Electromechanical batteries overcome many problems that may occur when chemical batteries in low orbit satellites (LEO) , In such a configuration of motor generator mode coupling with flywheel is used to store kinetic energy in motor mode through the flywheel during sunlight and supply electrical power from the stored kinetic energy by generator mode.In this paper design of design of Permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) using hollow cylindrical flywheel for motor generator mode have been done.Flywheel dimensions and material selection are presented in the paper to achieve optimum weight with the required supplied power.

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Electro-Mechanical Batteries for low earth orbit
satellite with hallow cylinder flywheel machine
Ahmed M.Atallah , Mahmoud M.Kashef, M.A.L.Badr
Elec. Dept. Eng, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
Abstract — Electromechanical batteries overcome many problems that may occur when chemical
batteries in low orbit satellites (LEO) , In such a configuration of motor generator mode coupling with
flywheel is used to store kinetic energy in motor mode through the flywheel during sunlight and supply
electrical power from the stored kinetic energy by generator mode.
In this paper design of design of Permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) using hollow
cylindrical flywheel for motor generator mode have been done.
Fywheel dimensions and material selection are presented in the paper to achieve optimum weight with the
required supplied power. The hollow cylindrical flywheel composed of two parts shown in fig1
Fig 1 – Hallow cylindrical flywheel Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine
Index Terms — Electro-Mechanical batteries, Hollow cylindrical flywheel, Surface Permanent magnet
synchronous machine, satellite.
NOMENCLATURE
E kinetic energy stored
I moment of inertia
ω the angular velocity
ρ the density of material
Z the axial length of the cylinder
r2 , r1 the outer and inner radius
Mn the magnetic vector
R6, R4 , R5 outer stator , inner and outer PM radius
µr , µm air gap flux and Iron permeability
p t he number of pole pair

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Br, αp magnet remnant and PM arc to pole pitch ratio
N, Kα coil number of turns ,first harmonic coefficient
Nt number of tooth
R_p,R_t Air gap reluctance front of pole and tooth
Wt, Wy thickness of rotor and stator material
ff, Kcu filling factor and necessary cupper area to flow one ampere of current
t the time duration during discharge periodic
Ipm , Ife, If moment of inertia of permanent magnetic , ferromagnetic and flywheel
material
I. INTRODUCTION
LEO satellites usually include nano and micro satellite witch rotate around the earth by period of
some minutes to few hours [2], the most critical part of these satellites are their batteries which
supply power during eclipse period .
The advantages of EMB [4], [5], [7], [17] are unlimited charge/discharge cycle as well as satellite
life time, more efficient, more energy density, more discharge depths, thermal independent, no
voltage sag over life, matches well with peak power tracking solar array, much higher specific
energy, easy charge/discharge control as the stored energy depends on the wheel speed alone and
hence lower mass and volume.
Electro-Mechanical Battery consists of Surface Permanent magnet synchronous machine coupled
with flywheel.
In this paper we have selected the materials of rotor, stator and flywheel to minimize the
dimension while achieving the required magnetic field and stored energy.
Selection of material for rotor, stator, flywheel is an important part to minimize the domination
and achieve require magnetic field and stored energy
II. PRINCIPLE OF DESIGN
The energy storage in a flywheel system is given by
E =
ଵ
ଶ
Iωଶ
(1)
So the moment of inertia of hallow cylinder which is made of a composite or steel rim attached to
a shaft is given by
I =
ଵ
ଶ
. π. Z. ρ. (rଶ
ସ
− rଵ
ସ
) (2)
Then, substituting equation (2) in equation (1) the energy that can be stored in a flywheel system
as a function of its speed, inner and outer radii is .
E =
ଵ
ସ
. π. Z. ρ. (rଶ
ସ
− rଵ
ସ). ωଶ
(3)

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The most efficient way to increase the energy stored in a flywheel is to speed it up and increase
its radius as large as possible beside volume and mass optimization. However, the materials of
rotating system will limit the speed of the flywheel, due to the stress developed, and called tensile
strength, σ
In this paper, flywheel mass and dimensions are minimized using certain of carbon material and
hollow cylinder flywheel as will be shown. Also, Radial-flux Permanent Magnet (PM) machines
are used in the proposed design for efficiency and compact size
III. MATERIALSELECTION
The most important part of EMB’s is their Electrical machine used for energy conversion and
material selection.
Motor/Generator used in spacecraft EMB is a variable high speed small machine with some
limitations as thermal, heat transfer, volume and mass. Rotor or flywheel is floated by magnetic
bearings in EMB’s and rotor dissipations excrete by radiation. Therefore the magnets installed on
rotor experience high temperature and its variations. The adequate material for this part is chosen
to be samarium-cobalt (Sm-Co) [6].
Because of the high electrical frequencies associated with machine operation, a high-frequency
ferromagnetic "core" material was chosen for the stator. Core losses are particularly important in
permanent magnet machines, as they represent a constant power loss, relatively independent of
the power output of the machine.
Many kinds of Ferromagnetic materials can be used in stator and rotor yokes design such as
cobalt-iron alloys, non-oriented nickel-iron alloys, and amorphous metals.
Non-oriented nickel-iron alloys have electrical resistivity and saturation flux density
approximately half that of amorphous materials. So it does not appear to be a viable candidate.
Iron-cobalt alloys are often used to achieve high power density because of their high saturation
flux density, approximately 2.2 Tesla [9].
it is also desirable to keep flux densities low in the core material at high frequencies to keep core
losses reasonable, thus the Benefits of the high saturation flux density of the iron-cobalt materials
is not the main priorities .The electrical resistivity of amorphous iron materials are approximately
5 times higher than that of the iron-cobalt alloys, and their intrinsic coercively is lower by
roughly a factor of 6. Backiron are used for rotor yoke and stator core because of its high
resistance (silicon steel) to decrease Eddy currents formation. Frequency properties of the
material are less important, as the flux densities in the rotor are ideally DC, although some
harmonics will exist due to the winding structure, current waveforms, and the slotting of the
stator iron. However, if a laminated backiron is chosen, losses due to these harmonics should be
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TABLE I
REPRESENTATIVE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF SOFT FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL
Amorphous IronIron-Cobalt Alloy
(annealed)
145 Kpsi53 KsiYield strength
100 GPa200 GPaModulus of
Elasticity
A solid backiron (high resistance silicon steel to discourage Eddy current formation) would be
preferable to a laminated backiron from a strictly structural standpoint because of its increased
strength. However, the lower modulus of a laminated backiron has the benefit of reducing the
maximum principal stresses in the magnets. Representative mechanical properties of laminated
iron-cobalt and amorphous iron alloys are given in Table [2] where Ksi is thousands of pounds
per square inch and GPa is gigapascals. Though their modulus elasticity is about half that of iron-
cobalt, it was determined that amorphous material is also desirable for the rotor backiron, as their
yield strength is about three times higher when compared to other annealed soft magnetic alloys.
In our design an amorphous iron alloy are used for high strength (145Ksi) and suitable saturation
flux densities.
The materials that compose flywheel’s rotor [3, 9] will limit its rotational speed, due to the tensile
strength developed. Lighter materials develop lower inertial loads at a given speed, therefore
composite materials, with low density and high tensile strength, are excellent for storing kinetic
energy. Table (3) shows characteristics of several materials used on wheels. The analysis of the
table confirms that the carbon composite materials will maximize the energy density. Composite
materials are a new generation of materials that are lighter and stronger than the conventional
ones, such as steel.
For the simulations carbon AS4C was chosen because it is the second best on tensile strength and
on energy density while the first one (carbon T100) have higher weight (density) which may be a
problem in satellite performance so carbon AS4C can achieve the required energy stored with
optimal dimension (volume) and optimal weight.
TABLE II
CHARACTERIZES OF COMMON ROTOR MATERIAL
Max
energy
density(for
1 kg)
Tensile
Strenght
(MPa)
Density(Kg/m3)Material
0.19MJ/Kg15207700Monolithic material
4340 steel
composites
0.05MJ/Kg1002000E-glass
0.76MJ/Kg14701920S-glass
1.28MJ/Kg19501520Carbon T1000
1.1MJ/Kg16501510Carbon AS4C

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IV. SURFACE PM MACHINE
Surface mounted permanent magnet (SMPM) is the most common rotor configuration for PM
machines. The magnets are placed on the rotor surface. The magnets are glued onto the rotor
surface and fixed by a carbon or glass fiber bandage. In relation to other PM concepts, the surface
mounted machines are easy to manufacture and consequently the construction cost is low. As the
permeability of the magnets is almost the same as the permeability of air, the d-axis and the q-
axis reluctances are equal. Hence, the SMPM machines have no saliency and the torque is only
produced by the interaction between the stator currents and the magnets [16].
Fig 2 –the proposed surface PM machine
A. Machine Design
Parametric design will be done according to Fig (2). Permanent magnet machine design for EMB
application consists of the flowing steps [14, 1]:
Flax density, coil current and number of turns is found according to machine torque and induced
voltage [1].Using the equations total number of poles = 4 , R4=17mm, R5=18mm, R6=20mm.
From working point below flux density saturation 1.4 T widths of stator and rotor yoke, dent can
be calculated as
ܹ௧ =
Φ (୲୭୲ୟ୪)
୞ ୆୫ୟ୶
(4)
W୲ Should be at least equal to 5.8×10-3
m so selecting
W୷ =
ଵ
ଶ
୒୲
ଶ୮
Wt α (5)
So we will consider the value of Wy = 6.8×10-3
m
Then the necessary slot space is:
Aୡ୳ =
ଵଶ୮୒୧୏ୡ୳
୒୲ ୤୤
(6)
On the other hand according to Fig.1 available slot space is:

