-This paper presents the design and performance comparison of a conventional claw-pole machine with a permanent magnet based claw-pole machine for automotive application. The magnets are placed in the inter-claw region to decrease the leakage flux and to supply increased magnetic flux in the machine. It has been observed that with the addition of permanent magnets weighing only a few grams, there is a significant increment of more than 22% in output power of the machine. The geometric dimensions of magnets were also varied to verify their effects on performance and it has been observed that with the increase in magnet weight there is a non-linear increment in torque of the machine.
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