TY - JOUR A1 - Haumer, Anton A1 - Kral, Christian A1 - Vukovic, Vladimir A1 - David, Alexander A1 - Hettfleisch, Christian A1 - Huzsvar, Attila T1 - A Parametrization Scheme for High Performance Thermal Models of Electric Machines using Modelica JF - IFAC Proceedings Volumes N2 - Thermal models offer great advantages for enhancement of design, protection and control of electric machines. Detailed thermal models take a great number of time constants into account and provide accurate prediction of the temperatures. However, to parameterize such models detailed geometric data are needed. Whenever such detailed information is not available, or the performance of the detailed models is not satisfying, simplified thermal models as described in this paper are advantageous. The calculation of parameters is described in detail, in order to achieve best accordance with temperatures obtained from measurements or from simulations with detailed thermal models. Thermal resistances are calculated from end temperatures of a test run with constant load (and known losses). Thermal capacitances are obtained using optimization to minimize deviation of simulated and measured temperatures during the whole test run. The thermal model of an asynchronous induction machine with squirrel cage is coupled with an electrical model of the drive. For validation, simulation results of an optimally parameterized simplified model are compared with temperatures obtained by simulation of a detailed thermal model, which in turn has been validated against measurement results, both for continuous duty S1 and intermittent duty S6 (6 minutes no-load followed by 4 minutes of 140% nominal load). The deviations are not more than 4 K which is quite satisfying. KW - Electric machines KW - Induction machines KW - Thermal models KW - Model reduction KW - Parameter identification KW - Parameter optimization Y1 - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.3182/20120215-3-AT-3016.00187 SN - 1474-6670 VL - 45 IS - 2 SP - 1058 EP - 1062 PB - Elsevier CY - Amsterdam ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kral, Christian A1 - Haumer, Anton A1 - Haigis, Matthias A1 - Lang, Hermann A1 - Kapeller, Hansjörg T1 - Comparison of a CFD Analysis and a Thermal Equivalent Circuit Model of a TEFC Induction Machine With Measurements JF - IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion N2 - For a totally enclosed fan-cooled induction machine, two methods of numerical analysis are compared with measurements. The first numerical method is based on computational fluid dynamics (CFDs) and the second one uses a thermal equivalent circuit (TEC). For the analysis based on CFD, a 3-D induction machine including housing is modeled. The numeric solution of the flow equations is determined for stationary temperature distributions. For the TEC, a discretized one-and-a-half-dimensional model of the induction machine is considered. With the TEC model, stationary and transient operating conditions can be simulated. Measurement results are determined by iron-copper-nickel sensors embedded in the stator winding and the housing, as well as by an IR sensor for measuring the rotor temperature. With these measurement signals, stationary and transient operating conditions can be analyzed. For stationary operating conditions, additionally, the housing temperatures are determined by an IR camera. The investigated simulation and measurement methods reveal different local and global temperatures, and thus, only certain aspects and characteristics of the obtained temperatures can be compared. Nevertheless, certain conclusions can be drawn from comparing these aspects considering the actual restrictions of each of the applied methods. KW - asynchronous machines KW - computational fluid dynamics KW - electric sensing devices KW - Fluid flow KW - induction machines KW - numerical analysis KW - simulation KW - temperature Y1 - 2009 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TEC.2009.2025428 SN - 0885-8969 VL - 24 IS - 4 SP - 809 EP - 818 PB - IEEE ER - 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 - JOUR A1 - Kral, Christian A1 - Kapeller, Hansjörg A1 - Gragger, Johannes V. A1 - Haumer, Anton A1 - Kubicek, Bernhard T1 - Phenomenon Rotor Fault-Multiple Electrical Rotor Asymmetries in Induction Machines JF - IEEE Transactions on Power Electronics N2 - In the literature, the effects caused by a single or several adjacently broken rotor bars, or a broken end ring are thoroughly investigated. The phenomenon of various nonadjacently broken rotor bars has not been studied so far in detail. Since nonadjacently broken rotor bars may give rise to fault signatures, which are not directly related with the fault extent, it is important to understand the nature of multiple electrical rotor asymmetries in induction machines. The purpose of this paper is thus to investigate several combinations of electrical rotor asymmetries, to systematically elaborate the phenomena