Rotor with coil airflow paths

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11901774-B2
Application number	US-202117199658-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 12, 2021
Priority date	Mar 17, 2020
Publication date	Feb 13, 2024
Grant date	Feb 13, 2024

Abstract

According to one embodiment, a rotor includes a coil slot, a sub-slot, and coil airflow paths arranged in the rotor axial direction. At least one coil airflow path among the coil airflow paths includes a first wall surface disposed on a core central portion side of a cooling gas inlet portion of the coil airflow path, a second wall surface disposed on the core central portion side of an inside of the coil airflow path, and located more on the rotor radially outward side and more on a core end portion side than the first wall surface, and a third wall surface configured to connect the first wall surface and the second wall surface, the third wall surface including a surface perpendicular to a rotor radial direction.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotor of a rotating electrical machine, the rotor comprising:
a coil slot configured to store a rotor coil;
a sub-slot configured to introduce a cooling gas from a core end portion and to pass the cooling gas toward a core central portion in a rotor axial direction; and
a plurality of coil airflow paths arranged in the rotor axial direction, each of the coil airflow paths being provided in the rotor coil and configured to introduce the cooling gas flowing in the sub-slot and to pass the cooling gas toward a rotor radially outward side, such that the cooling gas flowing into the sub-slot branches and flows into the respective coil airflow paths,
wherein at least one coil airflow path among the coil airflow paths comprises:
a first wall surface disposed on a core central portion side of a cooling gas inlet portion of the coil airflow path;
a second wall surface disposed on the core central portion side of an inside of the coil airflow path, and located on an opposite side of a flowing direction of the cooling gas through the sub-slot with respect to the first wall surface, more on the rotor radially outward side and more on a core end portion side than the first wall surface; and
a third wall surface configured to connect the first wall surface and the second wall surface, the third wall surface including a surface perpendicular to a rotor radial direction,
wherein the at least one coil airflow path is configured such that the cooling gas that enters from the sub-slot toward the first wall surface collides with the third wall surface and thereby flows in a direction opposite a direction of the cooling gas flowing through the sub-slot.

2. The rotor of the rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one coil airflow path is configured to cause part of the cooling gas flowing in the sub-slot to flow into a plurality of flow paths, which are divided by a first structural object, in the cooling gas inlet portion of the coil airflow path, and to make flows of the cooling gas passing through the flow paths confluent in the coil airflow path.

3. The rotor of the rotating electrical machine according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of flow paths are disposed to be arranged in the rotor axial direction.

4. The rotor of the rotating electrical machine according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of flow paths are disposed to be arranged in a rotor rotational direction.

5. The rotor of the rotating electrical machine according to claim 2 , wherein the at least one coil airflow path is configured to cause the cooling gas, which passes through the flow paths divided by the first structural object and is made confluent, to further flow into a plurality of flow paths which are divided by a second structural object in the inside of the coil airflow path, and make the cooling gas, which passes through the flow paths, confluent in the coil airflow path.

6. The rotor of the rotating electrical machine according to claim 2 , wherein in the coil airflow paths, a number of flow paths divided by the first structural object decreases from the core end portion toward the core central portion.

7. The rotor of the rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one coil airflow path includes:
a fourth wall surface disposed on the core end portion side of the cooling gas inlet portion of the coil airflow path;
a fifth wall surface disposed on the core end portion side of the inside of the coil airflow path, and located more on the rotor radially outward side and more on the core central portion side than the fourth wall surface; and
a sixth wall surface configured to connect the fourth wall surface and the fifth wall surface, the sixth wall surface including a surface perpendicular to the rotor radial direction.

8. The rotor of the rotating electrical machine according to claim 7 , wherein each of the coil airflow paths is configured such that a wall surface on the core central portion side includes at least either the first to third wall surfaces or the fourth to sixth wall surfaces, and
each of the coil airflow paths is configured such that an area of the third wall surface decreases from the core end portion toward the core central portion, or an area of the sixth wall surface increases from the core end portion toward the core central portion.

9. The rotor of the rotating electrical machine according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one coil airflow path is configured such that the second wall surface disposed on the core central portion side of the inside of the coil airflow path is located more on the core end portion side than a wall surface disposed on the core end portion side of the cooling gas inlet portion of the coil airflow path.

Assignees

• Toshiba Kk
• Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corp

Inventors

• Harakawa Takashi
• Kubo Shinji
• Kabata Yasuo
• Taniyama Yoshihiro
• Fuchimoto Ryo
• Ando Koji

Classifications

• H02K1/32 Primary

  with channels or ducts for flow of cooling medium · CPC title

• H02K3/24

  with channels or ducts for cooling medium between the conductors · CPC title

• H02K9/16

  wherein the cooling medium circulates through ducts or tubes within the casing · CPC title

• Y02T10/64

  Electric machine technologies in electromobility · CPC title