Open AccessNumerical model for thermal calculation analysis of the wheel hub motor for electric car verified by laboratory tests
Author(s) -
B. Będkowski,
P. Dukalski,
Tomasz Jarek,
T. Wolnik
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/710/1/012018
Subject(s) - electric motor , thermal , automotive engineering , thermal analysis , engineering , mechanical engineering , physics , meteorology
The article concerns the thermal analysis of an electric motor for mounting in a wheel hub of an electric car. The CFD model was calibrated on the basis of the results of laboratory tests of the prototype electric motor. The analysis was aimed at recognizing the possibility of increasing the load capacity of an electric motor through the use of dielectric materials with higher thermal conductivity than those used in the actual prototype. The authors presented the problem of heat removal from motors in wheel hubs, construction of the electric motor, the calculation model and analysis of calculation results.