Patent Publication Number: US-11025105-B2

Title: Motor stator and permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
     The present application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application Number 201820928369.2, filed with the Chinese Patent Office on Jun. 14, 2018, and entitled “Motor Stator and Permanent Magnet Synchronous Submersible Motor”, which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. 
     TECHNICAL FIELD 
     The present disclosure relates to the technical field of permanent magnet synchronous submersible motors and a motor stator. 
     BACKGROUND 
     A submersible (electric) motor (a motor capable of being immersed in oil or functioning while submerged) is a power machine for an electric submersible pump, which drives a submersible centrifugal pump to pump underground well fluid. In the prior art, the submersible motor belongs to AC asynchronous motors and has substantially the same structure as an ordinary asynchronous motor. However, in order for an electric submersible pump to be adapted to the special operating environment, the submersible motor also has a special structure mainly consisting of an elongated fixed part (stator) and a rotating part (rotor). The submersible pump has an overall look of an elongated steel pipe and is mainly composed of a tubular housing, a motor shaft and a cable. The housing has a diameter within the range of 90 mm-160 mm and the motor shaft has a length of about 6 meters-12 meters, depending on the magnitude of the power. Thus, the submersible pump has an elongated motor structure. 
     The existing submersible motors have a low power factor. Also, the existing submersible motors absorb a large amount of reactive current from the power grid resulting in a large amount of reactive current in electric transmission and transformation equipment and power generation equipment of the power grid, thereby decreasing the quality factor of the power grid and increasing the load of the power grid, the power transmission and transformation equipment, and the power generation equipment. Moreover, the reactive current consumes some of the electrical energy in the power grid, the power transmission and transformation equipment, and the power generation equipment, resulting in reduced power grid efficiency and adversely affecting the effective utilization of electrical energy. Furthermore, the existing permanent magnet submersible motors cannot be started directly by a V/F-controlled (variable frequency) converter, which therefore does not meet the use requirement of using a conventional V/F-controlled (variable frequency) converter with a permanent magnet submersible motor. 
     SUMMARY 
     An object of the present disclosure is to provide a motor stator and a permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor which solves the technical problems in the prior art that submersible motors have a low power factor, low motor efficiency, high energy consumption, and the permanent magnet submersible motors cannot be directly started with conventional VT-controlled (variable frequency) converters. 
     The present disclosure provides a motor stator, comprising a stator core formed by laminating a plurality of stator punching sheets; 
     wherein each of the stator punching sheets is provided with an odd number of stator slots and any two of a X-phase coil, a Y-phase coil and a Z-phase coil are wound in each of the stator slots. 
     Further, each of the stator slots is a closed stator slot, and a shortest distance between the stator slot and an inner wall of each of the stator punching sheets constituting an empty circle is 0.2 mm-0.5 mm. 
     Further, the stator slots are 15 in number and are uniformly distributed on a circumference of each of the stator punching sheets. 
     Further, the shortest distance between the stator slot and the inner wall of each of the stator punching sheets constituting an empty circle is 0.2 mm. 
     Further, each of the stator slots is a pear-shaped slot. 
     The present disclosure further provides a permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor, comprising a rotor core formed by laminating a plurality of rotor punching sheets and the motor stator as described above; 
     wherein each of the rotor punching sheets is provided with rotor slots in which a permanent magnet is inserted. 
     Further, the rotor slots are four in number and are elongated in shape, wherein a straight line, where a midperpendicular of a long side of the rotor slot, intersects a central axis of one corresponding rotor punching sheet, and the four rotor slots are uniformly distributed on a circumference of each of the rotor punching sheets. 
     Further, the permanent magnet is neodymium iron boron or samarium cobalt and the neodymium iron boron or samarium cobalt is inserted at a center position of each of the rotor slots. 
     Further, a rotor stopper (rotor baffle block) is fixedly provided at either end of the rotor core and the rotor stopper has a thickness of 2 mm-3 mm. 
