TY - GEN
T1 - Integrated motor drive design for weight optimization
AU - Cheong, Benjamin
AU - Giangrande, Paolo
AU - Galea, Michael
AU - Zanchetta, Pericle
AU - Wheeler, Patrick
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/11/3
Y1 - 2017/11/3
N2 - The More-Electric Aircraft (MEA) concept has been introduced as part of the process of reducing the environmental impact of air travel. Incorporating more electrical systems including motor drives has become increasingly attractive researched. High power density across the complete system is a key factor in the realization of this technology. This paper considers a motor drive sizing procedure with a focus on optimizing the main weight contributors which are identified as the electrical machine, grid input filters and converter cooling system. A multi-level integrated optimization method is then proposed, followed by an example of its application incorporating the sizing procedure above. Comparison of results between single-level optimizations and multi-level optimizations are then presented. Finally, this paper presents the software validation of the sizing functions performed using different multi-physics software.
AB - The More-Electric Aircraft (MEA) concept has been introduced as part of the process of reducing the environmental impact of air travel. Incorporating more electrical systems including motor drives has become increasingly attractive researched. High power density across the complete system is a key factor in the realization of this technology. This paper considers a motor drive sizing procedure with a focus on optimizing the main weight contributors which are identified as the electrical machine, grid input filters and converter cooling system. A multi-level integrated optimization method is then proposed, followed by an example of its application incorporating the sizing procedure above. Comparison of results between single-level optimizations and multi-level optimizations are then presented. Finally, this paper presents the software validation of the sizing functions performed using different multi-physics software.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85041380659&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ECCE.2017.8095869
DO - 10.1109/ECCE.2017.8095869
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85041380659
T3 - 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2017
SP - 816
EP - 823
BT - 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2017
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 9th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2017
Y2 - 1 October 2017 through 5 October 2017
ER -