Power Loss and Temperature Distribution Characteristics of a Linear Compressor Motor

Motor cooling is critical for ensuring the high reliability of linear compressors. This study established a linear oscillating motor loss model based on experimental operating parameters and temperatures. The trends of the copper loss, iron core loss, and eddy current loss of the motor with temperature were analyzed, coupled with a three-dimensional flow field model of the linear compressor to analyze the temperature distribution characteristics of the motor coils and permanent magnets under different operating conditions. The research results demonstrated that, for every 0.2 g/s increase in mass flow rate, the motor temperature can be reduced by 4-20 ℃, and the variance of temperature distribution decreases by 0.5-1.2 under the same intake temperature. Furthermore, for every 5 ℃ decrease in intake temperature, the motor temperature decreases by 4-6 ℃ under the same mass flow rate. The maximum temperature difference of the permanent magnet was 7.3 ℃ at a mass flow rate of 0.6 g/s and 6.9 ℃ at a mass flow rate of 1.4 g/s. The optimized intake structure reduced the variance of motor temperature distribution by 5.521, the highest temperature decreased by 4.1 ℃, and the maximum temperature difference decreased by 4.55 ℃.