Development of comprehensive and interactive training programme for thermal design of electric motors

世界向更绿色技术过渡的速度决定了将气候变化限制在可逆水平的成功与否。电动马达构成了绿色技术的关键部分，为化石燃料燃烧现状提供了电动替代方案。设计有效的电机冷却系统是保证电机可靠运行的关键。随着功率密度的增加，需要散失的热量也会增加。详细的热设计对于电机实现这些雄心勃勃的性能目标至关重要。这一领域对专业热工程技能的需求正在增加，目前，该技能的需求超过了供应。因此，许多汽车开发人员依赖没有接受过正式热工程培训的工程师来承担这方面的设计。这个项目从两个方面解决了人才短缺的问题：1为员工队伍中的工程师提供引人入胜的实践培训，使他们掌握执行热分析的知识和工具2\。为进入劳动力大军的下一代工程师提高教学机构的热工教育质量本项目继续进行成功和翔实的可行性研究工作，该研究提供了该领域当前需求和培训的详细情况，并为满足客户需求的培训课程奠定了基础。在这个项目中，将制定一个关于电机热管理的完整培训计划。这将交付给行业中的高级技能工程师，以及本科生和研究生，即未来的工程师。电气冷却解决方案公司是电气驱动热工程方面的专家，正在开发一个基于Web的仿真平台，名为Cohere，用于设计电机的热管理系统。作为通过该项目开发的创新培训材料的一部分，COLHERE将用于演示热管理战略的模拟实例。该项目将与诺丁汉大学合作，诺丁汉大学在电机设计的教学和培训方面拥有丰富的经验。该项目将提供首个此类综合热工教育工具，面向电机开发商和教学机构。

The rate at which the world transitions to greener technologies determines the success of limiting climate change to a reversible level. Electric motors form a pivotal part of green technologies, providing electric alternates to the fossil-fuel burning status-quo. Designing effective cooling systems for electric motors is essential to ensure reliable operation. As power density increases, so does the amount of heat that requires dissipating. Detailed thermal design is crucial for electric motors to meet these ambitious performance goals.The need for specialist thermal engineering skills in this sector is increasing, and currently, the demand for this skill outstrips supply. As a result, many motor developers rely on engineers without formal thermal engineering training to undertake this aspect of the design.This project addresses the talent shortage in two ways:1\. Provide engaging, hands-on training to engineers in the workforce, equipping them with knowledge and tools for performing thermal analysis2\. Improve the quality of thermal engineering education at teaching institutions for the next generation of engineers entering the workforceThis project continues work from a successful and informative feasibility study, which provided detail of the current landscape of demand and availability of training in this field as well as developing the foundations of a training course that meets customers' needs. Within this project, a full training program will be developed on the thermal management of electric motors. This will be delivered to upskill engineers in the industry, as well to undergraduate and postgraduate students, the engineers of the future.Electrical Cooling Solutions, the lead project partner, are experts in thermal engineering for electric drives and are developing a web-based simulation platform called Cohere for designing thermal management systems for motors. Cohere will be used to demonstrate simulated examples of thermal management strategies as part of the innovative training materials developed through this project. The project will partner with the University of Nottingham, which has significant experience in delivering teaching and training of electric motor designs.The project will deliver a first-of-its-kind comprehensive thermal engineering education tool, targeted at electric motor developers and teaching institutions.