COMSOL Day: Industrial Electrification

COMSOL Multiphysics^® is widely recognized in the field of industrial electrification for the utility of its multiphysics modeling capabilities.

The software is used extensively in the research and design of electric motors, generators, high-voltage cables, and power electronics. It also plays an important role in understanding and optimizing heat transfer and thermal management processes. Additionally, its unique tools for creating standalone simulation apps based on multiphysics and surrogate models enable broader groups of engineers and scientists within an organization to benefit from modeling and simulation.

Join this session to get an overview of how multiphysics models, simulation apps, digital twins, and surrogate models drive industrial electrification. We will also provide an executive summary of the topics that will be covered throughout this COMSOL Day.

Development efforts to meet the demand for electric motors and generators have increased exponentially with the transition to electric vehicles and wind turbine power production. Modeling and simulation is an integral part of the R&D process in the field, enabling engineers to address design considerations such as the limited availability of key minerals as well as the need for electric motors that deliver high torque across a broad speed range and generators that provide power at low rotational speed.

The COMSOL Multiphysics^® software and its add-on AC/DC Module offer extensive functionality for modeling, simulating, and optimizing radial and axial flux machines using different principles of operation such as permanent magnet, switched reluctance, and induction machines. The module provides unique capabilities for handling nonlinear magnetic effects in combination with temperature-dependent properties and heat transfer, making it very effective for use with high-fidelity multiphysics models.

In this session, we will demonstrate the capabilities of COMSOL^® for analyzing rotating electrical machines such as motors and generators. We will also discuss how the software deals with nonlinear magnetic effects like hysteresis as well as temperature-dependent properties.

Modeling and simulation of lightning-induced electromagnetic pulses, electrostatic discharges, and related phenomena plays an important role in the product development of consumer electronics, medical devices, and high-voltage power system components, enabling engineers to understand underlying processes, develop innovative solutions, and reduce costs associated with experimental testing and prototyping.

The Electric Discharge Module, a newly released add-on for the COMSOL Multiphysics^® software, provides functionality for analyzing and predicting electric discharge behavior in gases, liquids, and solid dielectrics. This includes the study of streamer, corona, dielectric barrier, and arc discharges. Fully compatible with other COMSOL products for electromagnetics, structural mechanics, and fluid dynamics, this module allows for the exploration of multiphysics effects that are often associated with electric discharges.

Join us in this session to learn how electric discharge simulations can be applied to a variety of engineering challenges.

As EV demand rises, so does the need for efficient design of power electronics devices such as power optimizers, converters, rectifiers, amplifiers, and switches

The AC/DC Module and Semiconductor Module add-ons to COMSOL Multiphysics^® provide specialized functionality for modeling and optimizing these devices. In addition to enabling lumped circuit extraction, the software’s multiphysics capabilities allow users to include thermal and structural effects when designing integrated circuits and discrete devices such as metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) and insulated-gate bipolar transistors (IGBTs).

Join us in this session to learn more about the capabilities of the COMSOL^® software for modeling and simulating components in power electronics. We will give an overview of how the AC/DC Module and Semiconductor Module are used for modeling and simulation of power electronics devices.

As the world moves toward sustainable energy, the need to transfer electric power over long distances from areas of energy production to consumption is increasing. Power transmission systems may involve HVDC submarine cables but also terrestrial cables and conventional AC transmission lines. the COMSOL^® software is frequently used for the modeling and simulation of such systems.

The AC/DC Module, in particular, comes with a unique feature set that allows engineers and scientists to optimize HVAC and HVDC cable systems for minimum loss, low cost, and maximum durability. It also provides ready-made functionality for calculating admittance, impedance, voltage compensation, and bio-effects from AC transmission lines.

Join us in this session to get an introduction to modeling capacitive, inductive, and thermal effects in industrial-scale cables and transmission lines.