JP2011223737A - Cooling device for rotating electric machine - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a cooling device for a rotating electric machine capable of sufficiently cooling a stator.SOLUTION: A cooling device for a rotating electric machine 10 comprises: first and second guide parts 36 and 38 which are arranged along an upper outer periphery of a stator 14 and guide cooling liquid into the stator 14; a supply part 34 which supplies the cooling liquid to the first guide part 36; a weir section 46 which is arranged in the first guide part 36 and keeps back part of the cooling liquid supplied from the supply part 34; and an outflow hole 48 from which the cooling liquid kept back by the weir section 46 flows out. The first guide part 36 guides the cooling liquid which passes through the weir section 46 to the stator 14, and the second guide part 38 receives the cooling liquid which is kept back by the weir section 46 and flows out from the outflow hole 48, and then guides it to the stator 14.

Description

  The present invention relates to a cooling device for a rotating electrical machine, and more particularly to improvement of a flow path through which a cooling liquid for cooling a stator flows.

  The rotating electrical machine includes a rotor and a stator disposed around the rotor. The stator has a coil, and a rotating magnetic field is generated when a current flows through the coil. The rotor is rotated by an electromagnetic action acting between the rotating magnetic field and the rotor.

  Generally, a stator coil generates heat due to a current flowing through the coil. When the coil generates heat, the temperature of the stator increases and the efficiency of the rotating electrical machine decreases. Therefore, there is an example in which the starter is cooled by the coolant.

  The following Patent Document 1 describes a rotating electric machine having a spear through which a coolant flows. The scissors are arranged along the upper outer periphery of the coil end of the stator, and a hole is formed on the bottom surface of the scissors. A guide for guiding the coolant toward the coil end is connected to the hole. Both the scissors and the guide are flow paths through which the cooling liquid flows, and these are hereinafter simply referred to as guide portions.

JP 2004-180376 A

  In the rotating electrical machine disclosed in Patent Document 1, as described above, the coolant is supplied to the stator via the guide portion provided above the coil end of the stator, and the stator can be cooled.

  By the way, due to structural restrictions such as downsizing of the rotating electrical machine, there is a case where the supply source of the coolant to the guide unit is not provided directly above the guide unit. In this case, there is a possibility that the coolant from the supply source is not uniformly supplied in the longitudinal direction of the guide portion, in other words, in the circumferential direction of the stator. Further, when the entire rotating electrical machine is inclined, there is a possibility that the flow of the coolant in the guide portion becomes non-uniform. As described above, when the flow of the coolant in the guide portion becomes non-uniform, there arises a problem that the stator cannot be sufficiently cooled.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a cooling device for a rotating electrical machine that can sufficiently cool a stator even if the supply source of the coolant to the guide portion is not directly above the guide portion or the rotating electrical machine is inclined. It is in.

  The present invention relates to a rotating electrical machine cooling device that cools a rotating electrical machine having a rotor and a stator disposed around the rotor, and is arranged along the upper outer periphery of the stator, and the first and A second guide part, a supply part for supplying the coolant to the first guide part, a weir part provided in the first guide part and blocking a part of the flow of the coolant supplied from the supply part, and a weir part An outlet hole through which the coolant that is blocked by the dam portion flows out, and the first guide portion guides the coolant that has passed through the dam portion to the stator, The second guide portion is blocked by the dam portion, receives the coolant flowing out from the outflow hole, and guides it to the stator.

  Moreover, it is preferable that a supply part is arrange | positioned in the offset position which shifted | deviated from the top part of the perpendicular direction of the stator.

  Further, the stator preferably includes a coil including a coil end that is a region protruding from the axial end portion of the stator, and the first and second guide portions are preferably arranged along the outer peripheral surface of the coil end. .

  Moreover, it is preferable that the 1st and 2nd guide parts are connected integrally.

  According to the cooling apparatus for a rotating electrical machine of the present invention, the stator can be sufficiently cooled even if the supply source of the coolant to the guide part is not directly above the guide part or the rotating electrical machine is inclined.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the cooling device for rotary electric machines which concerns on this embodiment. It is the figure seen from the A direction of FIG. It is the figure seen from the B direction of FIG.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of a cooling device for a rotating electrical machine according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. As an example, an electric vehicle will be described and a cooling device for a rotating electric machine mounted on the vehicle as a prime mover will be described. The present invention is not limited to the cooling device provided in the rotating electric machine of the electric vehicle, and may be provided in other rotating electric machines. For example, the present invention can also be applied to a rotating electrical machine used as power for equipment installed in a factory.

