TY - JOUR
T1 - Electrothermal analysis of induction motor with compound cage rotor used for PHEV
AU - Li, Weili
AU - Cao, Junci
AU - Zhang, Xiaochen
N1 - Funding Information:
Manuscript received February 27, 2009; revised September 17, 2009. First published October 6, 2009; current version published January 13, 2010. This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Fund of China under Grant 50907015. W. Li is with the Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150040, China (e-mail: li.weili@yeah.net). J. Cao is with the Harbin University of Science and Technology, Harbin 150040, China, and also with Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China (e-mail: caojunci@163.com). X. Zhang is with the Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China (e-mail: axc125@126.com). Color versions of one or more of the figures in this paper are available online at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org. Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/TIE.2009.2033088
PY - 2010/2
Y1 - 2010/2
N2 - A new kind of induction motor with compound cage rotor (IMCCR) is proposed in this paper, in which rotor bars are composed of upper parts made of alloy (conductor for electric and magnetic) and lower parts made of cast aluminum. Calculation models for IMCCR electromagnetic field and whole region (including stator and rotor) temperature field analyses are established. From a motor electromagnetic analysis using the finite-element method, loss distributions are obtained, which are taken as the heat source in thermal analysis. In this paper, the starting and thermal performances of IMCCR operating under rated load are studied. From the comparison of the obtained results with test data, it can be seen that IMCCR would be a better choice for the driving system in electrical vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs). Furthermore, the influences of compound bar material on motor temperature distribution are analyzed, which would be helpful for the research on electrical materials used in machines. Considering the working conditions of motor used in PHEV and EV, the effects of ambient temperature and output load on motor thermal performance also have been studied.
AB - A new kind of induction motor with compound cage rotor (IMCCR) is proposed in this paper, in which rotor bars are composed of upper parts made of alloy (conductor for electric and magnetic) and lower parts made of cast aluminum. Calculation models for IMCCR electromagnetic field and whole region (including stator and rotor) temperature field analyses are established. From a motor electromagnetic analysis using the finite-element method, loss distributions are obtained, which are taken as the heat source in thermal analysis. In this paper, the starting and thermal performances of IMCCR operating under rated load are studied. From the comparison of the obtained results with test data, it can be seen that IMCCR would be a better choice for the driving system in electrical vehicles (EVs) and plug-in hybrid EVs (PHEVs). Furthermore, the influences of compound bar material on motor temperature distribution are analyzed, which would be helpful for the research on electrical materials used in machines. Considering the working conditions of motor used in PHEV and EV, the effects of ambient temperature and output load on motor thermal performance also have been studied.
KW - Electrothermal
KW - Heat conductivity
KW - Induction motor with compound cage rotor (IMCCR)
KW - Plug-in hybrid electrical vehicles (PHEVs)
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U2 - 10.1109/TIE.2009.2033088
DO - 10.1109/TIE.2009.2033088
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:75449110742
SN - 0278-0046
VL - 57
SP - 660
EP - 668
JO - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
JF - IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics
IS - 2
M1 - 5280231
ER -