Title :
An alternative cooling arrangement for the end region of a totally enclosed fan cooled (TEFC) induction motor
Author :
Micallef, C. ; Pickering, S.J. ; Simmons, K.A. ; Bradley, K.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Mech. Eng., Univ. of Malta, Msida
Abstract :
An alternative cooling arrangement for the end winding of a high voltage, strip wound, totally enclosed fan cooled induction motor is proposed. The study is undertaken using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) techniques and this is validated up by experiment. The cooling arrangement proposed gives a better distribution of heat transfer on the end windings as well as enhanced heat transfer on the end region frame, thus reducing the overall thermal resistance in the end region.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; cooling; induction motors; machine windings; thermal resistance; alternative cooling; computational fluid dynamics; heat transfer; high voltage; induction motor; strip wound; thermal resistance; totally enclosed fan cooling; winding; Cooling; End Winding; Induction motors; TEFL;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, 2008. PEMD 2008. 4th IET Conference on
Conference_Location :
York
Print_ISBN :
978-0-86341-900-3