  In addition, the shapes of the guide unit, the supply unit, and the like described below are illustrative examples, and can be appropriately changed according to the shape of the rotating electrical machine.

  Hereinafter, the same reference numerals are given to the same elements in all the drawings, and the overlapping description is omitted. In the description in the text, the symbols described before are used as necessary.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a cooling device for a rotating electrical machine according to the present embodiment, FIG. 2 is a diagram viewed from a direction A in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a diagram viewed from a direction B in FIG. FIG. In these figures, XYZ axes are shown as three reference axes orthogonal to each other. Here, the X axis is the longitudinal direction of the rotating shaft of the rotating electrical machine, the Z axis is a vertical direction parallel to the direction of gravity, and the Y axis is an axis orthogonal to the X axis and the Z axis.

  The rotating electrical machine 10 includes a rotor 12 and a stator 14.

  The rotor 12 is a cylindrical magnetic body that is concentric with the rotary shaft 16, and is configured by stacking, for example, electromagnetic steel plates in the X-axis direction. A permanent magnet (not shown) is disposed on the rotor 12 in the circumferential direction. The rotating shaft 16 is rotatably supported by a bearing (not shown) disposed in a housing (not shown) of the rotating electrical machine 10.

  The stator 14 is disposed around the rotor 12 with a slight gap. The stator 14 includes a stator core 18 having a hollow cylindrical shape. The stator core 18 is a magnetic body, and is formed, for example, by laminating electromagnetic steel plates in the X-axis direction. Although not shown, the stator core 18 has an annular yoke and teeth that protrude radially inward from the inner periphery of the yoke and are arranged at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. A conductor is passed through a slot that is a groove-like space between the teeth. The conductor is wound around the teeth while passing through the slot, thereby forming the coil 20.

  The coil 20 has a so-called coil end 22 where a conductor is bridged from one slot to another. As shown in FIG. 2, the coil end 22 is a region that protrudes from the end of the stator 14 in the X-axis direction. The coil 20 of the present embodiment has a square cross section perpendicular to the extending direction of the coil 20, that is, the X-axis direction. Specifically, an edge-wise coil (Edge Width Coil) or the like is used. The flat wire is adopted. For this reason, compared with the coil formed by winding a round wire, the space factor of the coil 20 accommodated in the slot (the ratio of the conductor in the cross section of the coil) is improved. The heat dissipation is also excellent.

  In the rotating electrical machine 10 configured as above, a rotating magnetic field is generated in the stator 14 by energization of the coil 20, and a force attracted by the rotating magnetic field is generated in the rotor 12 having a permanent magnet. Rotate.

  The rotating electrical machine cooling device 30 includes a guide portion 32 that guides the coolant to the stator 14 and a supply portion 34 that supplies the coolant to the guide portion 32. As the cooling liquid, cooling oil, cooling water, or the like can be used. The cooling oil may also serve as the lubricating oil of the rotating electrical machine 10.

  The guide portion 32 is disposed along the upper outer peripheral surface of the stator 14 and forms a coolant flow path for cooling the stator 14. Specifically, the guide portion 32 is disposed along the upper outer peripheral surface of the coil end 22 of the stator 14 as shown in FIGS. Since the heat source of the stator 14 is the coil 20, it is possible to efficiently cool the stator 14 while downsizing the guide portion 32 by cooling only the coil end 22. In addition, this invention is not limited to this structure, The guide part 32 can be arrange | positioned along the upper outer peripheral surface of the stator core 18 or the stator core 18 and the coil end 22. FIG.

  The guide portion 32 is a curved saddle member that curves along the upper outer peripheral surface of the stator 14, has a bottom portion facing the stator 14, opens on the opposite side of the bottom portion, and also opens both end portions. 2 shows only the positional relationship of the guide portion 32 with respect to the stator 14, and the detailed configuration of the curved saddle member of the guide portion 32 is omitted.

  In this embodiment, although the case where the guide part 32 was a curved saddle member was demonstrated, it is not limited to this structure, The curved tubular member by which the other side of the bottom part is closed can also be used as a guide part. In this case, openings are respectively provided at positions corresponding to discharge ports 44 of the supply section 34 described later and positions corresponding to the outflow holes 48 of the first guide section 36. Moreover, it is good also as a shape which closed the both ends which are the both front-end | tip parts which the guide part 32 curves.

