DocumentCode
2638782
Title
Thermal modelling of a low speed air-cooled Axial Flux Permanent Magnet generator
Author
Chong, Y.C. ; Chick, J. ; Mueller, M.A. ; Staton, D.A. ; McDonald, A.S.
Author_Institution
Inst. for Energy Syst., Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
fYear
2012
fDate
27-29 March 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
7
Abstract
This paper presents the assessment of air flow in a multi-stage Axial Flux Permanent Magnet (AFPM) prototype which is set to operate at 100rpm. The CFD models are validated using experimental results to give a greater understanding of the air flow developed in the generator. The proposed ventilation design reduces the pressure loss at the entry resulting in a 10% reduction in maximum stator coil temperature in the CFD modelling.
Keywords
computational fluid dynamics; permanent magnet generators; stators; ventilation; CFD models; air flow; low speed air-cooled multistage axial flux permanent magnet generator; maximum stator coil temperature; thermal modelling; AFPM generator; Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD); machine ventilation; power loss; thermal analysis;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Power Electronics, Machines and Drives (PEMD 2012), 6th IET International Conference on
Conference_Location
Bristol
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-84919-616-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp.2012.0271
Filename
6242121
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