Insulation Design of a High Frequency Electrical Machine for More Electric Aircraft Propulsion

Yalin Wang, Xuan Yi, Xiaolong Zhang, Yi Yin, Tao Han, Kiruba Haran

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Abstract

High-frequency electric machines have been developed to provide propulsion in the electric aircraft system. However, the partial discharge (PD) issue has been paid significant attention to electric machine's insulation design due to the high temperature and low pressure operating environment, which poses threatens to the reliable operation of electric machine. This study proposes an insulation design procedure to avoid PD for air-core form-wound stator windings of high frequency permanent magnet synchronous machines. The effect of air pressure and temperature on partial discharge inception voltage (PDIV) is investigated by experiments. A three-dimensional stator model is built by the finite element method and used to simultaneously obtain thermal the electric field distribution in the insulation. Besides, a design margin is also provided by considering delamination due to manufacturing process or insulation degradation. The proposed procedure may provide useful references for electric machine insulation design for more electric aircraft propulsion.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages754-758
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781728158266
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 11 2020
Event12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020 - Virtual, Detroit, United States
Duration: Oct 11 2020Oct 15 2020

Publication series

NameECCE 2020 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition

Conference

Conference12th Annual IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2020
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Detroit
Period10/11/2010/15/20

Keywords

  • electric aircraft propulsion
  • electric machine
  • insulation
  • partial discharge
  • stator winding

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Control and Optimization
  • Energy Engineering and Power Technology

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