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Design of A 50000 RPM High-Speed High-Power Six-Phase PMSM For Use in Aircraft Applications
Design of A 50000 RPM High-Speed High-Power Six-Phase PMSM For Use in Aircraft Applications
Abstract- This paper deals with the challenge of PMSM - which allows the highest power density
designing a high-speed permanent-magnet synchronous compared to all other types of electrical machines [10] -
machine (PMSM) with a continuous power of 700 kW as a was chosen to compete with these earlier 1M designs.
turbo generator for the usage in aircrafts. For this
application, high-power density above 5kW/kg is required.
The presented designs limit the weight of active
To identify the best topology and to fulfil the given machine parts to 59 kg maximum. Including housing and
requirements, various design solutions for the PMSM are bearings the total weight reaches a value of 64.4 kg,
taken into account. This contains various six-phase providing a power density of nearly 11 k WIkg. Thereby,
winding configurations to minimize losses or weight. the demanding requirements are fulfilled. Hence, the
Moreover, a possible magnet and various sleeve materials main target of this paper is to introduce a model of a
are taken into account in order to ensure mechanical high-speed PMSM, which also includes mechanical and
stability. Furthermore, a thermal design is presented. thermal aspects. The stringent requirements of the present
Results given are based on analytical, as well as FE project are tabulated in Table 1.
simulations.
TABLE 1: REQUIREMENTS OF THIS
Keywords- high-speed, high-power, permanent HIGH-SPEED TURBO GENERATOR
Design parameter Technical value
magnet synchronous machine, aircraft application,
Speed 50000 rpm
power-density, efficiency, mechanical design, thermal
Power 700kW
design, winding topology, and turbo generator.
Power density >5kW/kg
The main advantage of high-speed machines is the Using high-speed machines in the aviation industry is
minimization of weight and size in a direct comparison to not completely new. Previous work on this subject can be
conventionally designed machines. In many papers found in [12]. In [9], results of a relevant feasibility study
information about high-speed machines such as are presented, in which mechanical constraints like
measurements, simulations, prototypes and comparisons maximum circumferential speed and critical speeds are
of machine types suitable for the high-speed range can be discussed.
found [1]-[11]. But there are material investigations as
well. In [9] cobalt-iron for the rotor and stator iron are IT. CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGNING A HIGH-SPEED PMSM
taken into consideration and described as promising According to [1] the HS-index - which is the product
candidates. In continuation of former work various of the machine nominal power and nominal
coolants and sleeve materials are analyzed in this paper. speed (MW krpm) - of the target PMSM (with a rated
In [10] and [11] models of a high-speed induction speed of 50000 rpm) lies at about 35 and thus, in the very
machine (1M) in the desired performance range are near range of the so called "competition technical limit".
presented. The 1M provides a good reliability. But in The HS-index is a guide number and not a fixed formula.
aircraft applications the size and weight play another In [1] it is assessed that at this value the temperature rise
important role. This is the reason why in this paper the could be the limiting factor of the machine. This is why
CTE II
Tensile Young's Thennal Electrical Compres- Shear
Density Poisson's crn..l
Material Strength Modulus E Conductiv. Conductiv. sive Strength Modulus C
[kglnr'] Ratio [/lml(m'K)] [/lml(m'K)]
[MPa] [CPa] [W /(m'K)] [MS/m] [MPa] [CPa]
S-glass fiber [14] 2490 4500 86.8 0.22 5.58 1.0 insult
a or 35.6
S-glass fiber [16] 2000 1800 55.0 0.26 2.10 insult
a or 690 7.6 6.30
S2-gass fiber ]17] 2460 4890 86.9 0.23 1.60 1.45 insult
a or 35.0
E-glass ]14] 2540 2400 73.0 0.22 5.1 1.0 insult
a or 29.9 5.1
Aramid fiber(Kevlar) high stiffness ]14] 1450 2800 130.0 0.32 -2.0 about 0.04 [17] insult
a or 1.45 17.0
Kevlal / epoxy ]16] 2000 2000 80.0 0.31 insult
a or 280 2.1
. CG SiCO Ceramic fiber(Nicalon@) ]16], ]17] 2550 2450to 3000 176t021O 3.1 2.2 insulator
Tenax@-E lMS65 E23 24K 830tex ]15], ]19] 1780 6000 290.0 0.236 [19] -0.1 [19] about 10 0.07 post
i v
i e
Fig. 5: Radial stress of rotor and PMs with carbon fiber as pole filler
Fig. 3: Stress of rotor and PMs @52500 rpm and 403 K @52500 rpm and 403 K
Both results presented are within the allowed limits, As it can be derived from Table 3 the contact pressure
because the iron material Vacodur S Plus has a yield between rotor iron and shaft material is sufficient during
strength of 750 MPa (cf. Table 4) and the selected Tenax usual operating conditions. However, at room
sleeve material provides a maximal tensile strength of temperature and overspeed at the same time it is too low,
6000 MPa (cf. Table 2). but it is unlikely to reach this special operating point. The
temperature rise causes more stress, but increases the
contact pressure as well.
