US20140190184A1 - Cooling system for a machine and method of assembly of same - Google Patents

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US20140190184A1
US20140190184A1 US13/736,391 US201313736391A US2014190184A1 US 20140190184 A1 US20140190184 A1 US 20140190184A1 US 201313736391 A US201313736391 A US 201313736391A US 2014190184 A1 US2014190184 A1 US 2014190184A1
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F25—REFRIGERATION OR COOLING; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS; MANUFACTURE OR STORAGE OF ICE; LIQUEFACTION SOLIDIFICATION OF GASES
    • F25B—REFRIGERATION MACHINES, PLANTS OR SYSTEMS; COMBINED HEATING AND REFRIGERATION SYSTEMS; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS
    • F25B21/00—Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects
    • F25B21/02—Machines, plants or systems, using electric or magnetic effects using Peltier effect; using Nernst-Ettinghausen effect
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02K—DYNAMO-ELECTRIC MACHINES
    • H02K9/00—Arrangements for cooling or ventilating
    • H02K9/10—Arrangements for cooling or ventilating by gaseous cooling medium flowing in closed circuit, a part of which is external to the machine casing
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10T29/4935—Heat exchanger or boiler making
    • Y10T29/49359—Cooling apparatus making, e.g., air conditioner, refrigerator

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  • the present disclosure relates generally to cooling systems for use with machines and more particularly, to methods of assembly for same.
  • Machines such as electric motors, generate heat during operation as a result of both electrical and mechanical losses.
  • an electric motor must be cooled to ensure efficient and continued operation of the motor. Excessively high motor temperatures may result in motor bearing failure and/or damage to the stator and/or to the rotor, in addition to a general loss of efficiency of the motor.
  • Electric motors are designed based on many considerations. For example, rotor temperature is a limiting factor in motor design as the rotor can generate a disproportionally high amount heat.
  • At least some known electric motors include an enclosure including a frame and endshields. Electric motor enclosures are typically either “open” (cage-like) or totally enclosed. In an open enclosure, ambient air circulates within the enclosure, and heat is removed via convection between the air and higher temperature motor components operating within the enclosure. The heated air is subsequently exhausted from the enclosure.
  • open enclosure-type motors are generally limited.
  • totally enclosed electric motors are often used in applications in which the entry of airborne contaminants, such as dirt, oil, or mist, into the enclosure must be prevented.
  • Forced convection cooling within a totally-enclosed motor enclosure is typically provided by a fan coupled to the rotor shaft, external to the enclosure.
  • an external, shaft-mounted fan provides only limited heat dissipation with respect to the opposite end of the motor. Consequently, components within the enclosure, such as drive end bearings, can still overheat due to inefficient cooling.
  • Shaft-mounted fans also provide only limited heat dissipation with respect to the rotor.
  • coupling a fan to the rotor shaft increases the overall footprint of the motor assembly and creates drag on the motor that consumes a portion of the power of the motor.
  • Known motor cooling systems typically use air-to-air or air-to-liquid heat exchangers.
  • air-to-air heat exchangers may produce objectionable noise, and air-to-liquid heat exchangers are often complex and require more enhanced maintenance requirements, as compared to air-to-air heat exchangers.
  • both air-to-air and air-to-liquid heat exchangers require large housings whose dimensions are often larger than those of the motors to which they are coupled. Accordingly, it would be desirable to provide a cooling system for machines, such as electric motors, that provides enhanced and more efficient cooling of a machine, and that has a physically smaller size as compared to known cooling systems.
  • a cooling system for a machine including a machine housing includes a heat exchanger housing coupled to the machine housing.
  • the heat exchanger housing includes an outer wall, the heat exchanger housing defining at least one outflow air passage therein and coupled in flow communication with an interior region defined in the machine housing.
  • the heat exchanger housing further defines at least one return air passage coupled in flow communication with the interior region of the machine housing to enable air to be channeled from the interior region towards the outer wall for transferring heat from the air to said outer wall.
  • the cooling system further includes at least one Peltier effect device coupled to the outer wall of the heat exchanger housing, the at least one Peltier effect device configured to facilitate heat transfer from the outer wall.
  • a method for assembling a cooling system for a machine including a machine housing includes coupling a heat exchanger housing to the machine housing, wherein the heat exchanger housing includes an outer wall.
  • the method also includes coupling at least one outflow air passage defined within the heat exchanger housing in flow communication with an interior region defined in the machine housing.
  • the method also includes coupling at least one return air passage defined within the heat exchanger housing in flow communication with the interior region of the machine housing and in flow communication with the at least one outflow air passage, to enable air to be channeled from the interior region towards the outer wall to facilitate heat transfer heat from the air to the outer wall.
