Thermal Management of Electrical Machine

Guest Speaker: Dr Peter Connor, Senior Research Fellow, FLUTE Research Group at the University of Nottingham

Abstract:

Peter Connor has been a member of the FLUTE research group at the University of Nottingham since 2009. He completed a PhD and has spent the past 6 years as a post-doc researcher within the group. In the first part of this presentation, an overview, opportunities, information and support available within the group will be presented, from a researcher’s perspective. This will be followed by a summary of his research “Thermal Management of Electrical Machines”. Improved thermal management of rotating electrical machines through combined fluid and thermal engineering can significantly increase machine power-densities, efficiencies and lifetime. These improvements can enable substantial fuel savings for aerospace, traction and primary power generation applications to directly reduce fossil fuel consumption and its impact on climate change.

This presentation will present an overview of typical thermofluid challenges faced and modelling/experimental methods used by the Thermal Management of Electrical Machines Team within the FLUTE group at the University of Nottingham.

Bio:

Dr Peter H. Connor received an M.Eng. and Ph.D. from the Department of Mechanical, Materials and Manufacturing Engineering Department, University of Nottingham, UK, in 2009 and 2014  respectively. He is a Senior Research Fellow in the Fluids and Thermal Engineering Research Group in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham. His research interests are the mechanical design and thermal management of electrical machines for industrial power generation and aerospace propulsion.