• DocumentCode
    1275235
  • Title

    Ferrofluids in electric motors-a numerical process model

  • Author

    Nethe, A. ; Scholz, T. ; Stahlmann, H.-D. ; Filtz, M.

  • Author_Institution
    Lehrstuhl Theor. Elektrotechnik, Technische Univ. Cottbus, Germany
  • Volume
    38
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    3/1/2002 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1177
  • Lastpage
    1180
  • Abstract
    The number of technical applications of ferrofluids is constantly increasing. Their main purpose in terms of electric effects is to fill air gaps in magnetic circuits in order to lower the magnetic resistance. In this paper, a method to increase the efficiency of electric motors by filling the gap between the rotor and stator with a ferrofluid is proposed. The magnetic field and torque in a simplified model of an electric motor are calculated using orthogonal expansion
  • Keywords
    air gaps; electric motors; machine theory; magnetic circuits; magnetic fields; magnetic fluids; rotors; stators; torque; air gaps; electric motors; electromagnetic analysis; ferrofluids; magnetic circuit; magnetic circuits; magnetic field; magnetic resistance reduction; numerical process model; orthogonal expansion; rotor; stator; torque; Air gaps; Electric motors; Electric resistance; Filling; Magnetic circuits; Magnetic fields; Numerical models; Rotors; Stators; Torque;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9464
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/20.996301
  • Filename
    996301