Slot conductor - QuickField simulation example
This is an example of the slot of an electric machine simulation, performed with QuickField software.
How to find temperature distribution in electric machine slot?
Answer Typical applications Geometry
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Engineering question
Set up a plane-parallel QuickField Steady-state Heat Transfer problem for an electric machine slot and evaluate temperature distribution from computed field results.
electric machine slots, stator winding slots, slot cooling regions
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Simulation problem
Problem Type
Plane-parallel problem of heat transfer.
Copper conductor current density j=4.5 A/mm².
Copper electric conductivity g = 56 MS/m.
Determine the temperature of the slot.
Due to electrical machine symmetry we simulate only one slot. QuickField heat transfer problem takes input power as a volume power density, which could be calculated as:
Q = j² / g = 360 kW/m³.
Temperature distribution in slot conductor:
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