3D thermal analysis of a permanent magnet motor with cooling fans
Overheating of permanent magnet (PM) machines has become a major technical challenge as it gives rise to magnet demagnetization, degradation of insulation materials, and loss of motor efficiency. This paper proposes a state-of-the-art cooling system for an axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) machine...
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| author | Tan, Zheng Song, Xue-guan Ji, Bing Liu, Zheng Ma, Ji-en Cao, Wenping |
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| author_facet | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Tan, Zheng Song, Xue-guan Ji, Bing Liu, Zheng Ma, Ji-en Cao, Wenping |
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| description | Overheating of permanent magnet (PM) machines has become a major technical challenge as it gives rise to magnet demagnetization, degradation of insulation materials, and loss of motor efficiency. This paper proposes a state-of-the-art cooling system for an axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) machine with the focus on its structural optimization. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation with thermal consideration has been shown to be an efficient approach in the literature and is thus employed in this work. Meanwhile, a simplified numerical approach to the AFPM machine with complex configuration in 3D consisting of conduction, forced convection, and conjugate heat transfer is taken as a case study. Different simplification methods (including configuration and working conditions) and two optimized fans for forced convection cooling are designed and installed on the AFPM machine and compared to a natural convection cooling system. The results show that the proposed approach is effective for analyzing the thermal performance of a complex AFPM machine and strikes a balance between reasonable simplification, accuracy, and computational resource. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1059132022-09-28T15:30:45Z 3D thermal analysis of a permanent magnet motor with cooling fans Tan, Zheng Song, Xue-guan Ji, Bing Liu, Zheng Ma, Ji-en Cao, Wenping Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Cao, Wenping Overheating of permanent magnet (PM) machines has become a major technical challenge as it gives rise to magnet demagnetization, degradation of insulation materials, and loss of motor efficiency. This paper proposes a state-of-the-art cooling system for an axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) machine with the focus on its structural optimization. A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation with thermal consideration has been shown to be an efficient approach in the literature and is thus employed in this work. Meanwhile, a simplified numerical approach to the AFPM machine with complex configuration in 3D consisting of conduction, forced convection, and conjugate heat transfer is taken as a case study. Different simplification methods (including configuration and working conditions) and two optimized fans for forced convection cooling are designed and installed on the AFPM machine and compared to a natural convection cooling system. The results show that the proposed approach is effective for analyzing the thermal performance of a complex AFPM machine and strikes a balance between reasonable simplification, accuracy, and computational resource. 2016-12-21T15:40:49Z 2016-12-21T15:40:49Z 2015-08 2015-02 2016-08-18T15:40:57Z Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1673-565X 1862-1775 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/105913 Tan, Zheng et al. “3D Thermal Analysis of a Permanent Magnet Motor with Cooling Fans.” Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A 16.8 (2015): 616–621. en http://dx.doi.org/10.1631/jzus.A1400293 Journal of Zhejiang University SCIENCE A Article is made available in accordance with the publisher's policy and may be subject to US copyright law. Please refer to the publisher's site for terms of use. Zhejiang University and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg application/pdf Zhejiang University Press Zhejiang University Press |
| spellingShingle | Tan, Zheng Song, Xue-guan Ji, Bing Liu, Zheng Ma, Ji-en Cao, Wenping 3D thermal analysis of a permanent magnet motor with cooling fans |
| title | 3D thermal analysis of a permanent magnet motor with cooling fans |
| title_full | 3D thermal analysis of a permanent magnet motor with cooling fans |
| title_fullStr | 3D thermal analysis of a permanent magnet motor with cooling fans |
| title_full_unstemmed | 3D thermal analysis of a permanent magnet motor with cooling fans |
| title_short | 3D thermal analysis of a permanent magnet motor with cooling fans |
| title_sort | 3d thermal analysis of a permanent magnet motor with cooling fans |
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