Open AccessEstimation of Stator Winding Temperature of a Three-Phase Induction Motor
Author(s) -
Afrah Thamer Abdullah,
Amer Mejbel Ali
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
al-maǧallaẗ al-ʻirāqiyyaẗ li-handasaẗ al-ḥāsibāt wa-al-ittiṣālāt wa-al-sayṭaraẗ wa-al-naẓm
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2617-3352
pISSN - 1811-9212
DOI - 10.33103/uot.ijccce.19.2.2
Subject(s) - induction motor , stator , matlab , software , squirrel cage rotor , finite element method , universal motor , cad , computer science , engineering , mechanical engineering , engineering drawing , electrical engineering , structural engineering , voltage , programming language , operating system
This paper adopted a thermal network method (TNM) based on Motor-CAD with MATLAB/Simulink software, and finite element method (FEM) based on Motor- CAD with Flux2D software, to estimate the stator winding temperature of a totally enclosed fan-cooled (TEFC), squirrel cage, three-phase induction motor. The three software packages were adopted successfully with a good agreement among their results resulting in preferring using Motor-CAD in obtaining results, and using Flux2D with MATLAB to validate these results. The success of triple-software methodology will give the induction motor designer a well-validated tool in attaining a safe motor operation without exceeding the maximum allowable stator winding temperature rise, and without using an experimental test based on an expensive manufacturing motor.