  • the method also includes coupling at least one Peltier effect device to the outer wall of the heat exchanger housing, wherein the at least one Peltier effect device facilitates heat transfer from the outer wall.
  • a machine in a further aspect, includes a housing, and a heat exchanger housing coupled to the machine housing.
  • the heat exchanger housing includes an outer wall, the heat exchanger housing defining at least one outflow air passage coupled in flow communication with an interior region defined in the machine housing.
  • the heat exchanger housing further defines at least one return air passage coupled in flow communication with the machine housing interior region and in flow communication with the at least one outflow air passage to enable air to be channeled from the interior region towards the outer wall to facilitate heat transfer from the outer wall.
  • the machine also includes at least one Peltier effect device coupled to the outer wall, the at least one Peltier effect device configured to facilitate heat transfer from the outer wall.
  • FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of an exemplary known motor cooling system.
  • FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of the motor cooling system illustrated in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of an exemplary motor cooling system.
  • FIG. 1 is a side sectional view of an exemplary known motor 10 , illustrating a motor cooling system 9 .
  • motor cooling system 9 includes an air-to-air cooling circuit 21 , and in particular, an ambient air flow portion 23 of air-to-air cooling circuit 21 is illustrated.
  • Motor 10 includes a motor housing 11 that substantially completely encloses motor 10 , to substantially prevent intrusion of dirt, oil or other contaminants into motor 10 , as well as to substantially prevent the escape of motor lubricant from motor 10 .
  • Motor 10 includes a rotor 12 that is supported on a rotor shaft 13 that is rotatably coupled within motor housing 11 .
  • Rotor 12 is surrounded by a stator 14 including a plurality of end windings 16 .
  • a plurality of fan blades 18 are securely coupled to rotor shaft 13 .
  • An impeller 20 is securely coupled to an end 17 of rotor shaft 13 , external to motor housing 11 .
  • a heat exchanger housing 24 is mounted atop motor housing 11 .
  • Ambient air flow portion 23 of air-to-air cooling circuit 21 includes a vertical plenum 26 and one or more transverse air flow passages 28 formed in heat exchanger housing 24 .
  • Heat exchanger housing 24 substantially encloses impeller 20 .
  • An aperture 25 in heat exchanger housing 24 enables ambient air 22 to be drawn into heat exchanger housing 24 , along a path illustrated by arrows 29 .
  • rotation of rotor shaft 13 causes rotation of impeller 20 , thus drawing ambient air 22 through aperture 25 , and through vertical plenum 26 .
  • Ambient air 22 travels along transverse air flow passage 28 , and is eventually discharged from heat exchanger housing 24 through one or more end openings 27 defined in heat exchanger housing 24 .
  • FIG. 2 is a side sectional view of motor 10 and illustrates an internal cooling air circuit 31 .
  • internal cooling air circuit 31 includes a pair of outflow air passages 30 and 32 that are separated from each other by a wall 15 and by a pair of return air passages 36 and 38 .
  • Outflow air passage 30 is separated from return air passage 36 by a wall 39
  • outflow air passage 32 is separated from return air passage 38 by a wall 41 .
  • Outflow air passage 30 is coupled in flow communication with return air passage 36 via a transverse air passage 35 .
  • Outflow air passage 32 is coupled in flow communication with return air passage 38 via a transverse air passage 34 .
  • Transverse air flow passage 28 illustrated in FIG.
  • Outflow air passages 30 and 32 , and return air passages 36 and 38 are coupled in flow communication with motor 10 via apertures (not shown) defined in motor housing 11 .
  • Cooling of a motor requires the creation of a temperature gradient between motor 10 , specifically high temperature regions of motor 10 , and its surroundings.
  • Motor 10 relies on the use of heat exchanger housing 24 and impeller 20 to provide cooling for motor 10 .
  • a height 43 of heat exchanger housing 24 is often as much as twice as high as a height 47 of a motor 10 .
  • the addition of impeller 20 to rotor shaft 13 further increases an overall length 51 of motor 10 . Accordingly, a significant volume of space may be required by the system for cooling motor 10 .
  • FIG. 3 is a side sectional view of an exemplary motor cooling system 40 that may be used with motor 10 , for example.
  • motor cooling system 40 includes a heat exchanger housing 42 coupled to a motor housing 44 of an electric motor 46 .
  • heat exchanger housing 42 has a length 53 that is approximately equal to a length 57 of motor housing 44 .
  • a rotor 48 is rotatably mounted in motor housing 44 to a rotor shaft 50 .
