Simulating a fan motor

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Mihai
Mihai on 18 Apr 2011
Commented: Ajeya on 8 Oct 2013
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?

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Arnaud Miege
Arnaud Miege on 18 Apr 2011
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
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Arnaud Miege
Arnaud Miege on 18 Apr 2011
PS: if the motor in question is three-phase, SimPowerSystems (http://www.mathworks.co.uk/products/simpower/) would be more appropriate.
Ajeya
Ajeya on 8 Oct 2013
@Arnaud Miege The link for "short video" does not exist. Please share any other resource if available.

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