  The guide part 32 of this embodiment has the 1st guide part 36 and the 2nd guide part 38 which were provided so that it might rank with the circumferential direction, and these guide parts 36 and 38 are connected integrally. With this configuration, the number of components of the rotating electrical machine cooling device 30 can be reduced, and the number of assembly steps can be reduced. In addition, this invention is not limited to this structure, The 1st and 2nd guide parts 36 and 38 may each be arrange | positioned along the upper outer peripheral surface of the stator 14 at intervals.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the curved region facing the outer peripheral surface of the stator 14 in the guide portion 32 is symmetrically arranged with respect to the Z axis that is the vertical axis when the rotating electrical machine 10 is in a normal posture relationship. Thus, it is arranged along the upper outer peripheral surface of the stator 14.

  A plurality of coolant supply ports 40 are formed at the bottom of the guide portion 32. Specifically, seven and five coolant supply ports 40 are formed at the bottoms of the first and second guide portions 36 and 38, respectively. These coolant supply ports 40 are holes for supplying the coolant flowing through the guide portion 32 by flowing down toward the stator 14. The coolant supply ports 40 are provided at predetermined intervals along the longitudinal direction of the guide portion 32. In addition, the number of the coolant supply ports 40 is an example, and the present invention is not limited to the total number 12 of the coolant supply ports 40.

  The guide portion 32 has a separation wall 42 for separating the first and second guide portions 36 and 38. The separation wall 42 blocks the flow of the cooling liquid between the first and second guide portions 36 and 38.

  The supply unit 34 is a channel through which a coolant is supplied from a coolant supply source (not shown). As the coolant supply source, a pump or the like that pumps coolant from the bottom of the rotating electrical machine 10 can be used. Instead of the pump, the rotation of the rotor 12 can be used to pump the coolant and supply it to the supply unit 34. An independent coolant circulation pump or the like disposed outside the rotating electrical machine 10 can also be used.

  The supply unit 34 is arranged not at a position directly above the top of the stator 14 but at a position offset from the stator 14 along the X-axis direction so as to be slightly spaced in parallel to the upper outer periphery of the guide unit 32. This offset occurs when the supply unit 34 cannot be disposed directly above the top of the stator 14 due to downsizing of the rotating electrical machine system including the rotating electrical machine 10 and the cooling device 30 for the rotating electrical machine. Here, the top portion of the stator 14 is a portion where the upper outer peripheral portion of the stator 14 and the Z axis intersect as shown in FIG.

  A discharge hole 44 is formed in the supply unit 34. The discharge hole 44 is a hole for discharging the coolant to the guide part 32. Specifically, the discharge hole 44 opens toward the opening 36 a at the end of the first guide portion 36, and the coolant discharged from the discharge hole 44 is supplied to the first guide portion 36, and the second guide It is not supplied to the part 38.

  The rotating electrical machine cooling device 30 according to the present embodiment includes a weir portion 46 provided in the first guide portion 36 and an outflow hole 48 formed in the first guide portion 36 on the supply portion 34 side from the weir portion 46.

  The weir part 46 is formed so as to reduce the flow path area through which the coolant flows in the first guide part 36. Specifically, the dam part 46 is formed so as to block the lower part of the ridge. With this configuration, the weir unit 46 blocks a part of the flow of the coolant supplied from the supply unit 34.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the outflow hole 48 is a hole formed in the side wall of the first guide portion 36, in other words, a notch. With this configuration, the cooling liquid blocked by the dam portion 46 can be discharged from the outflow hole 48. And the 2nd guide part 38 is arrange | positioned so that the coolant which flowed out from the outflow hole 48 can be received, as FIG. 3 shows.

  The operation of the above configuration will be described in detail below. When the coolant is supplied to the supply unit 34 from a coolant supply source (not shown), the coolant is discharged from the discharge hole 44 of the supply unit 34 toward the first guide unit 36. At this time, the coolant discharged from the discharge hole 44 is supplied to the first guide portion 36 from the opening region 36 a of the first guide portion 36.

  A portion of the coolant flowing through the first guide portion 36 is blocked by the action of the weir portion 46. The coolant that has passed through the weir portion 46 continues to flow through the first guide portion 36, flows down from the coolant supply port 40 at the bottom thereof, and is supplied to the coil end 22 of the stator 14.

  On the other hand, a part of the coolant blocked by the weir part 46 flows out from the outflow hole 48 and is supplied to the second guide part 38. Thereafter, the coolant flows through the second guide portion 38, flows down from the coolant supply port 40 at the bottom thereof, and is supplied to the coil end 22 of the stator 14.

