Smart modules for a top-mounted plate cooler of a dynamoelectric machine

A dynamoelectric machine, comprising:

• a stator comprising a winding system;
• a rotor mounted for rotation about an axis and interacting with the stator;
• a top-mounted cooler including receiving openings for accommodating modules to form a heat exchanger, in particular a plate heat exchanger, the top-mounted cooler designed in conjunction with the dynamoelectric machine to implement a primary circuit and a secondary circuit which is fluidically separate from the primary circuit, with the top-mounted cooler including primary openings to the dynamoelectric machine to implement the primary circuit, and secondary openings to implement the secondary circuit, said top-mounted cooler forming a frame or housing which provides, for the modules, an electrical contacting facility and/or data interconnection of the modules and/or connections to a superordinate controller in a corresponding one of the receiving openings, wherein by inserting the modules into, or removing them from, their respective receiving openings, closure mechanisms for opening or closing the primary circuit and the secondary circuit are actuated, wherein one of the modules of the top-mounted cooler has areas fluidically separated from one another which enable the primary circuit and the secondary circuit to be implemented, said one module having at least one section containing an auxiliary fan and/or a sensor and/or analysis facilities and/or contacting options and/or designed to communicate with the superordinate controller, wherein the one module, when inserted into a corresponding one of the receiving openings of the top-mounted cooler enables at least part of the primary circuit and at least part of the secondary circuit;
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• an enclosure having openings in correspondence with the primary openings such that during operation of the dynamoelectric machine, the primary circuit is established which is re-coolable by a cooling airflow of the secondary circuit via the modules of the top-mounted cooler.