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

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一个可逆的水平。电动机是绿色技术的关键组成部分，为目前燃烧化石燃料的现状提供了电力替代品。为电动机设计有效的冷却系统是保证其可靠运行的必要条件。随着功率密度的增加，需要消散的热量也在增加。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，这种技能供不应求。因此，许多电机开发人员依靠没有经过正式热工程培训的工程师来承担这方面的设计。该项目从两个方面解决了人才短缺问题：1\；为工程师提供有吸引力的实践培训，为他们提供执行热分析的知识和工具。为下一代进入工作队伍的工程师提高教学机构的热能工程教育质量该项目继续进行了一项成功且信息丰富的可行性研究，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。在这个项目中，将制定一个关于电动机热管理的完整培训计划。这将交付给该行业的高技能工程师，以及本科生和研究生，未来的工程师。电气冷却解决方案公司是项目的主要合作伙伴，是电力驱动热工程方面的专家，他们正在开发一个基于网络的仿真平台，名为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，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。该项目将提供首个针对电机开发人员和教学机构的综合热工程教育工具。

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.