ICEEAC 2013

International Conference on Electrical Engineering

and Automatic Control 24-26 November 2013

Overview of Different Approaches in

a Multiphysics Modeling of
Induction Motor

Mellah Hacene , Hemsas Kamel Eddine

 

Laboratoire d’Automatique de Sétif, LAS Ferhat Abbas University, Sétif, Algeria

Department of Electrical engineering Ferhat Abbas University, Sétif, Algeria

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Multyiphysics ?
Multiphysics treats simulations that involve multiple physical models or multiple
simultaneous physical phenomena. For example:
 Thermo-Mechanical Coupling
 Electric Field-Structural Coupling (Piezoelectric)
 Combining chemical kinetics and fluid mechanics
 Combining electromagnetic effects are coupled with mechanical and fluid flow systems

Multiphysics typically involves solving coupled systems of partial differential

equations.
Many physical simulations involve coupled systems, such as electric and magnetic
fields for electromagnetism, pressure and velocity for sound

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Design Challenges Today

Multiple Domains are interconnected and influence each other

System Thermal
Tier 2
Supplier

Hydraulics Circuit

Electrical
Control System
Integrator
Mechanical
Supplier
Component
Tier 1
Magnetic Supplier
Component

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 Exp : For an automotive application

 The electrical content of vehicles increases

 More and more controls are involved
 Electrical systems closely interact with other domains:
 Electro-Chemical
 Electro-Mechanical
 Electro-Magnetic
 Electro-Thermal

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1. ANSYS® Software

ANSYS electromagnetic solutions allow the users to gain an

understanding of:

•Device performance characteristics under applied

loads/excitations
and boundary conditions.
•Visualization of the electromagnetic field in and around a device.
•Joule heating effects and resultant temperatures
•Force distribution and resulting deformation (mechanic).
•Key design parameters: torque, force, resistance, inductance, ...

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2. Flux2D® & Flux/Portunus ®co-simulation

Portunus ® is a multi-domain system simulation software,

modelling within the same simulation sheet a complete
mechatronic system is made easy !.

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3. Motor-CAD ® Co-simulation with SpeedLab ®

1-SPEED ®
SPEED ® is developed by Speed Laboratory, University of Glasgow, UK.
sins 1987
Design a New
Somme
machine
Tutorial

Control
Electrical
(Diagram,
Machine Design
schemes, C++,
theory
JAVA, ..)

Material
characteristics
(MAG, Elect and
Therm , …)
Mesh
(algorithms,
resolution time
and precision)

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2-Motor-CAD ®

Motor-CAD ® is the leading software package dedicated to the optimisation and thermal analysis
of motor cooling. Motor-CAD ® enables motor designers to optimise their designs for energy
efficiency, size and cost reduction.
Electrical Electrical Electrical Thermal network
Machine Machine type Machine cross model
parameter
design

Temperature of several party of IM

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Co-simulation

Speed Lab ® Motor-CAD ®

Multiphysics

Links
configuration

 Sizing, gearing, cooling, design  Modeling of conduction, convection and heat

 Materials propriety (magnetic, electric transfer.
and  Through ventilâtes model are implemented.
 Motion control( script algorithm)  Through cooling type (air or any other fluid).
 Electromechanical simulation.  Motor-CAD can model any gas/fluid.

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4. Maxwell Co-Simulation with Ephysics

1-Maxwell

DFIG
Material (PM)

 Finite Element Solvers (3D/2D)

 Transient with Motion Optimisation
 Eddy Current
 Electrostatic
General Field Quantities
 Coupled Drive & Control Circuit  Field Visualization
Simplorer( Power electronics & algorithms )  Induced Voltage
Script (C++, java and Matlab)  Flux Linkage in Winding
 Saturation Effects
 Equivalent Circuit Generation  Position Profile
 Parametric/Optimization  Speed Response
Algorithms & script (C++, java and Matlab)  Power Loss

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Simplorer ®
SIMPLORER is a simulation package for multi-domain designs that are commonly found in :
Power
 Automotive
Electronics PMSM 3D
 Aerospace
 Power electronics FEM Model
 Electric drive systems.