related to the broken bars and end rings. In this paper, a sophisticated simulation model and measurement results are used to analyze the phenomenon rotor fault. KW - asynchronous machines KW - Electrical rotor asymmetries KW - induction machine KW - rotor fault KW - Rotors KW - simulation model KW - skewing Y1 - 2010 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/TPEL.2009.2037502 SN - 0885-8993 SN - 1941-0107 VL - 25 IS - 5 SP - 1124 EP - 1134 PB - IEEE ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Gragger, Johannes V. A1 - Haumer, Anton A1 - Einhorn, Markus T1 - Averaged Model of a Buck Converter for Efficiency Analysis JF - Engineering Letters N2 - In this work a buck converter model for multidomain simulations is proposed and compared with a state-of-the-art buck converter model. In the proposed model no switching events are calculated. By avoiding the computation of the switching events in power electronic models the processing time of multidomain simulations can be decreased significantly. The proposed model calculates any operation point of the buck converter in continuous inductor current conduction mode (CICM) while considering the conduction losses and switching losses. It is possible to utilize the proposed modeling approach also for other dc-to-dc converter topologies. Laboratory test results for the validation of the proposed model are included. Y1 - 2010 UR - https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Markus-Einhorn/publication/41668038_Averaged_Model_of_a_Buck_Converter_for_Efficiency_Analysis/links/55100b490cf21287416cb105/Averaged-Model-of-a-Buck-Converter-for-Efficiency-Analysis.pdf VL - 18 CY - Hong Kong ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Kral, Christian A1 - Haumer, Anton A1 - Grabner, Christian T1 - Consistent Induction Motor Parameters for the Calculation of Partial Load Efficiencies by Means of an Advanced Simulation Model JF - Engineering Letters N2 - From the rating plate data of an induction motor the nominal efficiency can be determined. Without detailed knowledge of equivalent circuit parameters, partial load behavior cannot be computed. Therefore, a combined calculation and estimation scheme is presented, where the consistent parameters of an equivalent circuit are elaborated, exactly matching the nominal operating point. From these parameters part load efficiencies can be determined. KW - Induction motor KW - consistent parameters KW - partial load efficiency Y1 - 2010 SN - 1816-0948 SN - 1816-093X VL - 18 IS - 1 CY - Hong Kong ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Ebner, Arno A1 - Haumer, Anton A1 - Simic, Dragan A1 - Pirker, Franz T1 - Interacting Modelica using a Named Pipe for Hardware-in-the-loop Simulation T2 - Modelica 2006, Conference proceedings / 5th International Modelica Conference : September 4 - 5, 2006, Vienna, Austria N2 - The paper presents a concept and an implementation of Modelica simulation interaction using the operating system inter-process communication method of the Named Pipe. The main aim of this presented work is to implement a hardware-in-the-loop simulation (HILS) environment based on Dymola which runs on a normal Microsoft Windows Personal Com-puter. An energy storage test bench is connected by an ana-logue and digital data input/output card with the Dymola simulation computer. With this proposed system, particularly long-time simulations with sample rates up to 30 Hz can be executed very cost effective. Typical applications are simulations of drive cycles to test energy storage systems in electrified vehicles such as batteries or fuel cells. Other application ex-amples are the verification of battery models, thermal management models or battery management sys-tem (BMS) models. In this paper all methods used for implementation are described in detail. Especially the concept of inter-process communication and the concept for real-time and simulation time synchronization is discused. An application example which uses the provided concept is also shown at in this paper. In this example a longitudinal simulation of a vehicle is pre-sented. The startup phase of the internal combusting engine model and a short drive cycle in combination with a connected real battery is shown. Y1 - 2006 UR - https://modelica.org/events/modelica2006/Proceedings/sessions/Session3b1.pdf SP - 261 EP - 266 ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Arrieta Castro, Abel A1 - Rill, Georg ED - Orlova, Anna ED - Cole, David T1 - Kinematic Versus Elasto-Kinematic Model of a Twistbeam Suspension T2 - Advances in Dynamics of Vehicles on Roads and Tracks II, proceedings of the 27th Symposium of the International Association of Vehicle System Dynamics (IAVSD 2021): August 17-19, 2021, Saint Petersburg, Russia N2 - The Twistbeam axle suspension is a cheap and robust layout for rear axles at front wheel driven midsize cars. Appropriate models have to take the elastic deformation of the torsion beam into account. A