Comet-ME 4.2m N42 50x30x15 48V current density | Online Design Tools for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines

Submitted by Kostas on Wed, 18/04/2018 - 06:28

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Results

Blade Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
RPM at the cut-in wind speed (TSR)	119.427 RPM	n_cut_in
RPM at the nominal wind speed (TSR)	176.94 RPM	n_nom
Nominal tip speed ratio	3.88913	tsr_nom

Generator Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Rotor disk thickness	10 mm	hr
Magnet width-to-pole pitch ratio	0.576077	ai
Inner-to-outer magnet radius	0.737896	kd
Flux density in airgap	0.5868 T	Bmax
Flux density on magnet surface	0.702902 T	Bmg
First harmonic of flux density in airgap	0.538874 T	Bp
Flux per pole (Calculated)	0.00106033 Wb	Flux_pole
Magnets on a rotor disk	20	magnet_num
Distance between magnets	14.2224 mm	dist_magnet_Rin
Magnet mass	6750 g	MagnetMass
Magnet density	7.5 g/cm3	mag_density
Volume of a single magnet	22500 mm3	Vmag
Volume of all magnets	900000 mm3	VolumeMagnet
Remanent magnetic flux density	1.3 T	Br
Magnetic coercivity	1006580 A/m	Hc
Maximum Energy Product	342 KJ/m³	BHmax
Outer diameter	382.706 mm	Dout
Average radius	165.764 mm	Ravg
Inner radius	140.764 mm	Rin
Outer radius	191.353 mm	Rout
Effective outer radius	190.764 mm	Rout_eff
Mass of rotor disks	18.1061 kgr	BackIronMass
Volume of rotor disks	2300.65 cm3	BackIronVolume
Maximum flux density in the magnet rotor disk	1.33971 T	SaturMAX
Is the magnet rotor disk saturated?	No	Saturation

Generator Stator Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Stator thickness	13 mm	tw
Number of phases	3	nphase
Number of coils per phase	5	q
Total number of coils in stator	15	coil_num
Number of turns per coil	46	Nc
Copper wire diameter	1.9 mm	dc
Number of wires at hand	1	No_wires_at_hand
Winding fill factor	0.52	kf
Copper wire cross-sectional area	2.83 mm2	sc
Copper wire cross-sectional area (Calculated)	2.68654 mm²	sc_theor
Copper wire cross-sectional area of a sinlge wire	2.83 mm²	sc_multi_wires
Copper wire diameter (Calculated)	1.84996 mm	dc_theor
Coil leg width	19.45 mm	wc
Average length of coil turn	203.492 mm	lavg
Stator nominal temperature	104.187 C°	tc_real
Stator surface area	1187.38 cm²	stator_surface_area
Heat coefficient	0.3751	cq_real
Current density	7.1198 A	Jmax_real
Resistivity of copper at nominal temperature	2.21114E-8 Ohm.m	pt
Resistance of a single coil	0.0731369 Ohm	Rc
Phase resistance	0.365684 Ohm	Rphase
Phase inductance	0.000718395 H	Ls
Nagaoka constant	0.213169	Kn
Winding coefficient	0.95	kw
Volume of a single coil	51453 mm3	coil_volume
Weight of a single coil	247.123 g	coil_weight_constr
Coil hole at Ravg	30 mm	coil_hole_Ravg
Coil hole at Rin	19.5475 mm	coil_hole_Rin_constr
Coil hole at Rout	40.4311 mm	coil_hole_Rout_constr
Coil mass for construction	3.95397 kgr	mcu_constr
EMF at the cut-in wind speed (Calculated)	20.528 V	EMF_cut_in
EMF at the nominal wind speed (Calculated)	30.3398 V	EMF_nom
Current at the nominal wind speed	20.149 A	Iac_nom
Terminal voltage at the nominal wind speed	22.5808 V	V_term_line
Nominal frequency	29.4899 Hz	fnom
Generator power (Calculated)	1364.94 W	Pnom
Copper losses (Calculated)	445.385 W	Pcopper
Eddy current losses (Calculated)	17.8867 W	Peddy
Generator efficiency (Calculated)	0.739314	efficiency_real
AC Power at the rectifier (Calculated)	1228.45 W	Pnom_rect
DC Power at the batteries (Calculated)	1105.6 W	Pnom_dc

Generator Bearing Hub Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Number of bolts on hub	5	No_bolts_hub
Mass of bearing hub	8344.46 g	BearingHubMass
Rotational losses (Calculated)	18.0137 W	Prot

Costs, Mass and Volume
Property	Value	Variable name
Total generator cost	812.459 EUR	Totalcost
Total generator mass	30.6882 kgr	TotalMass
Total generator volume	8.39737 dm3	TotalVolume
Blade rotor mass	17.7029 kgr	blade_rotor_mass
Softwood density	500 kgr/m³	softwood_density
Cost of magnets	632.438 EUR	Magcost
Magnet shipping cost	54.3478 EUR	shippingcost
Copper mass	3.55239 kgr	mcu
Cost of copper	52.4333 EUR	coppercost
Resin mass	2.27968 kgr	resinmass
Cost of resin	31.4891 EUR	resincost
Resin volume	1676.24 cm3	ResinVolume
Total mass of one generator rotor	12.4281 kgr	TotalMassRotor
Cost of iron	22.2705 EUR	ironcost
Surface area of moulds	0.466088 m2	woodS
Total cost of moulds	73.8283 EUR	woodcost

Output files

Octave/Matlab variable file:

simulation-585.mat

Input parameters

Blade Rotor Inputs

Turbine radius:

2.10m

Aerodynamic coefficient:

0.22

Cut-in wind speed:

3.00m/s

Nominal wind speed:

10.00m/s

Cut-in TSR:

8.75

Design TSR:

7.00

Air density:

1.204kg/m³

Generator Rotor Inputs

AFPM rotor topology:

Double Rotor

Magnetic material:

NdFeB N42

Number of generator poles:

Magnet length:

50mm

Magnet width:

30mm

Magnet thickness:

15mm

Rotor disk thickness:

User Defined

Rotor disk thickness:

10mm

Mechanical clearance:

5.00mm

Generator Stator Inputs

Select coil type:

Keyhole

Winding fill factor:

Calculated

Stator thickness:

User defined

Stator thickness:

13mm

Current density:

7.50A/mm2

System Inputs

System voltage:

48.00V

Nominal voltage:

48.00V

Transmission cable losses:

10.00%

Rectifier losses:

10.00%

Financial

Copper price:

12.00€/kg

Iron price:

1.00€/kg

Resin price:

11.23€/kg

Plywood price:

17.60 €/m²

Simulation Inputs

Also run UserAFPM:

false

Constants

Copper resistivity:

1.678E-8 Ω·m

Copper density:

8.94g/cm³

Iron density:

7.87g/cm³

Resin density:

1.36g/cm³