Title :
Design of water cooled electric motors using CFD and thermography techniques
Author :
Borges, Samuel Santos ; Cezario, Cassiano Antunes ; Kunz, Thiago Teixeira
Author_Institution :
Res. & Dev. of Product Dept., WEG Equipamentos Eletricos - Motores, Santa Catarina
Abstract :
The focus of this work consists in optimizing the water flow inside a water cooled electric motor frame, aiming at the maximization of the power/frame size ratio, the minimization of load losses and the avoidance of hot spots. For the development of this work computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and thermography techniques were used.
Keywords :
channel flow; computational fluid dynamics; electric motors; infrared imaging; minimisation; CFD; channel flow; computational fluid dynamics; load loss minimization; thermography techniques; water cooled electric motors; Circuits; Computational fluid dynamics; Cooling; Costs; Electric motors; IEC standards; Manufacturing; Noise level; Temperature; Water heating;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Machines, 2008. ICEM 2008. 18th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vilamoura
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1735-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1736-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICELMACH.2008.4800078