  • a plurality of fan blades 52 are securely coupled to opposed ends 61 and 63 of rotor shaft 50 , to propel air 45 through motor housing 44 and heat exchanger housing 42 along the paths illustrated by arrows 76 .
  • a stator 49 substantially surrounds rotor 48 .
  • Heat exchanger housing 42 includes a pair of outflow air passages 54 and 56 that are separated from each other by a wall 55 .
  • Heat exchanger housing 42 also includes a return air passage 58 that is located adjacent to, and separated from, outflow air passage 54 by a wall 60 .
  • Heat exchanger housing 42 also includes a return air passage 62 that is located adjacent to, and separated from, outflow air passage 56 by a wall 64 .
  • Outflow air passage 54 communicates with return air passage 58 via an opening 66
  • outflow air passage 56 communicates with return air passage 62 via an opening 68 .
  • Each passage 54 and 56 , and each passage 58 and 62 is coupled in flow communication with an interior 59 of motor housing 44 through apertures (not shown) defined in motor housing 44 .
  • heat exchanger housing 42 In contrast to heat exchanger housing 24 (shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 ), that includes both vertically-extending passages 30 , 32 , 34 , and 36 , as well as transverse passage 28 , heat exchanger housing 42 includes only substantially vertically-extending passages 54 , 56 , 58 , and 62 , thus incorporating a simpler heat exchanger housing configuration. Accordingly, heat exchanger housing 42 is simpler to construct and maintain than known air-to-air or liquid-to-air heat exchanger housing constructions.
  • Peltier effect devices 70 and 72 is securely coupled to an outer wall 74 of heat exchanger housing 42 .
  • Peltier effect devices 70 and 72 are of any suitable configuration as needed to enable motor cooling system 40 to function as described herein.
  • Peltier effect devices 70 and 72 are powered by an electrical power supply (not shown), are coupled to suitable control devices (not shown), and are secured to heat exchanger housing 42 in such a manner, that when powered, Peltier effect devices 70 and 72 conduct heat away from heat exchanger housing 42 .
  • Peltier effect devices 70 and 72 channel heat conducted through outer wall 74 to an ambient atmosphere 77 through the creation of a steep temperature gradient, within each of Peltier effect devices 70 and 72 , which is greater than a temperature gradient achievable through heat transfer accomplished by simple conduction and/or impeller or fan-induced convection.
  • Peltier effect devices 70 and 72 are powered only during operation of motor 46 . In an alternative embodiment, Peltier effect devices 70 and 72 remain powered for a predefined period of time after operation of motor 46 has ended, to facilitate continued cooling of motor 46 . In the exemplary embodiment, the use of Peltier effect devices 70 and 72 means that the circulation of air 45 within heat exchanger housing 42 that is provided by fan blades 52 is sufficient to enable effective removal of heat from air 45 , without the need for an additional impeller, such as impeller 20 (shown in FIG. 1 ).
  • Exemplary embodiments of a cooling system for a machine and method for assembling same are described above in detail.
  • the cooling system for a machine and method for assembling same are not limited to the specific embodiments described herein, but rather, components of the cooling system and/or steps of the method can be utilized independently and separately from other components and/or steps described herein.
  • the cooling systems and methods described herein can also be used in combination with other machines and methods, and are not limited to practice with only the motor as described herein. Rather, the exemplary embodiments can be implemented and utilized in connection with many other motor and/or turbine and/or power and/or generator applications.
  • the cooling systems described herein facilitate increased heat dissipation from the motor, through the use of Peltier effect devices coupled to the motor housing, in combination with outflow and return air passages defined within the heat exchanger housing.
  • the cooling systems described herein permit electric motors to be constructed with significantly reduced footprints and reduced overall package volumes and weights.
  • the cooling systems described herein also create a steeper temperature gradient between a motor housing and the ambient surroundings, resulting in more efficient and effective cooling of an electric motor, and accordingly, improved motor efficiency.
  • the cooling systems described herein also eliminate the need for rotor shaft-mounted impellers or fans.
  • the cooling systems described herein also reduce maintenance requirements by enabling the use of a simplified heat exchanger housing.
  • the cooling systems described herein also provide a reduction in overall motor noise as compared to fan-equipped air-to-air heat exchanger-provided motors.
  • the cooling systems described herein also provide for increased bearing life due to improved cooling of the motor bearings.

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EP14150306.0A EP2752977A2 (de) 2013-01-08 2014-01-07 Kühlsystem für eine elektrische Maschine und Verfahren zum Zusammenbau derselben
BR102014000283A BR102014000283A2 (pt) 2013-01-08 2014-01-07 sistema e método para montar um sistema de resfriamento para uma máquina que inclui um alojamento de máquina e máquina
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