Inverse Design of Axis Fan for Permanent Magnet Drive Motor for Special Vehicles

Changjun Ma, Chunming Li, Kai Liu, Zhixiang He, Daqian Pang and Wei Hua ()
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Changjun Ma: School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Chunming Li: China North Vehicle Research Institute, Beijing 100072, China
Kai Liu: School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Zhixiang He: College of Electrical and Information Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410000, China
Daqian Pang: China North Vehicle Research Institute, Beijing 100072, China
Wei Hua: School of Electrical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China

Energies, 2023, vol. 16, issue 23, 1-15

Abstract: The control of mechanical energy loss is especially key in the design of permanent magnet drive motors for special vehicles. This paper takes a 300 kW high-efficiency motor as an example, and under the operating condition of 9000 rev/min, in order to control the size of the mechanical loss P m e c h , improve the efficiency of the motor, as well as enhance the ventilation and heat dissipation performance of the motor, the structural parameters of the motor’s Axis fan are identified by using the Reverse Engineering (RE), and the fan performance is simulated and analysed by using the standard k-ε turbulence model of Computational Fluid Dynamics. The mechanical loss calculation model is investigated, and the effects of different blade numbers, wrap angles, and mounting angle parameters of the fan on the mechanical loss P m e c h are derived. And finally, the scheme is calculated to show that when the blade number Z is 13, the wrap angle Δ φ is 60°, the front mounting angle Φ 1 is 45°, and the rear mounting angle Φ 2 is 30°, the mechanical loss P m e c h decreases from 8.0 kW to 2.54 kW, and the motor efficiency η 0 is greatly improved, increasing from 94.2% to 96.1%. Meanwhile, based on finite element simulation experiments, the effects of the motor Axis fan on the steady-state temperature field of the pre-optimised and post-optimised fans are compared, and the optimised axis fan makes the motor ventilation and heat dissipation more reasonable. The maximum temperature of the motor under the same working condition decreased by 16.7 K, the efficiency η 0 of this motor was greatly improved, and the efficiency η 0 increased from 94.2% to 96.1%.

Keywords: high-efficiency motor; mechanical loss; axis fan; temperature field; turbulence model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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