All in all, it can be concluded that the rotor is
mechanical stable referring to the investigated methods.
An analytical way to design the bandage can be found
in [4] and [27]. The equations are only valid in case of
assuming the bandage as a "thin shell" [4]. Here,
Young's modulus E, the interference r between
Fig. 4: Stress in sleeve material @52500 rpm and 403 K bandage and magnet, the bandage thickness d and the
bandage diameter D are required to get the tangential
The selected compression strength of the magnet
prestress (J, [27]
Vacodym 965TP lies at 600 MPa (cf. Table 4).
TABLE 4: SHAFT, IRON AND MAGNET MATERIAL r E
(JI (3)
Density
YlCld Tcmilc Youts
Poinon's eTE11
Thcnnal Electrical = --
D
M:lteri:11 Strength Strength Modulus Condudh. Conducti\"o
[kglm'] Ratio [p.mI(mK)]
0,9 t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- t- i
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
0,5
1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1
are covered by the 3D-FEA simulations and turned out to 0,4
Iii! iii 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
- -t--t--t--t--t--t--t--t--t--j--j--j--j--j--t--j--j--t--1
Outer + + + +
C. Winding Calculations
Fig. 8 show the 3D models and Fig. 9 and Fig. 10 the
By means of the mean length of one turn lw per
MMF spectra of the introduced solutions. The notation
"12-2" means twelve stator teeth and two poles. phase, the number of turns w, the slot area AS'ot' the
copper fill factor kcN , the specific resistance PCN' the
average end-winding radius rw (approximated by the
average winding radius of both winding layers) and the
winding layout (referring to Table 7), the phase resistance
R20 at room temperature can be calculated analytically
[31].
:::J
O.6 l\v,DC = lSo [1 + a( 7J;v - 20 K) ] = 0.412 mQ (10)
N
N
M 0.4 a is the temperature coefficient of copper. Hereafter,
LL
2'
0.2 ---------------------------------------.
(11)
0.0 1L- __ II
..L..I__ ----'----','---_----',
-- --'---__ --'--'L--_
Jrf.-LoJ
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19212325272931 33 35 37394 14 34 54 74 951 5355
Harmonic Order
With 50000 rpm and two poles the fundamental
Fig. 10: MMF spectrum of 12-2 topology (double-layer, distributed frequency lis 833.3 Hz. Thus, the skin-depth turns out to
winding) be in the size of round about 2.3 mm at the fundamental
Solution two requires about twice as much of end harmonic. In order to eliminate negative influences from
winding length as solution one, but provides better the skin-effect up to the 25th harmonic the relevant skin
electromagnetic behavior which leads to lower winding depth lies at 0.47 mm. Presuming an effective copper
area of 141 mm2 - after inserting cooling ducts in the slot
(cf. section V.) - this leads to 208 conductors per slot (cf. heat. Of course, while designing a cooling system there
Fig. 11). are also further decisive criteria, e.g., the flow velocity
[33].
D. Electromagnetic Evaluation
In a direct comparison water has a much higher
Indeed, the skin-effect can be reduced, but a bunch of
cooling ability than hydrogen, but due to the high
single wires lead to a large proximity effect. To
rotational speed and the relating high friction losses,
overcome this problem Litz wires are used to reach the
water cannot be used for the airgap and rotor area. Hence,
lowest AC-Iosses possible. Thus, the difference between
only a gaseous medium can be utilized. So, in the
AC- to DC-losses are estimated by using a factor of two
following gaseous coolant mediums are compared.
