Temperatures Evaluation in an Integrated Motor Drive for Traction Applications

Author

Tenconi, Alberto ; Profumo, Francesco ; Bauer, Stefan E. ; Hennen, Martin D.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ing. Elettr., Politec. di Torino, Turin

Volume

55

Issue

10

fYear

2008

Firstpage

3619

Lastpage

3626

Abstract

The integrated propulsion motor is a drive designed for an individual self-driven container rail-platform wagon developed in the ldquointegrated standard transport unitrdquo research and development project, supported by the European commission. This paper presents the study of the motor and the converter temperatures at rated and overload working conditions. The problem is afforded by combining the simulation (finite-element method and lumped-parameter models) and the experimental approaches. For this purpose, a dedicated experimental setup has been designed and realized.

Keywords

convertors; finite element analysis; lumped parameter networks; motor drives; reluctance motor drives; integrated motor drive; integrated propulsion motor; motor-drive thermal factors; switched reluctance motor; temperatures evaluation; traction applications; Employee welfare; Motor drives; Power electronics; Propulsion; Reluctance machines; Reluctance motors; Research and development; Standards development; Temperature; Traction motors; Integrated motor drives; motor-drive thermal factors; switched reluctance motor (SRM) drives;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIE.2008.2003099

Filename

4636811