Open AccessInnovative Design of the Cooling Topologies for Electric Vehicle Motors
Author(s) -
Zhang Zi-Chao,
Qiang Song,
Bilal Ahmed
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/533/1/012021
Subject(s) - water cooling , computer cooling , automotive engineering , air cooling , electric motor , electric vehicle , mechanical engineering , power (physics) , reliability (semiconductor) , engineering , electrical engineering , physics , thermal management of electronic devices and systems , quantum mechanics
According to the different cooling medium, the electric motor cooling styles can be divided into liquid cooling and air cooling; the former involves water cooling and oil cooling while the latter comprises natural air cooling and forced air cooling. Whereas, the air cooling system is difficult to meet various performance requirements for the modern Electric Vehicle (EV). Therefore, approximately all EV motors are liquid cooled at present. Moreover with the trend of EV motors to Permanent Magnet (PM) and to high speed, for instance, the maximum working rotated speed from 10,000rpm to 20,000 rpm, the packaging of the motor is minimized at same power while efficiency drops, lifetime shorten and even cause demagnetization due to thermal effects without optimum design. Consequently, the improvement of the liquid cooling system is essential to enhance the efficiency of the EV motor in the future for higher power density. In this perspective, the innovative cooling topologies of electric machines based on the development results of the parts such as lubricating oil and motive seal of electric vehicles are presented in this paper. It solves some problems brought about by predecessors in view of the high efficiency and reliability of the motor with higher energy density.