     Further, the rotor core has ten segments in total, wherein adjacent segments of the rotor core are connected by a centralizing bearing (i.e. stabilizing/alignment bearing), and a motor shaft is fitted into a cavity formed by the ten segments of the rotor core. 
     Compared with the prior art, the motor stator and the permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor provided by the present disclosure have the following advantageous effects. 
     The motor stator provided by the present disclosure comprises a stator core formed by laminating a plurality of circular stator punching sheets, wherein the number of stator slots on the stator punching sheets is set to an odd number and when compared with the conventional design in which the number of stator slots is an even number, this design greatly suppresses the harmonic effect of the submersible motor, enables a more uniform distribution of airgap magnetic field of the motor, improves the performance and power factor of the submersible motor, and enables the permanent magnet submersible motor to be normally started without a vector control. 
     In addition, when the present disclosure of the invention is compared with the conventional design which has only a one-phase coil wound in each stator slot, the present invention having any two of a X-phase coil, a Y-phase coil and a Z-phase coil wound in each of the stator slots, greatly improves the utilization rate of the motor materials, facilitates the selection of the most advantageous pitch such that the rotating magnetic field of the submersible motor is closer to a sine wave, is beneficial to heat dissipation and increases mechanical strength and the temperature of the submersible motor under continuous operation is maintained within an acceptable range and thereby improves the service life of the submersible motor. 
     Also, the permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor provided by the present disclosure comprises a rotor core and the motor stator as described above, wherein the rotor core is formed by laminating a plurality of circular rotor punching sheets. A conventional AC asynchronous motor is modified into a permanent magnet synchronous motor by providing a permanent magnet rather than a copper conducting bar into the rotor slots of each of the rotor punching sheets, such that an excitation magnetic field of the submersible motor is provided by the permanent magnet. Therefore, the rotor does not need an excitation current. Furthermore, the motor has no copper loss of rotor, the efficiency of the submersible motor is improved and compared with an asynchronous motor, electric energy is saved at any rotational speed point. This advantage is especially obvious when the rotational speed is relatively low. In addition, by replacing the rotor winding with a permanent magnet, as compared with an induction motor, the permanent magnet motor has a greatly enhanced airgap magnetic field and significantly reduced volume and weight, thereby reducing the consumption of manufactured materials and production costs. Other technical advantages of the permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor provided by the present disclosure are the same as the technical advantages of the motor stator as described above, which will not be described herein. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       In order to more clearly illustrate the embodiments of the present disclosure, a brief description of the drawings is given below. Obviously, the following drawings are only illustrative of some of the embodiments of the present disclosure and for a person of ordinary skill in the art, other drawings may be obtained from these drawings without inventive effort. 
         FIG. 1  is a schematic structural diagram of a stator core in a motor stator according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 2  is an enlarged view A of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a schematic structural diagram of a rotor punching sheet in a permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 4  is a partial structural diagram of a rotor winding and a motor shaft in a permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; 
         FIG. 5  is a schematic structural diagram of a housing enclosing the stator core; 
         FIG. 6  is a schematic structural diagram of a lamination of a plurality of stator punching sheets; 
         FIG. 7  is a schematic structural diagram of a lamination of a plurality of rotor punching sheets; 
         FIG. 8  shows the efficiency curves of the motor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, according to different power outputs at different voltages; and 
         FIG. 9  shows the characteristic curves of the motor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, which are obtained after practical tests. 
     
    
    
     Reference signs:  1 —stator core;  2 —rotor core;  3 —permanent magnet;  4 —epoxy resin;  5 —motor shaft;  6 —centralizing bearing;  7 —housing;  11 —stator punching sheet;  12 —first positioning grooves;  13 —second positioning groove;  14 —inner wall of the stator punching sheet;  15 —outer wall of the stator punching sheet;  16 —cavity;  21 —rotor punching sheet;  22 —rotor stopper;  111 —stator slot; and  211 —rotor slot. 
