Thermal analysis of linear variable reluctance motor for manufacturing automation applications

Author

Chayopitak, Nattapon ; Taylor, David G.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA

fYear

2005

fDate

15-15 May 2005

Firstpage

866

Lastpage

873

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to analyze the heat transfer characteristics of the linear variable reluctance motor using a thermal resistance model. The proposed model is suitable for rapid thermal performance evaluation in the early stages of motor design. The linear motor under consideration operates with continuous periodic excitation and long-stroke reciprocating motion, allowing modeling simplifications based on rms velocity and symmetry. The accuracy of the thermal resistance model is verified by a finite element analysis

Keywords

design engineering; finite element analysis; heat transfer; linear motors; reluctance motors; thermal analysis; continuous periodic excitation; finite element analysis; heat transfer; linear variable reluctance motor; long-stroke reciprocating motion; manufacturing automation applications; thermal analysis; thermal resistance model; Copper; Hysteresis motors; Manufacturing automation; Permanent magnet motors; Reluctance motors; Resistance heating; Sheet materials; Surface resistance; Thermal conductivity; Thermal resistance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Machines and Drives, 2005 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Antonio, TX

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8987-5

Electronic_ISBN

0-7803-8988-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEMDC.2005.195824

Filename

1531442