Simulation of bypass electric water pump to reduce the engine warm-up time

There are several strategies have been developed in the automotive cooling system to improve engine thermal management. Basically, these designs use controllable actuators and mechatronic components such as electric water pump, controllable thermostat, and controllable electric fan to improve engine temperature control on most operating ranges. Most of the strategies are complicated and costly. This paper introduced a different approach to improve coolant temperature warm-up during cold start. The new strategy was by promoting a higher coolant flow rate inside the engine block by just installing an electric water pump in the bypass hose. The new approach’s cold start performance was studied using GT-SUITE on a transient model, complete with finite-element of engine block design, lubrication system, components friction model, engine with combustion model and vehicle system. The proposed strategy clearly showed faster coolant temperature increase (18 seconds faster compared to the conventional cooling system). The strategy not only increase the coolant temperature faster, but also increases the oil temperature faster, lower Friction Mean Effective Pressure (FMEP), and lower fuel consumption at certain condition during the warm-up period.

The Performance Analysis and Motor Design of Electronic Water Pump Based on Pumplinx and Maxwell

Background: For the cooling system of the traditional new-type engine and new-energy vehicle, the water pump is the core of them. If the design of the water pump is not reasonable, the engine will be overcooled or overheated, which will affect the efficiency of the engine. Therefore, it is significant to propose a design method of electronic water pump for automobiles based on active regulation. Objective: In this study, an electric water pump was designed according to the condition in n = 4200r/min, Q = 90L/min, and H ≧ 4.4m. The flow, head, and efficiency and power of this electric water pump will be discussed. And a brushless direct current motor for this pump was designed and analyzed. Methods: The flow details of the pump, such as pressure distribution, velocity distribution, and turbulent kinetic energy distribution were obtained by Pumplinx. The head, efficiency, and power of the pump were established by the analysis of the flow field of the pump. Then, based on the working conditions of the pump mentioned above, a brushless direct current motor for the pump was designed by Maxwell and its performance was also analyzed. Results: The experimental results showed that the maximum efficiency of the motor reached 72%, the maximum efficiency point of the motor was near the rated speed, and the efficiency of the motor at rated power was 66.31%. Conclusion: The results showed that the complex condition of running water inside the pump can be exactly stimulated by the Computational Fluid Dynamics technique, especially about the pump head and its efficiency, which provided the theoretical foundation for the later application research and development of automotive electronic water pump.

Local Hot Spots of Electric Water Pump Casing Over Various Pumping Loads

The cooling system of an electric vehicle adopts an electric water pump. Since the lifespan of the battery is very sensitive to a very narrow temperature band, the cooling system provides key solutions. The electric water pump is a core component of the cooling system which satisfies performance and durability criteria. Since, a local hot spot of motor casing results in the degradation of motor lifespan, it is necessary to design the motor casing for effective heat rejection. In this study, two different motor casing designs are applied to reject the joule heating of the motor efficiently. The temperature distribution of each casing is investigated with an IR camera. The IR camera was used to identify the local hot spot where the heat was most generated in the pump. Since the joule heating is proportional to pump power, it is necessary to understand the operating characteristics of the electric water pump. The experimental apparatus includes a water reservoir, a bypass valve, pressure and temperature sensors, DAQ, and IR camera. The operating temperature is ranged from atmospheric temperature to 50°C. When the pump is operated with 25°C coolant, each experiment takes 1 hour for the steady-state conditions and maximum temperature up to 55 °C. Three different pump performance are investigated with two different pump casing. The coolant temperature is also changed from 25 °C to 50 °C. As a result, the local hot spot is strongly dependent to pump load and it is mainly observed near the cable connector. Since temperature distribution on the casing surface is also affected by local hot spots, it is necessary to optimize heat rejection by extended surface.

Swiping/pulse portable nozzle rainfall simulator

<p>Research of surface runoff, retention and infiltration processes consequenced with soil erosion by water is worldwide problem. There are numerous of natural and artificial research methods to study this phenomena. Use of rainfall simulators is one of the most popular artificial method. There are many types of rainfall simulators, we are introducing new type of portable nozzle-type rainfall simulator. This device combines advantages of pulse and swiping nozzle droplet generation. Device criteria were: (i) 2 person operation (ii) low water consumption (iii) wide range of rainfall intensity and kinetic energy. The simulator is supported by 4 metal legs. One fast-replaceable nozzle is placed above the center of a plot in 2 or 2,5 m height. Nozzle is connected to a control unit with stepper motor which allows it to swing, or stay in the vertical position with water flow interruption (solenoid valve). Required rainfall intensity is controlled by the velocity of stepper motor and water flow interruption periods. Metal collector is placed under the nozzle to drain the surplus water back to the reservoir. Standalone electric water pump is used to pump water into the system. 12 V DC and 230 V AC electricity supply is needed to run the device. Experimental plot can be up to 4 m<sup>2</sup> (2x2 m square) in size but usually a 1 m<sup>2</sup> (1x1 m) is used. Rainfall intensity could be used up to 100 mm h<sup>-1</sup>. Kinetic energy for the tested nozzles were 4 – 5,5 J m<sup>-2</sup> mm<sup>-1</sup>. The first testing shows Christiansen Uniformity up to 93% for 1 m<sup>2</sup> plot and 73% for 4 m<sup>2</sup> plot. The research has been carried out within the framework of projects QK1910029, TJ02000234 and TH02030428.[M3] </p>

Heat Distribution of Micro Turbocharger Cooling System for Motorcycle Application

The heat produced in turbocharger has the potential to destroy the bearing system and the oil piston ring. For the past years, the researchers have focused on heat transfer of micro turbocharger. The lack of research on the cooling system of the turbocharger has motivated the author to publish this paper. In this paper, the electrical water pump with air blower is used to reduce the heat effect. The impact of adding electric water pump o heat distribution on turbocharger has been discovered by conducting experimental research. The experimental research was conducted on one cylinder, two-stroke with Lifan engine 160 cc equipped with the turbocharger. The temperatures of the turbine, bearing housing, coolant inlet and outlet are measured and analyzed in this turbocharged engine test rig.