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     The technical solutions of the present disclosure will be clearly and completely described below with reference to the drawings. Obviously, the embodiments described are only some of the embodiments of the present disclosure, rather than all of the embodiments. All other embodiments that are obtained by a person of ordinary skill in the art on the basis of the embodiments of the present disclosure without inventive effort shall be covered by the protective scope of the present disclosure. 
     In the description of the present disclosure, it is to be noted that the orientational or positional relation denoted by the terms such as “center”, “upper”, “lower”, “left”, “right”, “vertical”, “horizontal”, “inner” and “outer” is based on the orientation or position relationship indicated by the figures, which only serves to facilitate describing the present disclosure and simplify the description, rather than indicating or suggesting that the device or element referred to must have a particular orientation, or is constructed or operated in a particular orientation, and therefore cannot be construed as a limitation on the present disclosure. In addition, the terms “first”, “second” and “third” merely serve the purpose of description and should not be understood as an indication or implication of relative importance. 
     In the description of the present disclosure, it should be noted that unless otherwise explicitly specified and defined, the terms “install”, “link” and “connect” shall be understood in the broadest sense, which may, for example, refer to fixed connection, detachable connection or integral connection; may refer to mechanical connection or electrical connection; may refer to direct connection or indirect connection by means of an intermediate medium; and may refer to communication between two elements. A person of ordinary skill in the art would understand the specific meaning of the terms in the present disclosure according to specific situations. 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 ,  FIG. 2 ,  FIG. 5  and  FIG. 6 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a motor stator, comprising a stator core  1  formed by laminating a plurality of stator punching sheets  11 ; wherein each of the stator punching sheets  11  is provided with an odd number of stator slots  111 , and any two of a X-phase coil, a Y-phase coil and a Z-phase coil are wound in each of the stator slots  111 . 
     The motor stator provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a stator core  1  formed by laminating a plurality of circular stator punching sheets  11 , wherein the number of stator slots  111  provided on each of the stator punching sheets  11  is set to an odd number. When compared with the conventional design which has an even number of stator slots  111 , the embodiment of the present disclosure greatly suppresses the harmonic effect of the submersible motor, enables a more uniform distribution of airgap magnetic field of the motor, improves the performance and power factor of the submersible motor, and enables the permanent magnet submersible motor to be normally started without a vector control. 
     In addition, when the present disclosure of the invention is compared with the conventional design which has only a one-phase coil wound in each stator slot, the present invention having any two of a X-phase coil, a Y-phase coil and a Z-phase coil wound in each of the stator slots, greatly improves the utilization rate of the motor materials, facilitates the selection of the most advantageous pitch such that the rotating magnetic field of the submersible motor is closer to a sine wave, is beneficial to heat dissipation and increases mechanical strength and the temperature of the submersible motor under continuous operation is maintained within an acceptable range and thereby improves the service life of the submersible motor. 
     Specifically, the parameters of the submersible motor designed in this embodiment are as follows: a rated voltage of 2500 V, a rated rotational speed of 3600 rpm, a rated power of 200 HP, a rated torque of 390 Nm, and variable frequency starting (frequency conversion starting). Based on the above parameters, by adopting the present inventions above mentioned structure, the embodiment of the present submersible motor design, compared with an existing submersible motor with the same parameters, obtained the following: the rated power factor of the motor is improved, which reduces the cost of power factor compensation, and the power consumption is reduced by about 26%, which reduces the operation cost of the power grid. Moreover, the volume of the submersible motor in this embodiment is reduced by 50%, the amount of material is reduced by 50%, and the weight is reduced by about 50%. 
     It should also be noted that the stator punching sheets  11  used in this embodiment are silicon steel sheets having excellent performance. In order to ensure the underground working strength of the submersible motor, the housing  7  enclosing the stator core  1  is made of high-quality carbon structural steel and therefore has sufficient strength and serves the function of support and connection. 
