Title :
Thermal Modeling and Analysis of a Double-Stator Switched Reluctance Motor
Author :
Arbab, Nasim ; Wei Wang ; Chenjie Lin ; Hearron, Joseph ; Fahimi, Babak
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA
Abstract :
In this paper, thermal modeling and analysis of a 10 kW double-stator switched reluctance machine (DSSRM) is presented. Thermal management is an essential step of the machine design, since overheated windings and cores might destroy the insulation and lead to failure of the machine. A three-dimensional (3-D) finite-element method (FEM) has been used to numerically calculate the temperature distribution in different parts of the machine. Furthermore, to include the use of water as coolant, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been utilized. Thermal performance of the prototype is then analyzed at various load conditions. A 10 kW prototype of the DSSRM has been built and the results have been experimentally verified.
Keywords :
computational fluid dynamics; finite element analysis; reluctance motors; stators; temperature distribution; thermal analysis; DSSRM; computational fluid dynamics; double-stator switched reluctance machine; double-stator switched reluctance motor; machine design; overheated windings; power 10 kW; temperature distribution; thermal analysis; thermal management; thermal modeling; three-dimensional finite element method; water coolant; Atmospheric modeling; Cooling; Decision support systems; Heating; Rotors; Stators; Thermal analysis; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); copper loss; core loss; double-stator switched reluctance; finite element method; thermal analysis;
Journal_Title :
Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEC.2015.2424400