Finite Element approach requires detailed informations of the material properties and the shape which are usually only available in the final production stage. This paper presents a lumped mass model which can easily be integrated into a multibody vehicle model and can be used in the early stage of development. An approximation by the design kinematics further reduces the complexity of the model and considers only the kinematic properties of the Twistbeam suspension. Simulations using a nonlinear and three-dimensional vehicle model with different maneuvers, such as steady-state cornering, step steer input, and driving straight ahead on random road, demonstrate the performance and, in particular, the difference of the presented Twistbeam suspension models. KW - Design kinematics KW - Twistbeam suspension KW - Multibody model KW - Vehicle dynamics Y1 - 2022 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-07305-2_59 SP - 505 EP - 605 PB - Springer Nature ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hong, Jongman A1 - Hyun, Doosoo A1 - Kang, Tae-june A1 - Lee, Sang Bin A1 - Kral, Christian A1 - Haumer, Anton T1 - Detection and classification of rotor demagnetization and eccentricity faults for PM synchronous motors T2 - 2011 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE 2011) : Energy conversion innovation for a clean energy future ; Phoenix, Arizona, USA, 17.-22.09.2011 N2 - Condition monitoring of rotor problems such as demagnetization and eccentricity in permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) is essential for guaranteeing high motor performance, efficiency, and reliability. However, there are many limitations to the off-line and on-line methods currently used for PMSM rotor quality assessment. In this paper, an inverter-embedded technique for automated detection and classification of PMSM rotor faults is proposed as an alternative. The main concept is to use the inverter to perform a test whenever the motor is stopped, to detect rotor faults independent of operating conditions or load torque oscillations, which is not possible with motor current signature analysis (MCSA). The d-axis is excited with a dc+ac signal, and the variation in the inductance pattern due to the change in the degree of magnetic saturation caused by demagnetization or eccentricity is observed for fault detection. An experimental study on a 7.5kW PMSM verifies that demagnetization and eccentricity can be detected and classified independent of the load with high sensitivity. KW - AC Machine KW - Condition Monitoring KW - d-axis Inductance KW - Demagnetization KW - Eccentricity KW - fault diagnosis KW - invertors KW - Magnetic Saturation KW - Permanent Magnet (PM) KW - permanent magnet motors KW - Synchronous Motor (SM) KW - synchronous motors Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-4577-0542-7 SN - 978-1-4577-0541-0 SN - 978-1-4577-0540-3 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2011.6064103 SN - 2329-3721 SN - 2329-3748 SP - 2512 EP - 2519 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hong, Jongman A1 - Lee, Sang Bin A1 - Kral, Christian A1 - Haumer, Anton T1 - Detection of airgap eccentricity for permanent magnet synchronous motors based on the d-axis inductance T2 - 8th IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electric Machines, Power Electronics & Drives (SDEMPED), 2011 // 05. - 08.09.2011, Bologna, Italy N2 - The majority of the work performed for detecting eccentricity faults for permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) focus on motor current signature analysis (MCSA), as it provides continuous on-line monitoring with existing current sensors. However, MCSA cannot be applied under nonstationary conditions and cannot distinguish faults with load torque oscillations, which are limitations for many PMSM drive applications. In this paper, it is shown that the d-axis inductance, L d , decreases with increase in the severity of eccentricity due to the change in the degree of magnetic saturation, and it is proposed as a new fault indicator. The inverter can be used to perform a standstill test automatically whenever the motor is stopped, to measure L d for eccentricity testing independent of load variations or oscillations, which is not possible with MCSA. An FE and experimental study on a 10hp PMSM verifies that eccentricity can be detected independent of the load with high sensitivity and reliability. KW - Airgap Eccentricity KW - Condition Monitoring KW - Diagnostics KW - fault location KW - inductance KW - load (electric) KW - machine testing KW - Magnetic Saturation KW - Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA) KW - permanent magnet motors KW - Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor KW - synchronous motor protection Y1 - 2011 SN - 978-1-4244-9301-2 SN - 978-1-4244-9303-6 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1109/DEMPED.2011.6063651 SP - 378 EP - 384 PB - IEEE CY - Piscataway, NJ ER -