TY - JOUR N2 - The paper presents research on the development of a line-start synchronous reluctance motor (LSSynRM) and line-start permanent magnet synchronous motor (LSPMSM) based on components of a mass-produced three-phase low-power squirrel cage induction motor (IM). The aim of the research was to modify the squirrel cage rotor structure for which the best functional parameters characterizing the steady state of the LSSynRM and LSPMSM were obtained, while meeting the additional requirements for asynchronous start-up. Field-circuit models of the LSSynRM and LSPMSM have been developed in the professional finite element method (FEM) package, MagNet, and applied in the design and optimization calculations of the considered machines. Experimental testing on the designed LSSynRM and LSPMSM prototypes were carried out. The obtained results were compared with the performance of the reference IM. The conclusions resulting from the comparative analysis of these three motors are given and proposals for further work are discussed. L1 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117675/PDF/art16.pdf L2 - http://journals.pan.pl/Content/117675 PY - 2020 IS - No 4 EP - 981 DO - 10.24425/aee.2020.134642 KW - efficiency KW - experimental testing KW - FE models of LSSynRM KW - IM KW - LSMPSM KW - power factor KW - simulation calculations A1 - Lyskawinski, Wieslaw PB - Polish Academy of Sciences VL - vol. 69 DA - 2020.11.06 T1 - Comparative analysis of energy performance of squirrel cage induction motor, line-start synchronous reluctance and permanent magnet motors employing the same stator design SP - 967 UR - http://journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/117675 T2 - Archives of Electrical Engineering ER -