Performance Evaluation of a Stator Modular Ring Generator for a Shrouded Wind Turbine

This paper presents the performance evaluation of a stator modular ring permanent-magnet generator to be embedded in a shrouded wind turbine. That is done to increase the power conversion for the same turbine area when compared to more conventional ones. An adapted structure allows the assembling of...

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Published inEnergies (Basel) Vol. 14; no. 1; p. 67
Main Authors Oliveira, Jefferson A., Filho, Ály F. Flores
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel MDPI AG 01.01.2021
Subjects
Alternative energy sources
analytical model
Controlled conditions
Copper loss
Core loss
Electromagnetic fields
Energy conversion
Finite element analysis
Flux density
Generators
Mathematical models
Model accuracy
modular stator
Performance evaluation
Permanent magnets
Renewable resources
Stators
Turbines
wind generation
Wind power
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Summary:This paper presents the performance evaluation of a stator modular ring permanent-magnet generator to be embedded in a shrouded wind turbine. That is done to increase the power conversion for the same turbine area when compared to more conventional ones. An adapted structure allows the assembling of the prototype, aiming to verify its performance under controlled conditions. Aiming to verify the accuracy of an analytical subdomain model for a large diameter machine, the evaluation compares the results obtained by the electromagnetic finite element method and experimental measurements. The results of the components of the air-gap flux density, back EMF and electromagnetic torque obtained by the proposed analytical model and finite-element method are in good agreement with the experimental measurements. The experimental measurements of the iron loss and copper loss show that the prototype efficiency can reach 90% approximately.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en14010067