  Thus, the stator 14 is cooled by supplying the coolant to the stator 14. The coolant supplied to the stator 14 flows down to the lower part of the rotating electrical machine 10 through the stator 14, is recovered by a coolant recovery unit (not shown), and is returned to the coolant supply source. In this way, the coolant circulates while cooling the stator 14.

  According to the rotating electrical machine cooling apparatus 30 of the present embodiment, the coolant can be supplied to the first and second guide portions 36 and 38 evenly by the weir portion 46 and the outflow hole 48, and the rotating electrical machine 10 can be supplied more efficiently. It can be cooled sufficiently.

  Further, according to the rotating electrical machine cooling device 30 of the present embodiment, the stator 14 can be sufficiently cooled even when the rotating electrical machine 10 is inclined. This effect will be described in detail below.

  The inclination of the rotating electrical machine 10 is a state in which the Y axis and the Z axis are rotating with respect to FIG. Since the relative positional relationship between the rotating electrical machine cooling device 30 and the rotating electrical machine 10 is fixed, when the rotating electrical machine 10 is tilted, the rotating electrical machine cooling device 30 is similarly tilted. Even in this case, since there are the weir part 46 and the outflow hole 48, a part of the cooling liquid supplied from the supply part 34 to the first guide part 36 passes through the first guide part 36 as it is despite the inclination. The remaining portion is supplied from the notch 48 to the second guide 38. That is, regardless of the inclination of the rotating electrical machine 10, the coolant is properly distributed to the first and second guide portions 36 and 38. With this distribution, the coolant can sufficiently cool the stator 14 despite the rotation of the rotating electrical machine 10.

  Further, according to the rotating electrical machine cooling device 30 of the present embodiment, the supply unit 34 is arranged at an offset position that is shifted from the top of the stator 14 in the vertical direction, so that the coolant supply source to the guide unit 32 is guided. Even when it is not provided directly above the portion 32, the stator 14 can be sufficiently cooled.

  In this embodiment, although the case where the dam part 46 was formed so that the lower part of the collar of the 1st guide part 36 was plugged was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this structure. If the flow path area of the first guide part 36 is reduced and a part of the flow of the coolant can be blocked, a wall having a through hole can be provided in the flow path of the first guide part 36.

  In this embodiment, although the case where the outflow hole 48 was formed in the side wall of the 1st guide part 36 was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this structure. If the cooling liquid blocked by the weir part 46 can be distributed to the second guide part 38, the outflow hole 48 can be provided on the bottom surface. Thus, the shapes of the weir part 46 and the outflow hole 48 can be appropriately set in consideration of the flow rate of the distributed coolant.

  In this embodiment, although the case where the rotary electric machine 10 was a permanent magnet type motor was demonstrated, this invention is not limited to this structure. If the stator 14 has the coil 20 which is a heat generating body, the rotary electric machine 10 may be other types, for example, an induction winding type.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Rotating electrical machine, 12 Rotor, 14 Stator, 16 Rotating shaft, 18 Stator core, 20 Coil, 22 Coil end, 30 Rotating electrical machine cooling device, 32 Guide part, 34 Supply part, 36 First guide part, 38 Second guide part , 40 Coolant supply port, 42 separation wall, 44 discharge hole, 46 weir part, 48 outflow hole.

Claims (4)

In a rotating electrical machine cooling device for cooling a rotating electrical machine having a rotor and a stator disposed around the rotor,
A first guide portion and a second guide portion arranged along the upper outer periphery of the stator, for guiding the coolant to the stator;
A supply unit for supplying the coolant to the first guide unit;
A dam part provided in the first guide part and damming a part of the flow of the coolant supplied from the supply part;
An outflow hole formed in the first guide part on the supply part side from the weir part, and from which the coolant dammed by the weir part flows out;
Have
The first guide part guides the coolant that has passed through the weir part to the stator,
The second guide portion is blocked by the dam portion, receives the coolant flowing out from the outflow hole, and guides it to the stator.
A cooling device for a rotating electrical machine. In the cooling device for rotating electrical machines according to claim 1,
The supply unit is disposed at an offset position shifted from the top of the stator in the vertical direction.
A cooling device for a rotating electrical machine. The cooling apparatus for a rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 or 2,
The stator has a coil including a coil end that is a region protruding from the axial end of the stator,
The first and second guide portions are disposed along the outer peripheral surface at the coil end.
A cooling device for a rotating electrical machine. In the cooling device for rotating electrical machines according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
The first and second guide portions are connected together,
A cooling device for a rotating electrical machine.

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