Analysis of losses and thermal in induction motors

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Abstract

This paper presents an investigation into the losses and thermal characteristics of induction motors operated from pulse width-modulated (PWM) voltage supply in comparison to that operated from sinusoidal voltage supply. It was concluded that due to the abundant harmonics in the PWM waveforms, significant losses are induced in the motor by the inverter supply. The temperature ascends correspondingly. Experiments were conducted with no load and with load conditions. The losses and thermal characteristics were calculated using finite element analysis (FEA) and validated by the experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Research in Material Science and Mechanical Engineering
Pages503-508
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event2013 2nd International Conference on Mechanics and Control Engineering, ICMCE 2013 - Beijing, China
Duration: 1 Sep 20132 Sep 2013

Publication series

NameApplied Mechanics and Materials
Volume446-447
ISSN (Print)1660-9336
ISSN (Electronic)1662-7482

Conference

Conference2013 2nd International Conference on Mechanics and Control Engineering, ICMCE 2013
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period1/09/132/09/13

Keywords

  • Finite element method (FEM)
  • Harmonics
  • Induction motors
  • Pulse width-modulated (PWM)

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