Saviers, Kimberly Rae

DOE OSTI2024

Aircraft electric motor having a stator heat pipe cooling scheme

Aircraft electric motors are described. The aircraft electric motors include a motor unit having a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator includes a plurality of windings and cooling channels arranged to provide cooling to the plurality of windings, a drive unit configured to drive operation of the motor unit, and a cooling system. The cooling system includes an oscillating heat pipe containing a first working fluid, wherein the oscillating heat pipe is arranged to pick up heat from at least one winding, the oscillating heat pipe having an evaporator section arranged in thermal contact with the at least one winding and a condenser section arranged away from the evaporator section and a heat pickup portion arranged to receive a second working fluid to remove heat from the condenser section of the oscillating heat pipe.

Saviers, Kimberly Rae↗

DOE OSTI2024

Aircraft electric motor with integrated cooling system

Aircraft electric motors include a motor unit having a rotor and a stator. The stator includes a plurality of windings and cooling channels arranged to provide cooling thereto. A drive unit is configured to drive operation of the motor unit. A cooling system includes a working fluid arranged within a cooling fluid flow path, wherein the cooling fluid flow path includes a liquid cooling path configured to direct flow of the working fluid through, at least, the cooling channels of the motor unit and a vapor cooling path configured to direct flow of the working fluid through the drive unit and a separator arranged upstream of each of the liquid cooling path and the vapor cooling path and configured to direct a liquid portion of the working fluid into the liquid cooling path and configured to direct a vapor portion of the working fluid into the vapor cooling path.

Alahyari, Abbas A.↗

DOE OSTI2023

Aircraft electric motor

Aircraft electric motors are described. The aircraft electric motors include a motor unit having a rotor and a stator, wherein the stator includes a plurality of windings and cooling channels arranged to provide cooling to the plurality of windings, a drive unit configured to drive operation of the motor unit, and a cooling system having at least one directional feature forming a portion of at least one cooling channel, the at least one directional feature configured to prevent backflow of a cooling fluid that passes through the at least one cooling channel.

Alahyari, Abbas A.↗

DOE OSTI2023

Electric motor cooling with oscillating heat pipes

A stator and a motor including a stator. The stator includes a stator hub, a plurality of stator teeth extending from the stator hub that define a stator slot having a stator slot base, at least one winding disposed in the stator slot, and one or more oscillating heat pipes disposed at least partially in the at least one winding. The at least one winding is held apart from the stator slot base so that a cooling channel is defined between an inner winding portion of the at least one winding and a portion of the one or more oscillating heat pipes is disposed in the channel so cooling fluid can be passed between the stator slot base and the inner winding portion to cool the inner winding portion via at least operation of the one or more oscillating heat pipes.

Alahyari, Abbas A.↗