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dc.contributor.advisorDaniel Frey.en_US
dc.contributor.authorMeenen, Jordan Nen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-11-08T17:50:25Z
dc.date.available2010-11-08T17:50:25Z
dc.date.copyright2010en_US
dc.date.issued2010en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59948
dc.descriptionThesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2010.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of thesis.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 32-33).en_US
dc.description.abstractIn this thesis I worked on the design and analysis of a cooling system for the electric motor of the MIT Electric Vehicle Team's Porsche 914 Battery Electric Vehicle. The vehicle's Azure Dynamics AC24 motor tended to overheat (up to around 140C), which caused the motor controller to limit the maximum power of the motor. The maximum operating temperature of the motor is listed as 55C. The power limitation prevented the vehicle from achieving its top possible speeds, reaching only 87mph when it should get to over 100mph. To solve this problem, I designed a heat-exchanger system that runs coolant (a mix of water and ethylene glycol) through aluminum passages over the motor surface. The coolant then enters a heat-sink apparatus which consists of winding copper pipes attached to an aluminum array of fins (the heat sink) which convect away the heat into the moving ambient air. I found that with this system, at an ambient temperature of 50C, the maximum motor temperature would be about 72.61C. Even if the air temperature is 32C (89.6F), the maximum motor temperature will only be 54.7C, which is within the listed operating temperature of the motor and meets our goal. The total cost of this system is estimated to be $646.91.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Jordan N. Meenen.en_US
dc.format.extent33 p.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582en_US
dc.subjectMechanical Engineering.en_US
dc.titleMIT Electric Vehicle Team Porsche designing a cooling system for the AC24 electric motoren_US
dc.title.alternativeMassachusetts Institute of Technology Electric Vehicle Team Porsche designing a cooling system for the AC24 electric motoren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.B.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
dc.identifier.oclc676926611en_US


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