Control

Master 2 theses (2011)

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2 –ePhysics

ePhysics is an interactive software package for

analyzing thermal and structural deformation
and stress.
Maxwell

ePhysics
Exceed memory

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Using a software package in business and academic field (ANSOFT collection

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Other methods
 COMSOL Multiphysics
 Abaqus, ADINA
 MSC-NASTRAN
 Code_Aster
 CFD-ACE+
 CFD-FASTRAN
 FlexPDE
 LS-DYNA
 NEi Nastran
 CheFEM
 Elmer (Unix)
 OOFELIE
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A-Transient thermal behavior of IM

Slow continuous-operation periodic duty

Duty type S1 (Continuous duty)
158.6 C
Continuous-operation periodic duty
cycles
Te
∆tp
Te
∆tv
∆tv
∆tp

Duty type S3 (Intermittent periodic duty )

Intermittent periodic duty without starting
Fast continuous-operation periodic duty

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B-Transient electromagnetic behavior of IM 1500.00

Speed Maxwell2DDesign1 ANSOFT
60.00
Loss
(fixed temperature)
Maxwell2DDesign1
Curve Inf o
ANSOFT

Curv e Inf o CoreLoss

Setup1 : Transient
Moving1.Speed
Setup1 : Transient SolidLoss
1250.00 Setup1 : Transient
50.00 StrandedLossR
Setup1 : Transient

1000.00
1450
M o v i n g 1 .S p e e d [rp m ]

40.00

750.00
rpm

Y 1 [k W ]
30.00
500.00

250.00
20.00

0.00

10.00

-250.00

0.00
-500.00 0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00 Tim e [s ]
Tim e [s ]

Fig. 7. Speed of IM.

Fig. 9. Loss of IM.
Winding Currents Maxwell2DDesign1 ANSOFT
250.00
Cur ve Inf o
Cur rent(PhaseA)
Setup1 : Transient
Cur rent(PhaseB)
Setup1 : Transient
Cur rent(PhaseC)
Setup1 : Transient

125.00

End Connection Maxwell2DDesign1 ANSOFT

25A
4000.00 300.00
Curve Inf o
Y 1 [A ]

In d u c e d V o l ta g e ( E n d C o n n e c tio n 1 ) [m V ]
0.00 Current(EndConnection1)
Setup1 : Transient
InducedVoltage(EndConnection1)
3000.00 Setup1 : Transient 200.00

C u r r e n t( E n d C o n n e c tio n 1 ) [A ]
2000.00 100.00
-125.00

1000.00 0.00

0.00 -100.00
-250.00
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00

Fig. 6. IM
Tim e [s ]
stator current -1000.00 -200.00

750.00
winding. Torque Maxwell2DDesign1 ANSOFT
-2000.00 -300.00
Curve Inf o
Moving1.Torque
Setup1 : Transient

-3000.00 -400.00
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00
Time [s ]
500.00

Fig. 10. End connection voltage and current of

M o v in g 1 .T o rq u e [N e w to n M e te r]

250.00
IM.

0.00
50Nm

-250.00

-500.00

Fig. 8. Torque of
0.00 0.20 0.40 0.60 0.80 1.00
Time [s]

IM.
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Bmax=1.74T

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Conclusions & perspectives

 Deferent approaches of multiphysics modeling of electrical machine are sited and
discussed then according to my needs and my means; I made a choice of the suitable
approach.
 The exactly behavior of induction motor is very complex and several field of physics
exist such as electrics, magnetic, thermics and even acoustic; but pure that this,
these phenomena it’s coupled between them.
 Finite element analysis (FEA) is a method frequently used for analysis of
electromechanical converters. As a numerical analysis method, FEA allows for
including any practical material, external excitation, inclusion of motion, and
nonlinear effects such as magnetic saturation, eddy current effects, parametric
variation, and environmental conditions.
 In the first time we take only the thermal and motion transient behaviors and the
other phenomena are in steady state, a thermal model of induction motor is created,
solved and some results are given and commented for several duty types.
 In the second part we ignore just the transient thermal behavior, an
electromagnetic model of induction motor is created, solved and some simulation
results are given and commented.
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A multiphysics Need :
• Collaborations work( type of problem)
• High education ( knowledge of many domains)
• Specialized software ( ANSYS, Ansoft, Motor-CAD,…)
• Optimisation (cost, design, … )
• Computer science ( C++, VHDL, Matlab, Maple,
Mathematica)

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perspectives
IM Diagnosis (bar, redaction).
DFIG diagnostics( SC in stator and rotor) redaction.
DFIG diagnostics (unbalance excitation in Fr an magnitude, redaction)
……..

In the future

Multiphysics modeling of IM( thermal, acoustic, vibration).

Control of DFIG (MAXWELL+Simplorer).

Problems
Calculator (PC performances)
Specialized software (Licence)

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..?‫ش??كرا ل??كم‬

Thanmirte
Thank you ..

Merci ..

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