Thermal performance of an open-slot modular-wound machine with external rotor

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 403-411

  Wrobel, Rafal ^a   Mellor, Phil H ^a   McNeill, Neville ^a   Staton, Dave A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MOTOR DESIGN LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

External rotor; Modular winding; Permanent magnet (PM) motor; Thermal model

Indexed keywords

BRUSHLESS PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR; CONCENTRATED WINDING; COOLING MECHANISM; DOUBLE LAYERS; EXTERNAL ROTOR; HUB MOTORS; LUMPED-PARAMETER; PERMANENT MAGNET MOTOR; PERMANENT-MAGNET (PM) MOTOR; SINGLE LAYER; STATOR LAMINATIONS; THERMAL ADVANTAGES; THERMAL ANALYSIS; THERMAL MODEL; THERMAL PERFORMANCE; TRACTION APPLICATIONS;

HEAT EXCHANGERS; HEAT TRANSFER; PERMANENT MAGNETS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT); WINDING;

ROTORS (WINDINGS);

EID: 77952921849     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2010.2047041     Document Type: Article

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