A combined electromagnetic and thermal analysis of induction motors

Author

Mezani, Smail ; Takorabet, N. ; Laporte, B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. of Sheffield, UK

Volume

41

Issue

5

fYear

2005

fDate

5/1/2005 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1572

Lastpage

1575

Abstract

The paper presents a model for coupling electromagnetic and thermal phenomena in an induction motor. The thermal analysis is done using an equivalent thermal network whose losses are determined from a complex finite element analysis of the magnetic field. The electromagnetic model includes both saturation and space harmonics. To show the validity of the proposed method, a test bench is realized so predicted and measured temperatures are compared.

Keywords

eddy current losses; finite element analysis; induction motors; magnetic fields; magnetoelectric effects; power system harmonics; temperature distribution; thermal analysis; complex finite element analysis; eddy currents; electromagnetic analysis; equivalent thermal network; induction machines; induction motors; magnetic field; saturation; space harmonics; temperature measurement; thermal analysis; thermal models; Electromagnetic analysis; Electromagnetic coupling; Electromagnetic induction; Electromagnetic modeling; Finite element methods; Induction motors; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic field measurement; Temperature measurement; Testing; Eddy currents; finite element methods; induction machines; thermal models;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9464

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMAG.2005.845044

Filename

1430912