Nanostructured Armature Winding Insulation for Electric Propulsion Motor wih High Torque Density
Abstract
We have been working extremely hard over the first two quarters of our project at UConn and we start recently to generate promising results. Due to the nature of materials related development and innovation, we have spent a lot of effort at the first a few months in processing and experimental infrastructure development. Our first batches of nanocomposites disk have been successfully fabricated with the process we developed at UConn and the initial testing results are very encouraging. Compared with baseline epoxy, the dielectric breakdown strength of nanoclay filled epoxy can be enhanced by 30% and the thermal conductivity can be enhanced by 2X. With the establishment of the material development process with high throughput, we will conduct in the next two months a refined Design of Experiment (DOE) for optimal material design space identification. We will also start the development of highly structured nanoclay composites with preferred high-order of nanoclay orientation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 12, 2016
- Source ID
- N000141512413
Entities
People
- Yang Cao
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy
- University of Connecticut