     In addition, the X-phase coil, the Y-phase coil and the Z-phase coil may be wound in a mixed manner, or may be provided independently of each other. Preferably, in the present embodiment, the X-phase coil, the Y-phase coil and the Z-phase coil are provided independently of each other, and the stator winding adopts a double-layer lap winding method. 
     Specifically, in the present embodiment, the specific structure of the motor stator is further described in detail below. 
     First, as shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 , in this embodiment, it is further arranged that each of the stator slots  111  is a closed stator slot  111  and a shortest distance between the stator slot  111  and an inner wall  14  of each of the stator punching sheets  11  constituting an empty circle is 0.2 mm-0.5 mm. 
     That is, the stator slot  111  in this embodiment is not provided with an opening, or by a complicated machining process. The minimum thickness between the inner wall of the stator slot  111  and the inner wall of each of the stator punching sheets  11  is 0.2 mm-0.5 mm. In such a case, in combination with the dual-phase winding design of the stator slots  111 , the internal harmonic waves of the submersible motor are greatly reduced, the cogging effect is weakened, the electromagnetic compatibility performance of the submersible motor is improved, the mechanical vibration is reduced, the noise is reduced, and the stability of the submersible motor is improved. 
     Specifically, the smaller minimum thickness (hereinafter referred to as lap width (overlap/lapping)) between the inner wall of the stator slot  111  and the inner wall of each of the stator punching sheets  11  leads to lower mechanical vibration, lower noise and higher stability of the submersible motor during operation. As a preferred solution of the present embodiment, as shown in  FIG. 2 , the minimum distance between the stator slot  111  and the inner wall of each of the stator punching sheets  11  forming an empty circle is set to 0.2 mm, provided that the processing and manufacturing can be completed. 
     Further, as shown in  FIG. 1 , it is further arranged that the stator slots  111  are 15 in number and are uniformly distributed on a circumference of each of the stator punching sheets  11 . 
     Specifically, in this embodiment, each of the stator punching sheets  11  is set to have an outer diameter of about 100 mm and an inner diameter of about 52 mm. With this size, the design of 15 stator slots  111  can further suppress the harmonic effect of the motor, enabling a more uniform distribution of airgap magnetic d of the motor and improves the performance and power factor of the motor. 
     As a preferred solution of the present embodiment, each of the stator slots  111  is further set to be a pear-shaped slot, so as to reduce the magnetic leakage of the submersible motor. 
     Specifically, in this embodiment, it is arranged that the radius of two arcs of the pear-shaped slot are respectively 4.2 mm and 5.95 mm, the distance between the two circle centers is 8.2 mm, the straight line where the two circle centers lie intersects the central axis of one corresponding stator punching sheet  11 , and the arc with the smaller radius is arranged to be closer to the center of the stator punching sheets  11 . 
     It should be noted that in this embodiment, two first positioning grooves  12  are further provided on the inner wall of each of the stator punching sheets  11 , and one second positioning groove  13  is provided on the outer wall  15  of each of the stator punching sheets  11 , wherein the first positioning groove are for positioning the stator punching sheets  11  at the time of laminating the plurality of stator punching sheets  11 , and the second positioning groove serves to facilitate the fitting and positioning between the stator core  1  and the housing. 
     Specifically, in this embodiment, it is arranged that the first positioning groove is a square groove having a length of 1.6 mm and a width of 1.6 mm, and the second positioning groove is a semicircular groove having a radius of 1.575 mm. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 ,  FIG. 4  and  FIG. 7 , an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor, comprising a rotor core  2  formed by laminating a plurality of rotor punching sheets  21 , and the motor stator as described above; wherein each of the rotor punching sheets  21  is provided with rotor slots  211 , and in each of the rotor slots  211  is inserted a permanent magnet  3 . 