[11]. For safety reasons iron losses are assessed with a
factor of two as well. Hydrogen is advantageous in a direct comparison to
air in terms of a better thermal conductivity, a higher
After all, an efficiency of more than 96.6 % (two-teeth
forced heat convection and a lower density resulting in
winding) and nearly 97.4 % (distributed winding) could
lower windage losses [34]. In detail, windage and
be reached each at the continuous operating point of
ventilation losses are reduced by a factor of ten when
700 kW. The most important geometrical data and details
switching from air to hydrogen. Moreover, for the same
concerning electromagnetic simulations are summarized
active machine weight hydrogen facilitates an about 20%
in Table 8.
higher power and the life time of "the winding insulation
TABLE 8 DESIGN INFORMATION AND RESULTS is increased, due to the absence of moisture, oxygen and
Two-Teeth-
windina
Distributed
windina
dirt" [35]. Besides hydrogen, helium gas is also lighter
Speed 50000 rpm 50000 rpm than air. Thus, losses caused by a higher density can also
Power 701 kW 700 kW
be reduced. Despite, in a direct comparison to helium,
Two-Teeth- Distributed
Torque 133.8 Nm 133.7 Nm
hydrogen has a lower density and a better thermal
Stator ohmic
windina windina
/ Ripple /3.7 Nm /4.8 Nm characteristic. Nevertheless, helium is inert and non
11.7 kW 4.4 kW
losses
0.7 kW 0.7 kW
Current IRMS 608 A 949 A flammable, what are good properties for a coolant [36].
Magnet losses
(seam.) (seam.) Induced
URMS
Iron losses 4.2 kW 6.0 kW
voage
226 V 147 V
By comparing the different coolants, aspects
Windage losses 0.1 kW 0.1 kW
Power factor 0.821 0.815 regarding the risk of flammability and explosion are also
Additional
End winding
66.2 mm 114.4 mm
important. From an earlier study it can be seen that a
7.1 kW 7.1 kW (two end turns)
losses possible contact of hydrogen and air can be eliminated by
96.6% 97.4%
EffICiency Mech. airgap 1.15 mm 1.15 mm
suitable devices. Additionally, a machine can be built to
withstand an explosion in such a failure case [34]. Tests
v. THERMAL DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND RESULTS have proven that a mixture containing more than 65% of
Thermal issue is an important issue due to the high hydrogen cannot be ignited [34], whereas [35] states that
power density of high-speed machines. As the machine a mixture of hydrogen and air is explosive, if hydrogen
operating temperature limits the electric loading, it is falls below a percentage of less than 72%. Furthermore, it
necessary to ensure the high-speed PMSM can be cooled can be found that for safety reasons a high purity is
below the temperature limits. The maximum coil crucial and therefore, the part of hydrogen is usually kept
temperature that is allowable for the machine is assumed above 90%. Finally, tests with the most explosive
to be 180 C based upon class H insulation and 180C hydrogen-air mixture at atmospheric pressure revealed an
for the magnet to avoid demagnetization. In this section, explosion pressure of 0.35 MPa, respectively 1.26 MPa
the PMSM design with distributed winding is only used without dissipating heat to the surroundings. Thereby,
for the feasibility study in terms of thermal performance. pressures around 1.4 MPa are relatively unproblematic
The choice is based on the fact that for the introduced for housings of electrical machines [35].
topology a higher efficiency outweighs the lower weight
B. Thermal Modelling
due to positive influences on the whole drive train. This
is valid for the aircraft application under consideration. The modern electrical machine thermal analysis
approaches are analytical lumped-parameter thermal
A. Basic Requirements and Coolant Aspects
network (LPTN) method, numerical finite element
In order to achieve an effective thermal design, high analysis (FEA) and Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD)
performance cooling mediums are essential. Since, there methods [37]. As the computational cost of analytical
are a lot of coolants, the most suitable one has to be LPTN method is less demanding when compared to the
identified. From all fluids water has the highest thermal numerical method, LPTNs are an attractive solution in
conductivity. From gaseous coolants hydrogen is at the thermal design. Sensitivity analysis can be performed
top. Consequently, water can most effectively dissipate easily using LPTN method to identify the important
thermal parameters. Motor-CAD software is used in the C. Thermal Results
paper; it is a well-established thermal design tool based
The heat transfer equations involved in the thermal
on LPTN method which has been widely adopted in both
calculation can be found in [39] for the airgap and slot
industry and academy [38].