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‫ܣ‬௦ =
గ(ோయ
మିோమ
మ)
ே೟
− ܹ௧(ܴଷ − ܴଶ)
(7)
By equalizing necessary and available space:
As = Acu
ܴଷ
ଶ
−
ே೟ௐ೟
గ
ܴଷ +
ே೟ௐ೟
గ
ܴଶ − ܴଶ
ଶ
−
஺೎ೠே೟
గ
= 0 (8)
Solving equation (8) we get R3 = 0.021 m
All machine dimensions is found except outer radius of flywheel. The kinetic energy stored on a
hallow cylinder can be define as:
‫ܧ‬ = ܲ‫ݐ‬ =
ଵ
ଶ
‫߱(ݐܫ‬ଶ
ଶ
− ߱ଵ
ଶ
) (9)
t is equal (30 min).
If N1 =20000 rpm min speed of flywheel
N2=60000 rpm max speed of flywheel
Considering a power load of LEO satellite equal to 50 watt So the total energy required from the
flywheel is E= 90000
So
‫ݐܫ‬ = 5.135 g.m2
‫ݐܫ‬ = ‫݉݌ܫ‬ + ‫݂݁ܫ‬ + ‫݂ܫ‬ (10)
Now we can apply equation (1) for our design to determined the dimension of flywheel and
achieve our target to minimize dimension, weight and used material.
Considering table (3) carbon AS4C will be used as a material of the flywheel design.
‫݉݌ܫ‬ =
ଵ
ଶ
ߩ௣௠‫ܴ(ߨܿܮ‬ଷ
ସ
− ܴଶ
ସ) (11)
‫݂݁ܫ‬ =
ଵ
ଶ
ߩ௙௘‫ܴ(ߨܿܮ‬ସ
ସ
− ܴଷ
ସ
) (12)
‫݂ܫ‬ =
ଵ
ଶ
ߩ௙‫ܴ(ߨܿܮ‬ହ
ସ
− ܴସ
ସ
) (13)
Where
ߩ௣௠ = 8400 kg/m3 density of permanent magnet material
ߩ௙௘ = 7400 kg/m3 density of ferromagnetic material
ߩ௙ = 1510 kg/m3 density of carbon epoxy material
‫݂ܫ‬ = ‫ݐܫ‬ - ‫݉݌ܫ‬ - ‫݂݁ܫ‬ = 4.857 g.m2
Now we want to calculate the effect of gap thickness (g) on the outer radius and overall mass of
the flywheel.

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TABLE III
SELECTION OF OUTER RADIUS OF FLYWHEEL
.05
m
.04
m
.03
m
.02
m
.01
m
0g
.0824
m
.0724
m
.0624
m
.0524
m
.0424
m
.0324
m
R8
.1034
m
.0989
m
.0956
m
.0933
m
.092
m
.0913
m
R9
1.17
(KG)
1.2609
(KG)
1.3614
(KG)
1.4629
(KG)
1.563
(KG)
1.65
(KG)
Mass of
machine
Fig 2. Effect of gap thickness on the outer radius of the flywheel.
Fig 3. Effect of gap thickness on the total mass of flywheel.

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So we can select gap thickness g= .03 to optimize the effect of volume at R8 = 62.4 mm which given
overall mass equal 1.31 kg and R9 =95.6 mm
.
TABLE VI
DESIGN RESULTS FOR THE SURFACE PM MACHINE
R1 R2 R3 R4 R5
10
mm
16.1
mm
21.3
mm
22.8
mm
23.8
mm
R6 R7 R8 R9 Acu
25.6
mm
32.4
mm
62.4
mm
95.6
mm
19.19
mm2
TABLE IV
USED PARAMETER FOR THE HALLOW CYLINDER MACHINE DESIGN
V. CONCLUSION:
The Design of an external rotor permanent magnet machine used in spacecraft electro-mechanical
batteries is presented in this paper. This machine is required to supply a load of 50 watt for 30
minutes, the expected time of eclipse for LEO Satellite.
The used hollow cylindrical flywheel composed of two parts to minimize its weight rather than
only one sold part while storing the same energy required.
The effect of hallow gap thickness on both the overall radius and mass of the proposed hallow
cylinder flywheel is depicted
Samarium-cobolt is selected in the design of PM material for thermal and volume decrease,
amorphous iron is used as ferromagnetic material because of its high strength (145ksi) to
withstand high centrifugal force at high speed, Also the use of carbon AS4C as flywheel material
to decrease the flywheel radius and suitable energy storage capacity.
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