Affiliation:
1. Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT)
2. SQL Database Administration, Infosys Technologies Limited
3. Bialystok University of Technology
4. West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin
Abstract
Abstract
In this paper, the thermal management element strategies of the induction motor are developed to assure better endurance and boost efficiency. As the main result, the thermal analysis of an air-cooled and large-capacity induction motor is given considering well-known heat distribution problems. Moreover, this study also presents an integrated approach with two or more cooling strategies to be the need of the hour. The integrated system comprising air- and water-cooled systems are investigated using SolidWorks 2017 and ANSYS Fluent version 2021. Three different flow rates of water 5 LPM, 10 LPM and 15 LPM are analyzed and compared with a conventional air-cooled induction motor, which was validated with the available published resources. Performed analyses indicate that for different flow rates of 5 LPM, 10 LPM and 15 LPM respectively, we have obtained a reduction of temperature accordingly of 2.94%, 4.79% and 7.69%. Hence, the results indicated that an integrated induction motor is efficient in bringing down the temperature compared to air cooled induction motor.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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