quantification of modal
damping)
Conclusions
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[Guédel] A. Guédel, Bruit des ventilateurs, Techniques de l’ingénieur.
[Wang2016] Y. Wang et al., Numerical investigation of the passive control of cavity flow oscillations by a dimpled non-smooth surface, Applied Acoustics 111, 2016.
[Vad2014] J. Vad et al., Aerodynamic and aero-acoustic improvement of electric motor cooling equipment, J. Power and Energy 228(3), 2014.
[Parrang2016] S. Parrang, Prédiction du niveau de bruit aéroacoustique d'une machine haute vitesse à reluctance variable, Thèse ENS Cachan, 2016.
[Mizuno2013] S. Mizuno et al., Development of a totally enclosed fan-cooled traction motor, IEEE Trans. Indus. Appl. 49(4), 2013.
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