Title :
Optimization of Electric Motor for a Solar Airplane Application
Author :
Ragot, P. ; Markovic, M. ; Perriard, Y.
Author_Institution :
Integrated Actuators Lab., Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne
Abstract :
This paper presents a method to model and optimize brushless DC motor for a solar airplane. In order to obtain the optimal solution for the given specifications, all free parameters are analyzed globally in one go. For this, the commercial optimization software Pro@Design is used. The method is fully analytical and deterministic. The actual multiphysics model comprises electromagnetic, thermal and propeller models. Different results of the design of solar airplane motor using this method are presented
Keywords :
aerospace computing; aircraft; brushless DC motors; design engineering; Pro@Design; brushless DC motor; commercial optimization software; electric motor; electromagnetic models; multiphysics model; propeller models; solar airplane application; solar airplane motor; thermal models; Airplanes; Batteries; Brushless DC motors; DC motors; Electric motors; Energy management; Permanent magnet motors; Photovoltaic cells; Power system management; Propellers;
Conference_Titel :
Electric Machines and Drives, 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8987-5
Electronic_ISBN :
0-7803-8988-3
DOI :
10.1109/IEMDC.2005.195917
