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Surface-mounted permanent magnet motors (SMPMMs) have been widely used in industrial fields. However, when it comes to direct-drive low-speed large-torque fields, SMPMMs have several problems, such as lower slot filling factor, complicated fabrication, low efficiency, and bulky size. Recently, dual-permanent-magnet Vernier motors (DPMVMs) have been investigated due to their high torque density for low-speed direct-drive applications. However, so far, there is little research that demonstrates the application of the DPMVM for real industrial fields and quantitatively compares the performances of the DPMVM and the SMPMM. This paper studies the application of a DPMVM to the direct-drive industrial turbine as a replacement for conventional SMPMM. Rectangular and trapezoidal PMs are first applied to DPMVM in this paper. The performances of the DPMVM are quantitively compared with two typical SMPMMs. One is the design that has the same stator slots as the DPMVM, while the other has the same rotor pole pairs as the DPMVM. Economic costs are considered to form a thorough comparison between DPMVM and SMPMMs. It is revealed that with rectangular and trapezoidal PMs adopted in the DPMVM, the cost of PMs is significantly reduced with little sacrifice of performance. The efficiency of DPMVM is around 12% higher, and the material cost is reduced by 6.87% compared with the SMPMN.

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