Software tool to determine the thermal behavior of power connectors from experimental data
This project focuses on developing a software tool to analyse the thermal behaviour of cables and connectors under different conditions. The main purpose of this software tool is being able to compute the temperature of the cable and the connector in a quick and accurate way. First of all, a finite...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2022 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/376869 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/376869 |
| Access Level: | acceso embargado |
| Palabra clave: | Application software Electric cables Electric connectors Temperature measurements Finite element method Finite Difference Method Thermal Behaviour Cable Connector Electrical Programari d'aplicació Cables elèctrics Connectors elèctrics Termometria Elements finits, Mètode dels Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria elèctrica |
| Sumario: | This project focuses on developing a software tool to analyse the thermal behaviour of cables and connectors under different conditions. The main purpose of this software tool is being able to compute the temperature of the cable and the connector in a quick and accurate way. First of all, a finite difference method (FDM) perspective will be applied to analyse the connector assembly. In order to simplify the problem and speed up the model, the connector will be considered as a perfect cylinder. The boundary conditions for the simulation will be extracted from the IEEE-738 standard for cables without cover. Once developed, the applicability of the developed model will be cross-checked with experimental results. Secondly, whole cables assemblies will be also studied. To compute their temperature rise, another finite difference method, similar to the first one, will be built; taking into account the three parts of the cable: conductor, inner insulation and outer sheath. Again, the accuracy of this approach will be evaluated comparing it against experimental data. Finally, a set of problematic connectors will be thoroughly studied (comparing two types of crimping methods), to see whether the software is able to simulate the phenomena. |
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