Title :
Coupled electromagnetic and thermal analysis of an axial flux PM machine
Author :
Vansompel, H. ; Hemeida, A. ; Rasekh, A. ; Sergeant, P. ; Vierendeels, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Energy, Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
Empiric analytical expressions based on CFD are used in this work to define the convective heat coefficient in different parts of an axial flux permanent magnet machine having yokeless and segmented armature topology. Thermal simulations are carried out for the stator and rotor individually, where only a segment needs to be modelled due to thermal periodicity. Electromagnetic simulations using a multilayer 2D model are used to evaluate the electromagnetic losses in the machine. The accuracy of the coupled modelling technique was validated on a preliminary prototype.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; convection; permanent magnet machines; rotors; stators; thermal analysis; CFD; axial flux permanent magnet machine; convective heat coefficient; electromagnetic losses; electromagnetic simulations; multilayer 2D model; rotor; segmented armature topology; stator; thermal periodicity; thermal simulations; yokeless armature topology; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Electromagnetics; Heating; Mathematical model; Rotors; Stators;
Conference_Titel :
Magnetics Conference (INTERMAG), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-7321-7
DOI :
10.1109/INTMAG.2015.7156900