channels, [40], [41] for end space cooling and water
For high-speed machines with high compactness, jacket cooling, [42], [43] for cuboidal winding heat
effective cooling is required. Based on the thermal design transfer model, [44] for interface gaps. Based on the
optimization, the PMSM is assumed to be mainly cooled cooling system described in the previous section, the
by housing water jacket and through ventilation cooling temperature rise of the PMSM is predicted as shown in
with hydrogen as coolant. For housing water jacket Fig. 12.
cooling, the water channel is formed by spiral groove in
the active and overhang sections. The height and width of
the channel are 4 mm and 20 mm respectively. The wall
thickness between the channels is 10 mm. It is subjected
to the following boundary conditions:
Inlet water temperature is assumed to be 20C.
Flow rate is assumed to be 10 lImin.
For through ventilation cooling, the coolant
hydrogen - is forced to pass through the airgap and
cooling channels at the bottom and opening of the slot by
means of fan pumping pressure of 300 Pa. The inlet
temperature is assumed to be 20 C. The cross section
area of each slot channel is 16 mm2 as illustrated in Fig.
11 with duct wall thickness of 1 mm and thermal
conductivity Aw of 0.2 W/(mK). Based upon the flow
network analysis in Motor-CAD, the flow distribution
between the airgap and slot channels are 628 lImin and
1124 IImin respectively. Fig. 12: Temperature prediction in radial cross section (maximum coil
temperature 187 DC, average coil temperature 139.1 DC and
= =
The coil is assumed to be vacuum impregnated with magnet temperature 121.5 DC)
=
high impregnation material conductivity equal to The temperature prediction demonstrated that the
1 W/(m'K) in order to improve the winding heat PMSM design with distributed winding can be cooled to
dissipation. Slot liner with conductivity equal to 1 acceptable temperature, though the maximum coil
W/(m'K) (see Section V.E. for sensitivity analysis) and temperature is 7 C higher than the temperature limit.
0.25 mm thick is used in the thermal model.
D. Comparison between different coolants for through
ventilation
Aw [
= -1. 48445 + 4. 12292 '
T
298.15
_ where p is the fluid density, lact is the active length of
the rotor, rm is the rotor outer radius and wm is the
(
(13)
angular velocity of the outer rotor. em is the loss
-1.63866
T
298.15
)2]. 0.6065 coefficient and it is calculated as:
em = eY /1000 (15)
As effective cooling is required to dissipate the
undesired heat, different cooling media have been For Taylor number, Ta greater than 400, y is given by:
considered in the paper for through ventilation cooling,
y = In(6.3) - 0.141[ln(Ta) -In(400)] (16)
e.g. air, helium and hydrogen. They are compared in
terms of machine temperature rise, induced flow rate,
and when Ta is less than 400, y is given by:
windage loss in the airgap and heat dissipation by the
coolant. The comparison is given in Table 10. y = In(23) - 0.351[ln(Ta) -In(10)] (17)
TABLE 10: COMPARISON BETWEEN DIFFERENT COOLING MEDIA
The Taylor number is defined as:
Dissipated pw r,0's 1,5
Max Induced m m S
Coolant coil
Magnet
flow
Windage heat by Ta = (18)
temp. loss the f1
where f1 is the fluid dynamic viscosity and s is the airgap
temp, rate
coolant
Air 267C 201.4C
510
955,8 W 1267 W size. Based on the windage calculation above, it is
I/min
important to note that the windage loss is independent of
1047
Helium 229C 163,6C
I/min
217,8 W 1428 W flow rate through the rotor-stator gap.
1751 E. Sensitivity Analysis of Slot Liner Material
Hydrogen 187C 121.5 C 109,1 W 2425 W
I/min
For aerospace application, normally high conductive
slot liner is used to improve slot heat transfer. In this
The impact of using air, helium and hydrogen on the
section, a sensitivity analysis is performed to investigate
PMSM temperature rise can be clearly seen. The thermal
the impact of slot liner thermal conductivity on the
performance of PMSM is the best by using hydrogen
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because of higher induced flow rate due to less dense in
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