Papers by Keyword: Water Jacket

Abstract: Electric motor performance directly affects the overall performance of an electric vehicle (EV). The electric motor windings heats up when operated under extreme load and hence, reducing the efficiency of the vehicle. As such, EV propulsion system requires cooling systems, not only to the electric motor but also to the battery banks in order to ensure efficient operation and maximizing the electric components and vehicle lifetime. The project focuses on the design and development of a liquid cooling system for an electric vehicle propulsion system to determine the optimum size and cooling capacity by thermodynamic analysis. This paper described the analysis of energy transfer (heat removal) by using thermal resistance network approach in determining the suitable design for the cooling system of an AC-50 induction electric motor. The CAD drawing was generated to suit the dimension constrain and the cooling system was completed using CATIA software. The results showed that the optimal design for the water jacket for the maximum heat removal of 5500 W from the electric motor, should have a wall thickness of 0.5 cm with an annular thickness of 2.4 cm. Both copper and aluminium exhibited similar cooling capabilities with the latter having lower cost and ease of manufacturing.

Abstract: In the research of flow and heat transfer of the diesel engine cooling system, the boundary condition determination was often a difficult problem. The paper calculated the flow velocity and convective heat transfer coefficient respectively for a six-cylinder diesel engine under different boundary conditions which including the water jacket wall as adiabatic condition, average temperature condition, and the boundary conditions from the solid-fluid coupling calculating. And the calculated values of the jacket wall temperatures were compared with that of test. The results showed that the simulation with solid-fluid coupling boundary conditions had better precision. Based on the research, an improved structure design was conducted for the six-cylinder diesel engine, the results of simulation showed that the average flow speed at the internal surface of water jacket could reach up to 0.5m/s, the flow symmetry in each jacket got improved, and the convective heat transfer coefficient could reach more than 2000 W/m2·K. The improved cooling system can meet the design requirements.