     The permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a rotor core  2  and the motor stator as described above, wherein the rotor core  2  is formed by laminating a plurality of circular rotor punching sheets  21 . A conventional AC asynchronous motor is modified into a permanent magnet synchronous motor by providing a permanent magnet rather than a copper conducting bar into the rotor slots  211  of each of the rotor punching sheets  21 , such that an excitation magnetic field of the submersible motor is provided by the permanent magnet. Therefore, the rotor does not need an excitation current. Furthermore, the motor has no copper loss of rotor, the efficiency of the submersible motor is improved, and compared with an asynchronous motor, electric energy is saved at any rotational speed point. This advantage is especially obvious when the rotational speed is relatively low. In addition, by replacing the rotor winding with a permanent magnet, as compared with an induction motor, the permanent magnet motor has a greatly enhanced airgap magnetic field and significantly reduced volume and weight, thereby reducing the consumption of manufactured materials and production costs. Other technical advantages of the permanent magnet synchronous submersible motor provided by the present disclosure are the same as the technical advantages of the motor stator as described above, which will not be described herein. 
     Further, as shown in  FIG. 3 , in this embodiment, it is further arranged that the rotor slots  211  are four in number and are elongated in shape, a straight fine, where a midperpendicular of a long side of the rotor slot  211 , intersects a central axis of one corresponding rotor punching sheet  21 , and the four rotor slots  211  are uniformly distributed on a circumference of each of the rotor punching sheets  21 . 
     The rotor slot  211  for placing the permanent magnet has a length of 24 mm and a width of 4.5 mm, which length and width correspond to the width and height of the permanent magnet, respectively. 
     Fixing four permanent magnets rather than copper conducting bars in the four rotor slots  211 , forms two pairs of N (North) poles and S (South) poles to generate rotor excitation. Therefore, the rotor does not need an excitation current. Furthermore, the motor has no copper loss of rotor, which further improves the efficiency of the motor. 
     Further, in this embodiment, it is arranged that the permanent magnet  3  is neodymium iron boron or samarium cobalt, wherein the neodymium iron boron or samarium cobalt is inserted at the center position of each of the rotor slots  211  and epoxy resin  4  is fixedly provided at either end of each of the rotor slots  211 . 
     Neodymium iron boron is a type of magnet, which contains lots of rare earth element neodymium, iron and boron and is characterized by hardness and brittleness. Due to the susceptibility to oxidative corrosion of the surface, the neodymium iron boron must be subjected to surface coating treatment. As one kind of rare earth permanent magnet material, neodymium iron boron has extremely high magnetic energy, high coercive force and high energy density. In addition, neodymium iron boron also has a high performance-price ratio and good mechanical properties. 
     In this embodiment, neodymium iron boron is used to provide a magnetic field, so the airgap magnetic field of the permanent magnet motor is further enhanced and the volume and weight of the permanent magnet motor can be greatly reduced, as compared with an induction motor. 
     In addition, epoxy resin  4  generally refers to a polymer compound containing an epoxy group in its molecular structure. Cured epoxy resin  4  has good physical and chemical properties, has excellent adhesion strength to surfaces of metal and non-metal materials, good dielectric property, low deformation shrinkage rate, and the products where the epoxy resin is used have good dimensional stability, high hardness, good flexibility, and are stable with respect to base and most solvents. Therefore, cured epoxy resin is widely used in national defense and various other sectors of the economy for uses such as casting, impregnation, laminate material, adhesive, coating, and other similar uses. 
     In this embodiment, the epoxy resin  4  serves as a laminate material and an adhesive for fixing the neodymium iron boron magnet  3  to the rotor slot  211  and to prevent the neodymium iron boron magnet  3  from being damaged due to rocking relative to the rotor slot  211 , which ensures the stability of the structure of the rotor core  2 . 
     Specifically, as shown in  FIG. 4 , in this embodiment, a rotor stopper  22  is fixedly provided at either end of the rotor core  2 , and the rotor stopper  22  has a thickness of 2 mm-3 mm. 
