Temperature effects on steady state performance of an induction machine and a Switched Reluctance machine

Author

Arbab, Nasim ; Wang, Wei ; Isfahani, Arash Hassanpour ; Fahimi, Babak

Author_Institution

Renewable Energy & Vehicular Technol. Lab., Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

fYear

2014

fDate

15-18 June 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Temperature effects on the performance of an Induction Motor (IM) and a Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) is compared. Two Dimensional (2D) Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is used to calculate loss components in both motors at the same operating condition. A 3D FEA is then employed to calculate temperature rise in each motor. This has been used to update the material properties. Based on an iterative algorithm, the steady state performance of both motors is obtained and compared which shows the superior performance of the SRM as a heat tolerant motor.

Keywords

finite element analysis; induction motors; iterative methods; reluctance motors; temperature distribution; 2D finite element analysis; 3D FEA; heat tolerant motor; induction machine; iterative algorithm; steady state performance; switched reluctance machine; temperature effects; two-dimensional FEA; Induction motors; Reluctance motors; Rotors; Stators; Steady-state; Temperature distribution; efficiency; finite element method; induction machine; steady state performance; switched reluctance machine; temperature distribution;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transportation Electrification Conference and Expo (ITEC), 2014 IEEE

Conference_Location

Dearborn, MI

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITEC.2014.6861826

Filename

6861826