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

开发电机热设计综合交互式培训计划

• 批准号: 10035999
• 金额: $ 6.29万
• 依托单位: ELECTRICAL COOLING SOLUTIONS LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Collaborative R&D
• 财政年份: 2022
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2022 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10035999
• 关键词: Development; comprehensive; interactive; training; programme

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.

世界向绿色技术过渡的速度决定了能否成功地将气候变化限制在可逆转的水平。电动机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力替代品。为电动机设计有效的冷却系统对于确保可靠运行至关重要。随着功率密度的增加，需要散热的热量也会增加。详细的热设计对于电动机实现这些雄心勃勃的性能目标至关重要。该行业对专业热工程技能的需求正在增加，目前对该技能的需求超过了供应。因此，许多电机开发商依赖没有经过正式热工程培训的工程师来进行这方面的设计。本项目从两个方面解决了人才短缺问题：1\.为员工队伍中的工程师提供引人入胜的实践培训，为他们提供执行热分析的知识和工具2\。为进入劳动力市场的下一代工程师提高教学机构的热能工程教育质量该项目继续开展成功的、信息丰富的可行性研究工作，该研究提供了该领域当前需求和培训可用性的详细情况，并为满足客户需求的培训课程奠定了基础。在该项目中，将制定关于电动机热管理的完整培训计划。这将提供给行业中的upskill工程师，以及本科生和研究生，未来的工程师。电气冷却解决方案，领先的项目合作伙伴，是电气驱动热工程的专家，正在开发一个基于Web的仿真平台，称为Cohere，用于设计电机热管理系统。Cohere将用于演示热管理策略的模拟示例，作为通过该项目开发的创新培训材料的一部分。该项目将与诺丁汉大学合作，该大学在电机设计教学和培训方面拥有丰富的经验。该项目将提供针对电机开发商和教学机构的首个全面的热工教育工具。