This paper presents an electronic VSD （variable speed drive） for three-phase IM （induction motor） using a microcontroller. The VSD is designed for cooling applications where the 1M is coupled to a cooling fan. The...This paper presents an electronic VSD （variable speed drive） for three-phase IM （induction motor） using a microcontroller. The VSD is designed for cooling applications where the 1M is coupled to a cooling fan. The drive receives temperature feedback from objects to be cooled and output a corresponding frequency to the IM. A prototype of the VSD is constructed to control a 175 W, four pole, squirrel cage three-phase IM. The heart of the control circuit is a low-cost microchip＇s PICI6F777 microcontroller which is programmed using C language to generate variable frequency SPWM （sinusoidal pulse width modulation） switching signals. These switching signals are fed to an 1GBT inverter. The VSD constructed can be switched between two modes of speed control＂ automatic temperature-controlled mode and manual user-controlled mode. Cost savings using the prototype are demonstrated.展开更多
The present work experimentally and numerically investigates the local heat transfer enhancement induced by a piezoelectric fan interacting with a cross flow in a local heated channel.The piezoelectric fan is placed a...The present work experimentally and numerically investigates the local heat transfer enhancement induced by a piezoelectric fan interacting with a cross flow in a local heated channel.The piezoelectric fan is placed along the flow direction and tested under different amplitudes and flow rates.In the simulations,a spring-based smoothing method and a local remeshing technique are used to handle the moving boundary problems.Hybrid mesh is used to reduce the size of dynamic mesh domain and to improve computational efficiency.The experimental and numerical values of the time-averaged mean Nusselt number are found to be in good agreement,with deviations of less than 10%.The experimental result shows that the heat transfer performance of the heated surfaces is substantially enhanced with a vibrating piezoelectric fan.The numerical result shows that the heat transfer enhancement comes from the strong longitudinal vortex pairs generated by the piezoelectric fan,which significantly promote heat exchange between the main flow and the near-wall flow.In the case of a=0.66(a is the dimensionless amplitude)and Re=1820,the enhancement ratio of the time-averaged mean Nusselt number reaches 119.9%.展开更多
A dual-sided multiple fans system with a piezoelectric actuator （＂D-MFPA＂）, which is able to drive eight passive vibrating fans and provide two-directional air flows by using only one piezoelectric actuator, has b...A dual-sided multiple fans system with a piezoelectric actuator （＂D-MFPA＂）, which is able to drive eight passive vibrating fans and provide two-directional air flows by using only one piezoelectric actuator, has been investigated in this study. Moreover, two types of the fan designs, viz. magnetic fan （MF） and composite magnetic fan （CMF） were also explored. In the investigation of the MF, the results indicated that the resonance frequency of the D-MFPA increased from 27.6 Hz to 66 Hz as the length of the carbon fiber plate （L） decreased from 55 mm to 35 mm. It also decreased the amplitude of the D-MFPA from 12.4mm to 4.8 mm. For CMF, the results showed that the resonance frequency decreased when the length of the Mylar plate （Et） increased, and the maximum decrease was from 66 Hz to 45 Hz when L= 35 mm and Er= 30 mm. Dimensionless heat convection number （MD_MFPA） was defined to describe and quantify the improvement in the thermal performance. The results showed that the optimal MO-MFPA of the single piezoelectric fan was 1,58 for cooling one heat source. By contrast, under the same power consumption, the D-MFPA not only cooled two heat sources but also displayed better thermal performance.展开更多
文摘This paper presents an electronic VSD （variable speed drive） for three-phase IM （induction motor） using a microcontroller. The VSD is designed for cooling applications where the 1M is coupled to a cooling fan. The drive receives temperature feedback from objects to be cooled and output a corresponding frequency to the IM. A prototype of the VSD is constructed to control a 175 W, four pole, squirrel cage three-phase IM. The heart of the control circuit is a low-cost microchip＇s PICI6F777 microcontroller which is programmed using C language to generate variable frequency SPWM （sinusoidal pulse width modulation） switching signals. These switching signals are fed to an 1GBT inverter. The VSD constructed can be switched between two modes of speed control＂ automatic temperature-controlled mode and manual user-controlled mode. Cost savings using the prototype are demonstrated.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.51575487 , 51875521)。
文摘The present work experimentally and numerically investigates the local heat transfer enhancement induced by a piezoelectric fan interacting with a cross flow in a local heated channel.The piezoelectric fan is placed along the flow direction and tested under different amplitudes and flow rates.In the simulations,a spring-based smoothing method and a local remeshing technique are used to handle the moving boundary problems.Hybrid mesh is used to reduce the size of dynamic mesh domain and to improve computational efficiency.The experimental and numerical values of the time-averaged mean Nusselt number are found to be in good agreement,with deviations of less than 10%.The experimental result shows that the heat transfer performance of the heated surfaces is substantially enhanced with a vibrating piezoelectric fan.The numerical result shows that the heat transfer enhancement comes from the strong longitudinal vortex pairs generated by the piezoelectric fan,which significantly promote heat exchange between the main flow and the near-wall flow.In the case of a=0.66(a is the dimensionless amplitude)and Re=1820,the enhancement ratio of the time-averaged mean Nusselt number reaches 119.9%.
文摘A dual-sided multiple fans system with a piezoelectric actuator （＂D-MFPA＂）, which is able to drive eight passive vibrating fans and provide two-directional air flows by using only one piezoelectric actuator, has been investigated in this study. Moreover, two types of the fan designs, viz. magnetic fan （MF） and composite magnetic fan （CMF） were also explored. In the investigation of the MF, the results indicated that the resonance frequency of the D-MFPA increased from 27.6 Hz to 66 Hz as the length of the carbon fiber plate （L） decreased from 55 mm to 35 mm. It also decreased the amplitude of the D-MFPA from 12.4mm to 4.8 mm. For CMF, the results showed that the resonance frequency decreased when the length of the Mylar plate （Et） increased, and the maximum decrease was from 66 Hz to 45 Hz when L= 35 mm and Er= 30 mm. Dimensionless heat convection number （MD_MFPA） was defined to describe and quantify the improvement in the thermal performance. The results showed that the optimal MO-MFPA of the single piezoelectric fan was 1,58 for cooling one heat source. By contrast, under the same power consumption, the D-MFPA not only cooled two heat sources but also displayed better thermal performance.
