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Modeling and Design of Electrical Machines and Devices in High Temperature

A special issue of Energies (ISSN 1996-1073). This special issue belongs to the section "F: Electrical Engineering".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 May 2022) | Viewed by 7241

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Laboratory of Electrical Engineering Systems and Environment, University of Artois, 62400 Béthune, France
Interests: electrical insulation of machines and devices; high temperature; high power density

Special Issue Information

Dear colleagues,

This Special Issue is geared toward the design and modeling of machine windings for high temperature and/or high-power density applications. The issues of electrical insulation and heat transfer are the obstacles on which we propose to focus. Indeed, the increase in operating temperatures or dissipated thermal powers requires an improvement in temperature management. Two axes in response can generally be proposed, either to improve the dissipation and the cooling of the coils or to find new insulators which can withstand these temperature increases. This second route seems more complicated to develop, but is of very clear interest, particularly when machines are on-board and there is therefore limited weight and space. In this evolution, we can observe the improvement of pure or nano-charged polymers, but also the existence of new technologies such as sol–gel or even ceramics in certain applications at very high temperatures. The objective of this Special Issue is to highlight the work on these two axes with the aim of subsequently promoting strategies for integrating the two techniques simultaneously to allow high-performance design of high-power motors. This work will make it possible to remove a complex scientific barrier in the design of on-board engines.

Prof. Dr. Gabriel Vélu
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • Electrical winding
  • New insulations
  • High temperature
  • High power density
  • Partial discharge
  • Impregnation
  • Thermal transfer

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Thermal Aging Study of an Anodized Aluminum Strip Wire for Winding and High Temperature Use
by Sonia Ait-Amar, Rania Saoudi and Gabriel Vélu
Energies 2022, 15(15), 5362; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en15155362 - 24 Jul 2022
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Electrical machines are commonly used in industries and transport and are manufactured with enameled wire coils with polymer insulation. In extreme conditions, as in aeronautics and aerospace, where temperatures exceed 280 °C, the organic insulation deteriorates and it is necessary to find another [...] Read more.
Electrical machines are commonly used in industries and transport and are manufactured with enameled wire coils with polymer insulation. In extreme conditions, as in aeronautics and aerospace, where temperatures exceed 280 °C, the organic insulation deteriorates and it is necessary to find another way to insulate winding wires, in order to ensure a longer life duration of the insulation system and a better operating reliability of electric motors in these environments. Ceramics are more resistant to high temperatures than polymers and the proposed study focuses on the temperature dependence of the dielectric properties of anodized aluminum strips for use in high-temperature electrical machine windings. Different dielectric parameters are measured during thermal constraint. The purpose is to determine the temperature index of the anodized strip and propose a thermal stress life model. Full article
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Performance Analysis Based on Thermal Aging Tests of Sol-Gel and Polymer Insulated Wires by Enameling and Extrusion Technology
by Giovana Pereira dos Santos Lima, Sonia Ait-Amar, Gabriel Velu, Philippe Frezel, Abdelhamid Boudiba, Mireille Poelman, Arnaud Nicolay and Pierre-Yves Herze
Energies 2022, 15(14), 5164; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en15145164 - 16 Jul 2022
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This research activity aims to evaluate electrical insulation system (EIS) intended for electrical machine winding wires. The evaluation is based on mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties tests following international standards for enameled wires. Dielectric parameters such as dissipation factor, partial discharge inception voltage [...] Read more.
This research activity aims to evaluate electrical insulation system (EIS) intended for electrical machine winding wires. The evaluation is based on mechanical, thermal, and electrical properties tests following international standards for enameled wires. Dielectric parameters such as dissipation factor, partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV), parallel capacitance, and parallel resistance behavior of different insulator configurations on twisted-pair samples are observed during thermal aging tests. Those configurations are formed of different combinations of dielectric layers based on conventional polymers (polyester-imide (PEI), polyamide-imide (PAI), polyimide (PI)) used as coating wires. A study using two mineral varnishes (silica-based) obtained by the sol-gel process integrated on these classical enamels an outer layer of extrusion of thermoplastic polymer with and without mineral fillers. Given the high consummation of energy and the use of unsustainable materials involving the production of wires, the principal interest of this work is to exploit new configurations of coating wire produced, with less environmental impact than conventional ones. This work investigates the impact of filled resins on the performance of insulating samples and the influence of the use of sol-gel solutions (mineral varnishes) on the insulated wire to increase the thermal class. Full article
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Dielectric Properties of Electrical Insulating Liquids for High Voltage Electric Devices in a Time-Varying Electric Field
by Peter Havran, Roman Cimbala, Juraj Kurimský, Bystrík Dolník, Iraida Kolcunová, Dušan Medveď, Jozef Király, Vladimír Kohan and Ľuboš Šárpataky
Energies 2022, 15(1), 391; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/en15010391 - 05 Jan 2022
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The motivation to improve components in electric power equipment brings new proposals from world-renowned scientists to strengthen them in operation. An essential part of every electric power equipment is its insulation system, which must have the best possible parameters. The current problem with [...] Read more.
The motivation to improve components in electric power equipment brings new proposals from world-renowned scientists to strengthen them in operation. An essential part of every electric power equipment is its insulation system, which must have the best possible parameters. The current problem with mineral oil replacement is investigating and testing other alternative electrical insulating liquids. In this paper, we present a comparison of mineral and hydrocarbon oil (liquefied gas) in terms of conductivity and relaxation mechanisms in the complex plane of the Cole-Cole diagram and dielectric losses. We perform the comparison using the method of dielectric relaxation spectroscopy in the frequency domain at different intensities of the time-varying electric field 0.5 kV/m, 5 kV/m, and 50 kV/m. With the increasing intensity of the time-varying electric field, there is a better approximation of the Debye behavior in all captured polarization processes of the investigated oils. By comparing the distribution of relaxation times, mineral oil shows closer characteristics to Debye relaxation. From the point of view of dielectric losses at the main frequency, hydrocarbon oil achieves better dielectric properties at all applied intensities of the time-varying electric field, which is very important for practical use. Full article
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