     The rotor stoppers  22  are laminated with the rotor punching sheets  21  at the two ends of the rotor core  2 , respectively, so as to prevent magnetic leakage. 
     As a preferred structure of the present embodiment, the rotor stopper  22  is a stainless-steel plate. 
     The stainless-steel plate is a ring-shaped plate and the parameters such as an outer diameter and an inner diameter are the same as those of the rotor punching sheets  21 . 
     Further, as shown in  FIG. 4 , in this embodiment, it is further arranged that the rotor core  2  has ten segments in total, wherein adjacent segments of rotor core  2  are connected through a centralizing bearing  6  and a motor shaft  5  is fitted in a cavity  16  formed by the ten segments of the rotor core  2 . 
     Specifically, the motor shaft  5  is made of a high-quality alloy and mainly serves as the key connection with the rotor core  2  to form an integral structure and for the transmission of the output torque from the rotor core  2 . The hollow structure of the shaft allows motor oil to circulate therein, so as to ensure lubrication and heat dissipation of the motor bearing. 
     The centralizing bearing  6  serves the function of centralization (stabilization, alignment) and to prevent the elongated rotor core from rubbing against the motor stator. 
     When employing the above preferred parameters and structure, the submersible motor provided in this embodiment has the following specific advantages. 
     1. As shown in  FIG. 8 , the efficiency value of the motor is improved. Compared with 80% of the international advanced level, the efficiency value of this submersible motor is about 95.1%. 
       FIG. 8  shows the efficiency curves of the motor according to different power outputs at different voltages. 
     2. As shown in  FIG. 9 , the power factor is improved. At present, the existing reference value in the industry is about 0.86. The power factor of this submersible motor can reach 0.93. 
       FIG. 9  shows the characteristic curves of the motor obtained after practical tests. In the full loading rate section, the power factor and efficiency of the motor rapidly rise to 90% or above and are maintained at a very high level. 
     3. The volume becomes smaller. Conventional motors are bulky, the length of an ordinary motor is about 10 meters. However, the length of this submersible motor is only about 4.6 meters. 
     4. The weight is less and less material is used. The manufacturing of a traditional motor requires high material consumption. The submersible motor provided in this embodiment can save material consumption by nearly 50%. 
     5. The submersible motor provided in this embodiment enables unhindered starting with a converter in any control mode. The existing permanent magnet submersible motors can only be started by a vector-controlled converter. The present disclosure realizes arbitrary starting with a V/F-controlled converter. As shown in the table below, during the test, V/F control and six square waves were successively used. The start synchronization frequency and acceleration duration were adjusted and at the same time, the load was increased to a given power and unhindered starting was always achieved during the test. 
     The table below shows the starting test, in which the converter uses the V/F control and six square wave inversion mode. The test was conducted at different startup frequencies and acceleration durations, with the load being increased to a given power, and unhindered starting was always achieved. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 Start 
                 Hertz 
                 3 
                 5 
                 7 
                 10 
                 10 
               
               
                 frequency 
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 Acceleration 
                 Second 
                 20 
                 20 
                 20 
                 20 
                 15 
               
               
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                 Set speed 
                 Hertz 
                 100 
                 100 
                 100 
                 100 
                 100 
               
               
                 Load 
                 Kilowatt 
                 137 
                 137 
                 137 
                 137 
                 137 
               
               
                 Voltage 
                 Volt 
                 2500 
                 2500 
                 2500 
                 2500 
                 2500 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     Finally, it should be noted that the above embodiments are only used to illustrate the technical aspects of the present disclosure, rather than limit the embodiments. Although the present disclosure has been described in detail with reference to the foregoing embodiments, it should be understood by a person of ordinary skill in the art that the technical aspects described in the embodiments can still be modified or equivalent substitutions can be made to some or all of the technical features and the modifications or substitutions would not change the substance of the scope of the embodiments of the present disclosure.