• DocumentCode
    2907129
  • Title

    Thermal analysis of a brushless DC motor for aerospace application using thermal network models

  • Author

    Li Yan ; Huang Xiaoyan ; Fang Youtong

  • Author_Institution
    Coll. of Electr. Eng., Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou, China
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    26-29 Oct. 2013
  • Firstpage
    855
  • Lastpage
    859
  • Abstract
    This paper presents a thermal network model for fluid immersed BLDC motors in aerospace applications. A thorough investigation of the motor losses has been carried out. The thermal network model was built by taking the losses as the heat source. Based on this model, the simulations of a 12 kW brushless DC motor under different load conditions and duty cycles were carried out using MATLAB. The final results will be compared with the simulation results from commercial software Motor CAD to verify the model.
  • Keywords
    aerospace; brushless DC motors; thermal analysis; MATLAB; aerospace applications; brushless DC motor; commercial software motor CAD; duty cycles; fluid immersed BLDC motors; heat source; load conditions; motor losses; power 12 kW; thermal network models; Fluids; Heating; Iron; Resistance; Rotors; Shafts; Windings;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Electrical Machines and Systems (ICEMS), 2013 International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Busan
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-1446-3
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICEMS.2013.6713135
  • Filename
    6713135