Analytical thermal model for fast stator winding temperature prediction

Sciascera, C.; Giangrande, Paolo; Papini, Luca; Gerada, C.; Galea, Michael

Abstract

This paper introduces an innovative thermal modelling technique which accurately predicts the winding temperature of electrical machines, both at transient and steady state conditions, for applications where the stator Joule losses are the dominant heat source. The model is an advanced variation of the classical Lumped Parameter Thermal Network approach, with the expected degree of accuracy but at a much lower computational cost. A 7-node Thermal Network is first implemented and an empirical procedure to fine-tuning the critical parameters is proposed. The derivation of the low computational cost model from the Thermal Network is thoroughly explained. A simplification of the 7-node Thermal Network with an equivalent 3-node Thermal Network is then implemented, and the same procedure is applied to the new network for deriving an even faster low computational cost model. The proposed model is then validated against experimental results carried on a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine which is part of an electro-mechanical actuator designed for an aerospace application. A comparison between the performance of the classical Lumped Parameter Thermal Network and the proposed model is carried out, both in terms of accuracy of the stator temperature prediction and of the computational time required.

Citation

Sciascera, C., Giangrande, P., Papini, L., Gerada, C., & Galea, M. (2017). Analytical thermal model for fast stator winding temperature prediction. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 64(8), 6116-6126. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2017.2682010

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 24, 2017
• Online Publication Date: Mar 14, 2017
• Publication Date: Aug 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Aug 10, 2017
• Publicly Available Date: Aug 10, 2017
• Journal: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
• Print ISSN: 0278-0046
• Electronic ISSN: 0278-0046
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 8
• Pages: 6116-6126
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2017.2682010
• Keywords: Thermal analysis, electric motors, permanent magnet machines, thermal management, nonlinear dynamical systems, approximation methods, analytical models, polynomials
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/875985
• Publisher URL: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7878526/
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