Thermal Modeling and Analysis of a Double-Stator Switched Reluctance Motor

Author

Arbab, Nasim ; Wei Wang ; Chenjie Lin ; Hearron, Joseph ; Fahimi, Babak

Author_Institution

Univ. of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA

Volume

30

Issue

3

fYear

2015

Firstpage

1209

Lastpage

1217

Abstract

In this paper, thermal modeling and analysis of a 10 kW double-stator switched reluctance machine (DSSRM) is presented. Thermal management is an essential step of the machine design, since overheated windings and cores might destroy the insulation and lead to failure of the machine. A three-dimensional (3-D) finite-element method (FEM) has been used to numerically calculate the temperature distribution in different parts of the machine. Furthermore, to include the use of water as coolant, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) has been utilized. Thermal performance of the prototype is then analyzed at various load conditions. A 10 kW prototype of the DSSRM has been built and the results have been experimentally verified.

Keywords

computational fluid dynamics; finite element analysis; reluctance motors; stators; temperature distribution; thermal analysis; DSSRM; computational fluid dynamics; double-stator switched reluctance machine; double-stator switched reluctance motor; machine design; overheated windings; power 10 kW; temperature distribution; thermal analysis; thermal management; thermal modeling; three-dimensional finite element method; water coolant; Atmospheric modeling; Cooling; Decision support systems; Heating; Rotors; Stators; Thermal analysis; Computational fluid dynamics (CFD); copper loss; core loss; double-stator switched reluctance; finite element method; thermal analysis;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TEC.2015.2424400

Filename

7106489