Multiphysical Brushless DC Motor Optimization Process Miami, Florida (Prepared September 2005)

Author

Perriard, Yves ; Markovic, Marko

Author_Institution

Lab. of Integrated Actuators, Ecole Polytech. Fed. de Lausanne

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0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

408

Lastpage

408

Abstract

The goal of the project is to create a new solar aircraft totally powered by the sun. The aircraft power train will consist of solar cells placed on the wings, the energy storage system, the energy management electronics, the brushless DC motor and propellers. The aim of this paper is to present the method to optimize the motor together with the propellers, in order to save the maximum of energy in the power train (multiphysical). Two different tooth shapes are considered, straight and standard. The optimization process shows a potential to analyze simultaneously all the parameters in order to find the optimum

Keywords

aircraft power systems; brushless DC motors; energy conservation; energy management systems; energy storage; optimisation; power transmission (mechanical); propellers; solar cells; solar powered vehicles; aircraft power train; energy management electronics; energy saving; energy storage system; multiphysical brushless DC motor optimization process; optimization process; power train; propellers; solar aircraft; solar cells; Aerospace electronics; Aircraft; Brushless DC motors; DC motors; Energy management; Energy storage; Optimization methods; Photovoltaic cells; Propellers; Sun;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Field Computation, 2006 12th Biennial IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Miami, FL

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0320-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CEFC-06.2006.1633198

Filename

1633198