Title :
Thermal design of integrated motor drives for traction applications
Author :
Farina, Francesco ; Rossi, Daniele ; Tenconi, Alberto ; Profumo, Francesco ; Bauer, Stefan E.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica, Politecnico di Torino, Turin
Abstract :
The thermal design of a propulsion integrated motor drive is faced in this paper. The system is constituted by a 25 kW switched reluctance motor, a water cooled "square" housing with pipes positioned in the corners and converter devices directly mounted on the housing. Thermal analysis with finite element method software is performed and simulation results are provided to obtain the main guidelines to design the housing as heatsink for both motor and converter
Keywords :
design engineering; electric propulsion; finite element analysis; power convertors; power engineering computing; reluctance motor drives; thermal analysis; traction motor drives; converter; finite element method software; heatsink; propulsion integrated motor drives; switched reluctance motor; thermal analysis; traction applications; water cooled square housing; Analytical models; Finite element methods; Guidelines; Motor drives; Performance analysis; Propulsion; Reluctance motors; Software performance; Switching converters; Traction motors; Integrate adjustable speed drive; Rail vehicle; Thermal design;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics and Applications, 2005 European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dresden
Print_ISBN :
90-75815-09-3
DOI :
10.1109/EPE.2005.219711
