Utilization of Additive Manufacturing in the Thermal Design of Electrical Machines: A Review
Additive manufacturing (AM) is a key technology for advancing many fields, including electrical machines. It offers unparalleled design freedom together with low material waste and fast prototyping, which is why it has become to focus of many researchers. For electrical machines, AM allows the produ...
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| author | Martin Sarap Ants Kallaste Payam Shams Ghahfarokhi Hans Tiismus Toomas Vaimann |
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| description | Additive manufacturing (AM) is a key technology for advancing many fields, including electrical machines. It offers unparalleled design freedom together with low material waste and fast prototyping, which is why it has become to focus of many researchers. For electrical machines, AM allows the production of designs with optimized mechanical, electromagnetic and thermal parameters. This paper attempts to give the reader an overview of the existing research and thermal solutions which have been realized with the use of AM. These include novel heat sink and heat exchanger designs, solutions for cooling the machine windings directly, and additively manufactured hollow windings. Some solutions such as heat pipes, which have been produced with AM but not used to cool electrical machines, are also discussed, as these are used in conventional designs and will certainly be used for additively manufactured electrical machines in the future. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d4c11e2845ad4d26ab643de847a113df2023-12-03T13:38:32ZengMDPI AGMachines2075-17022022-03-0110425110.3390/machines10040251Utilization of Additive Manufacturing in the Thermal Design of Electrical Machines: A ReviewMartin Sarap0Ants Kallaste1Payam Shams Ghahfarokhi2Hans Tiismus3Toomas Vaimann4Department of Electrical Power Engineering and Mechatronics, Tallinn University of Technology, 19086 Tallinn, EstoniaDepartment of Electrical Power Engineering and Mechatronics, Tallinn University of Technology, 19086 Tallinn, EstoniaDepartment of Electrical Power Engineering and Mechatronics, Tallinn University of Technology, 19086 Tallinn, EstoniaDepartment of Electrical Power Engineering and Mechatronics, Tallinn University of Technology, 19086 Tallinn, EstoniaDepartment of Electrical Power Engineering and Mechatronics, Tallinn University of Technology, 19086 Tallinn, EstoniaAdditive manufacturing (AM) is a key technology for advancing many fields, including electrical machines. It offers unparalleled design freedom together with low material waste and fast prototyping, which is why it has become to focus of many researchers. For electrical machines, AM allows the production of designs with optimized mechanical, electromagnetic and thermal parameters. This paper attempts to give the reader an overview of the existing research and thermal solutions which have been realized with the use of AM. These include novel heat sink and heat exchanger designs, solutions for cooling the machine windings directly, and additively manufactured hollow windings. Some solutions such as heat pipes, which have been produced with AM but not used to cool electrical machines, are also discussed, as these are used in conventional designs and will certainly be used for additively manufactured electrical machines in the future.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-1702/10/4/251additive manufacturingelectrical machinesmetal 3D-printingelectrical machine cooling |
| spellingShingle | Martin Sarap Ants Kallaste Payam Shams Ghahfarokhi Hans Tiismus Toomas Vaimann Utilization of Additive Manufacturing in the Thermal Design of Electrical Machines: A Review Machines additive manufacturing electrical machines metal 3D-printing electrical machine cooling |
| title | Utilization of Additive Manufacturing in the Thermal Design of Electrical Machines: A Review |
| title_full | Utilization of Additive Manufacturing in the Thermal Design of Electrical Machines: A Review |
| title_fullStr | Utilization of Additive Manufacturing in the Thermal Design of Electrical Machines: A Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Utilization of Additive Manufacturing in the Thermal Design of Electrical Machines: A Review |
| title_short | Utilization of Additive Manufacturing in the Thermal Design of Electrical Machines: A Review |
| title_sort | utilization of additive manufacturing in the thermal design of electrical machines a review |
| topic | additive manufacturing electrical machines metal 3D-printing electrical machine cooling |
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