Cooling and Optimization in the Groove of the Outer Rotor HubMotor  

作　　者：Zhuo Liu Yecui Yan 

机构地区：[1]School of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering,Shanghai University of Engineering Science,Shanghai,201620,China

出　　处：《Frontiers in Heat and Mass Transfer》2024年第5期1443-1460,共18页热量和质量传递前沿（英文）

基　　金：supported by National Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51705306).

摘　　要：The external rotor hub motor adopts direct drive mode,no deceleration drive device,and has a compact structure.Its axial size is smaller than that of a deceleration-driven hub motor,which greatly reduces the weight of the vehicle and increases the cruising range of the vehicle.Because of the limited special working environment and performance requirements,the hub motor has a small internal space and a large heat generation,so it puts forward higher requirements for heat dissipation capacity.For the external rotor hub motor,a new type of in-tank watercooled structure of hub motor was proposed to improve its cooling effect and performance.Firstly,the threedimensional finite element model of the motor is established to analyze the characteristics of motor loss and temperature field distribution.Secondly,the cooling performance of different cooling structures in the tank was studied.Finally,the thermal network model and three-dimensional finite element analysis were used to optimize the water-cooled structure in the tank,and the power density of themotor was improved by improving the cooling performance under the condition of volume limitation of the hub motor.The results show that the cooling effect of the proposed water-cooled structure in the tank is significant under the condition of constant power density.Compared to natural ventilation,the maximum temperature was reduced by 33.13°C and the cooling effect was increased by about 27.7%.

关 键 词：Outer rotor hub motor temperature field water cooling in the tank motor loss thermal networks high torque density 

分 类 号：TK17[动力工程及工程热物理—热能工程]