TY - JOUR A1 - Kral, Christian A1 - Haumer, Anton A1 - Lee, Sang Bin T1 - A Practical Thermal Model for the Estimation of Permanent Magnet and Stator Winding Temperatures JF - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics N2 - A thermal model for the determination of the temperatures of interior permanent magnets and stator windings is presented in this paper. The innovation of the model relies on one temperature sensor being located in the stator core of the machine. Such sensor is simple to implement in many applications such as traction or EV, where reliability is critical. The estimated stator winding and permanent magnet temperatures are determined by a simplified thermal lumped element network model with only two time constants. It is shown that the proposed thermal model is very robust due to the structure of the model and the measured stator core temperature. The distortion of the temperature estimates caused by the cooling circuit is inherently accounted for such that the model can be used for robust online prediction of temperatures. Experimental results based on a forced water-cooled interior permanent magnet synchronous machine setup are presented to validate the effectiveness of the presented model. KW - cooling KW - lumped element thermal equivalent circuit model KW - magnetic cores KW - permanent magnet machines KW - permanent magnet synchronous machine KW - stators KW - synchronous machines KW - temperature estimation KW - variable speed KW - dynamic load Y1 - 2014 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2013.2253128 SN - 1941-0107 SN - 0885-8993 VL - 29 IS - 1 SP - 455 EP - 464 PB - IEEE ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kral, Christian A1 - Haumer, Anton A1 - Lee, Sang Bin T1 - Robust thermal model for the estimation of rotor cage and stator winding temperatures of induction machines T2 - 2012 XXth International Conference on Electrical Machines ; Marseille, France, 02.- 05.09.2012 N2 - In this paper a new model for the estimation of the stator winding and rotor cage temperatures of induction machines is presented. This model can be used in series applications of machines operated under dynamic load conditions where stator and rotor temperature shall be monitored. The proposed model relies on a simplified lumped element thermal equivalent circuit model where the stator core temperature serves as input quantity. The great advantage of this model is that it covers ambient and cooling conditions inherently. This leads to great simplicity and robustness. The parametrization and validation of the model through experimental data is presented. Advantages, drawbacks and possible implementations are discussed. KW - asynchronous machines KW - Cooling KW - dynamic load KW - equivalent circuits KW - lumped element thermal equivalent circuit model KW - Rotors KW - squirrel cage induction machine KW - stators KW - temperature estimation Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-1-4673-0142-8 SN - 978-1-4673-0143-5 SN - 978-1-4673-0141-1 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ICElMach.2012.6350127 SP - 1810 EP - 1816 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Kral, Christian A1 - Haumer, Anton A1 - Lee, Sang Bin T1 - Innovative thermal model for the estimation of permanent magnet and stator winding temperatures T2 - 2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2012) ; Raleigh, NC, USA 15.09.-20.09.2012 N2 - In this paper an innovative thermal model for the determination of the temperatures of the permanent magnets and stator windings is presented. This model relies on one temperature sensor located in the stator core of the machine. The estimated stator winding and permanent magnet temperatures are determined by a simplified thermal lumped element network model with only two time constants. Due to the structure of the model and the measured stator core temperature the proposed thermal model is very robust. Distortion of the cooling circuit are inherently sensed such that the model can be used for the online prediction of temperatures. Experimental results based on an interior permanent magnet synchronous machine are presented to validate the presented model. KW - Cooling KW - dynamic load KW - lumped element thermal equivalent circuit model KW - permanent magnet machines KW - permanent magnet synchronous machine KW - stators KW - synchronous machines KW - temperature estimation KW - temperature sensors KW - variable speed Y1 - 2012 SN - 978-1-4673-0803-8 SN - 978-1-4673-0802-1 SN - 978-1-4673-0801-4 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342386 SN - 2329-3721 SN - 2329-3748 SP - 2704 EP - 2711 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Jungreuthmayer, C. A1 - Bauml, T. A1 - Winter, O. A1 - Ganchev, M. A1 - Kapeller, Hansjörg A1 - Haumer, Anton A1 - Kral, Christian T1 - Heat and fluid flow analysis of an internal permanent magnet synchronous machine by means of computational fluid dynamics T2 - 2011 IEEE International Electric Machines & Drives Conference (IEMDC 2011) ; Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, 15 - 18 May 2011 N2 - This paper presents a comprehensive computational fluid (CFD) model of a radial flux permanent magnet synchronous machine with interior magnets. In the CFD model the water jacket cooling and a simplified model of the topology of the distributed stator winding are considered. The heat sources of the CFD model are determined from a finite element analysis of the machine. The numerically determined temperature distributions of the machine are compared with measurement results from sensors located both in the stator and rotor. The particular focus of this paper is the analysis of the temperatures and the heat flow in the air gap and from the stator winding head and the rotor to the inner air. KW - CFD KW - computational fluid dynamics KW - Cooling KW - finite element analysis KW - interior magnet KW - permanent magnet machines KW - permanent magnet synchronous machine KW - Rotors KW - sensor placement KW - stators KW - synchronous machines KW - temperature KW - temperature distribution KW - thermal analysis Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-4577-0060-6 SN - 978-1-4577-0061-3 SN - 978-1-4577-0059-0 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/IEMDC.2011.5994651 SP - 515 EP - 520 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER -