KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems

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Thermal Analysis of a Canned Induction Motor for Main Coolant Pump in System-Integrated Modular Advanced Reactor

  • Huh, Hyung (Div. Of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Jong-In (Div. Of Mechanical Engineering, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Kern-Jung (Dept. of Electrical Engineering, ChungNam National University)
  • Published : 2003.01.01
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Abstract

The three-phase canned induction motor, which consists of a stator and rotor with a seal can, is used for the main coolant pump (MCP) of the System-integrated Modular Advanced Reactor (SMART). The thermal characteristics of the can must be estimated exactly, since the eddy current loss of the can is a dominant parameter in design. Besides the insulation of the motor winding is compared of Teflon, glass fiber, and air, so it is not an easy task to analyze. A FEM thermal analysis was per-formed by using the thermal properties of complex insulation which were obtained by comparing the results of finite element thermal analysis and those of the experiment. As a result, it is shown that the characteristics of prototype canned induction motor have a good agreement with the results of FEM.

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