Simulating a fan motor

Good afternoon,

I am working at a project for Tenaris Silcotub, for changing some fan motors.

There is a 100MVA transformer, which gets very hot during the summer (its temperature reaches 65 degrees C) and now I am working at changing the fan motors.

Now I have to simulate the fan motor (current absorbtion, torque etc).

Does anyone know how I can simulate this using Simulink?

Answer 1

[Arnaud Miege]

Have a look at this short video. Although it focusses on the thermal aspect, other domains (electrical, mechanical) be modelled in a similar way. It uses Simscape, which is an add-on to Simulink for modelling physical systems. You may also want to look at SimElectronics, which is an add-on to Simscape for modelling analog electronics, semiconductors, electro-mechanical systems, etc...

HTH,

Arnaud

[Arnaud Miege]

PS: if the motor in question is three-phase, SimPowerSystems (http://www.mathworks.co.uk/products/simpower/) would be more appropriate.

[Ajeya]

@Arnaud Miege The link for "short video" does not exist. Please share any other resource if available.