Motor Enclosure Research Articles

Analytical Calculation Method of Motor Natural Frequencies Based on Equivalent Model of Three-Layer Cylindrical Shell

Accurate calculation of natural frequencies is significant for accurate prediction and suppression of motor vibration and noise. In order to reduce the errors caused by simplified structure in the analytical method, a new analytical calculation method (ACM) of the natural frequencies of the motor is proposed in this paper. The motor enclosure, stator yoke, stator teeth and windings are equivalent to a three-layer cylindrical shell model. The motor feet are equivalent to the axial ribs on the cylindrical shell. The artificial springs are used to simulate arbitrarily complex boundary conditions between the end covers and the enclosure. The combination of zig-zag theory and first-order shear deformation theory (FSDT) is used to calculate the natural frequencies of the equivalent model of the motor proposed in this paper. According to the zig-zag theory model, the respective displacement function and energy equation are established for each cylindrical shell. The different structural dimensions and material properties between the motor enclosure, stator core and windings are considered. The first-order shear deformation theory is adopted in the displacement model of each layer of cylindrical shell, which considers transverse shear deformation, rotational inertia and orthotropy of materials. Finally, the accuracy of the analytical calculation method proposed in this paper is verified by finite element simulation (FES) and hammering method modal test (HMMT).

End Space Heat Transfer Coefficient Determination for Different Induction Motor Enclosure Types

In this paper, the determination of the end space induction motor heat transfer coefficients is presented, and the methodologies used are examined closely. Two ldquo <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">ad</i> <i xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">hoc</i> rdquo prototypes have been built and a test bench completed. This paper reports the setup of the test procedures and results obtained in detail. As the end windings are the hottest points of the motor, particular care has been devoted to the determination of the heat transfer coefficient concerning the end-winding structure. The results obtained are of fundamental importance for the determination of the thermal resistances between end windings and end caps. These can then be used in thermal networks usually adopted in thermal model analysis.

Numerical Simulation for Low Pressure Die Casting of Al-Alloy Motor Enclosure and Technology Improvement

The FDM numerical simulation software, View-Cast system, was employed to simulate the mould-filling and solidification process in low pressure die casting (LPDC) of Al-alloy motor enclosure. The distribution of liquid fraction, temperature field and the solidification pattern of casting were revealed and the formation mechanism as well as distribution rule of the potential defects, namely gas pores and shrinkage pores, were predicted. Furthermore the solutions to eliminate them were presented. By reducing the pouring rate, the turbulent flow at the corner of casting had eased, so the gas pores could be eliminated. Then the force-cooling system was installed on the top of mould, which could reduce the volume of liquid islands efficiently so that the shrinkage defects can be decreased to its limit.

Occupational noise in rice mills

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Development of indigenous local exhaust ventilation system: reduction of welders exposure to welding fumes.

Two (portable and mobile) local exhaust ventilation (LEV) units were developed in collaboration with the Rural Technology Institute, Gandhinagar, India. Basically, each unit consists of three parts comprising an electric motor, a blower and a fume hood. In both units the motor is fixed in a rectangular iron frame in a foot-mount position and equipped compactly with a blower, which in turn is connected to a fume hood through a flexible hosepipe. The portable unit is light in weight (50 kg) and has a cone shaped metallic fume hood. The mobile unit, on the other hand, differs from the portable model with respect to its weight (150 kg), size, RPM, voltage requirement, hood shape and size, and has a motor enclosure. The efficiency of the portable and mobile units on trial bases was tested by measuring the manganese concentration as a reference metal in welding fumes generated by electric arc welding. The concentration of manganese (mean +/- SD) was 0.218 +/- 0.06 microg/m3 in the general environment. In the workplace area where joining of metal objects by welding was done, the concentration of manganese was found to be 0.63 +/- 0.09 and 3.75 +/- 0.56 microg/m3 at a distance of 5 m and 2 m away from the site of operation, respectively. In the breathing zone it was 22.16 +/- 20.90 microg/m3 which was reduced to 8.25 +/- 4.5 microg /m3 after application of a portable LEV showing about 63% removal of the manganese concentration from the breathing zone of the welder. In another experiment conducted with a mobile LEV unit for heavy-duty work, the concentration of manganese in the breathing zone without operating the mobile LEV was 70.06 +/- 37.38 microg /m3 but was lowered to 8.29 +/- 1.76 microg /m3 after operating the mobile LEV. This indicated an average removal of manganese content by about 88% from the breathing zone of the welder. In both the experiments locations of sample collection were similar.

A new matrix converter motor (MCM) for industry applications

The trend in electrical drives is to integrate the frequency converter, the electrical motor, and even the gear or the pump into a single unit, in order to reduce the costs, to increase the overall efficiency and the equipment reliability. This paper presents the first integrated regenerative frequency converter motor for industry applications, based on a matrix converter topology. The low volume, the sinusoidal input current, the bidirectional power flow, and the lack of the bulky and limited-lifetime electrolytic capacitors recommend this topology for this application. This paper shows how the matrix converter disadvantages-the lack of bidirectional power devices, the lower voltage transfer ratio, and the overvoltages caused by the input filter during power-up-that have delayed the industrial implementation have been overcome. In order to demonstrate the validity of the solution, a 4-kW matrix converter motor prototype is built using a standard frequency converter motor enclosure for testing the requirements for an industrial drive. The tests demonstrate the good performance of the drive.