• DocumentCode
    2355246
  • Title

    Novel lumped-parameter thermal model for electrical systems

  • Author

    Gerling, Dieter ; Dajaku, Gurakuq

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Electr. Drives, Univ. of Fed. Defense Munich, Neubiberg
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    11-14 Sept. 2005
  • Abstract
    The lumped parameter thermal model has been used for a long time for calculating the temperature rises in electrical systems (e.g electrical machines or power electronic systems). As is known, this method is used to solve thermal problems by applying thermal networks, in analogy to electrical circuits. In spite of being popular, generally this method is not applied correctly for elements with distributed heat generation. It is shown that loading the thermal model with the total power losses leads to wrong results. In this paper, a correct lumped-parameter method is developed and explained
  • Keywords
    losses; lumped parameter networks; temperature distribution; thermal analysis; distributed heat generation; electrical circuits; electrical systems; lumped-parameter thermal model; thermal networks; total power losses; Capacitance; Circuits; Heat transfer; Load modeling; Power generation; Power system modeling; Steady-state; Temperature; Thermal loading; Thermal resistance; Electrical machines; Power supply; Thermal design;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics and Applications, 2005 European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Dresden
  • Print_ISBN
    90-75815-09-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EPE.2005.219225
  • Filename
    1665415