Patent ID: 8209160

Claim:
A method comprising: determining a volumetric flow rate based on specification information for an electric motor, wherein the volumetric flow rate is determined via an iterative one-dimensional model; calibrating said iterative one-dimensional model based upon flow measurement data from an operating electric motor to provide a calibrated one-dimensional model; determining a fan curve via said iterative one-dimensional model that is based upon said flow measurement data and wherein said calibrated one-dimensional model models an X pattern of ventilation and a Z pattern of ventilation via a single calibration without modeling a three-dimensional air space wherein the Z pattern of ventilation includes cooling air entering the electric motor at an air inlet adjacent a first side of an electric motor rotor and exiting via an air outlet adjacent a second side of the rotor that is opposite the first side; and automatically rendering a determined volumetric flow rate of air and a corresponding dynamic air pressure at each of a plurality of radially distributed longitudinal vents in a core of an electric motor based on the calibrated one-dimensional model wherein determining a volumetric flow rate and a fan curve, calibrating the one-dimensional model and automatically rendering are performed by using a computer.