PMA-OPT-2 | Online Design Tools for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines

Submitted by AHMEDNA8 on Fri, 24/04/2020 - 18:20

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Results

Blade Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
RPM at the cut-in wind speed (TSR)	114.65 RPM	n_cut_in
RPM at the nominal wind speed (TSR)	159.076 RPM	n_nom
Nominal tip speed ratio	3.32998	tsr_nom

Generator Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Rotor disk thickness	8 mm	hr
Magnet width-to-pole pitch ratio	0.0755347	ai
Inner-to-outer magnet radius	0.956475	kd
Flux density in airgap	0.54 T	Bmax
Flux density on magnet surface	0.62 T	Bmg
First harmonic of flux density in airgap	0.4 T	Bp
Flux per pole (Calculated)	0.000372 Wb	Flux_pole
Magnets on a rotor disk	16	magnet_num
Distance between magnets	238.888 mm	dist_magnet_Rin
Magnet mass	1440 g	MagnetMass
Magnet density	7.5 g/cm3	mag_density
Volume of a single magnet	6000 mm3	Vmag
Volume of all magnets	192000 mm3	VolumeMagnet
Remanent magnetic flux density	1.45 T	Br
Magnetic coercivity	1120020 A/m	Hc
Maximum Energy Product	422 KJ/m³	BHmax
Outer diameter	1378.65 mm	Dout
Average radius	674.254 mm	Ravg
Inner radius	659.254 mm	Rin
Outer radius	689.326 mm	Rout
Effective outer radius	689.254 mm	Rout_eff
Mass of rotor disks	187.972 kgr	BackIronMass
Volume of rotor disks	23884.7 cm3	BackIronVolume

Generator Stator Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Stator thickness	13 mm	tw
Number of phases	3	nphase
Number of coils per phase	4	q
Total number of coils in stator	12	coil_num
Number of turns per coil	53	Nc
Copper wire diameter	1.9 mm	dc
Number of wires at hand	8	No_wires_at_hand
Winding fill factor	0.57	kf
Copper wire cross-sectional area	22.72 mm2	sc
Copper wire cross-sectional area (Calculated)	33.6145 mm²	sc_theor
Copper wire cross-sectional area of a sinlge wire	2.84 mm²	sc_multi_wires
Copper wire diameter (Calculated)	6.54378 mm	dc_theor
Coil leg width	162.505 mm	wc
Average length of coil turn	610.265 mm	lavg
Stator nominal temperature	75.9175 C°	tc_real
Stator surface area	23801 cm²	stator_surface_area
Heat coefficient	0.271434	cq_real
Current density	5.91805 A	Jmax_real
Resistivity of copper at nominal temperature	2.09179E-8 Ohm.m	pt
Resistance of a single coil	0.0297786 Ohm	Rc
Phase resistance	0.119114 Ohm	Rphase
Phase inductance	0.00171583 H	Ls
Nagaoka constant	0.0533053	Kn
Winding coefficient	0.95	kw
Volume of a single coil	1289220 mm3	coil_volume
Weight of a single coil	6817.53 g	coil_weight_constr
Coil hole at Ravg	20 mm	coil_hole_Ravg
Coil hole at Rin	20 mm	coil_hole_Rin_constr
Coil hole at Rout	20 mm	coil_hole_Rout_constr
Coil mass for construction	88.6279 kgr	mcu_constr
EMF at the cut-in wind speed (Calculated)	5.132 V	EMF_cut_in
EMF at the nominal wind speed (Calculated)	7.0565 V	EMF_nom
Current at the nominal wind speed	134.458 A	Iac_nom
Terminal voltage at the nominal wind speed	5.6452 V	V_term_line
Nominal frequency	21.2101 Hz	fnom
Generator power (Calculated)	2277.13 W	Pnom
Copper losses (Calculated)	6460.4 W	Pcopper
Eddy current losses (Calculated)	466.593 W	Peddy
Generator efficiency (Calculated)	0.245595	efficiency_real
AC Power at the rectifier (Calculated)	2049.42 W	Pnom_rect
DC Power at the batteries (Calculated)	1844.47 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)	67.782 W	Prot

Costs, Mass and Volume
Property	Value	Variable name
Total generator cost	2206.57 EUR	Totalcost
Total generator mass	282.654 kgr	TotalMass
Total generator volume	82.1036 dm3	TotalVolume
Blade rotor mass	15.2925 kgr	blade_rotor_mass
Softwood density	500 kgr/m³	softwood_density
Cost of magnets	166.404 EUR	Magcost
Magnet shipping cost	11.5942 EUR	shippingcost
Copper mass	78.8354 kgr	mcu
Cost of copper	1163.61 EUR	coppercost
Resin mass	14.4065 kgr	resinmass
Cost of resin	198.996 EUR	resincost
Resin volume	10593 cm3	ResinVolume
Total mass of one generator rotor	94.7062 kgr	TotalMassRotor
Cost of iron	231.206 EUR	ironcost
Surface area of moulds	2.81787 m2	woodS
Total cost of moulds	446.351 EUR	woodcost

Output files

Octave/Matlab variable file:

simulation-6300.mat

Input parameters

Blade Rotor Inputs

Turbine radius:

2.00m

Aerodynamic coefficient:

0.37

Cut-in wind speed:

3.00m/s

Nominal wind speed:

10.00m/s

Cut-in TSR:

8.00

Design TSR:

6.50

Air density:

1.225kg/m³

Generator Rotor Inputs

AFPM rotor topology:

Double Rotor

Magnetic material:

NdFeB N52

Number of generator poles:

Magnet length:

30mm

Magnet width:

20mm

Magnet thickness:

10mm

Rotor disk thickness:

User Defined

Rotor disk thickness:

8mm

Mechanical clearance:

3.00mm

Generator Stator Inputs

Select coil type:

Rectangular

Winding fill factor:

Calculated

Stator thickness:

Calculated

Current density:

4.00A/mm2

System Inputs

System voltage:

12.00V

Nominal voltage:

12.00V

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:

true

Simulation step:

Current step:

RPM Step:

Mesh size:

Automesh

Constants

Copper resistivity:

1.678E-8 Ω·m

Copper density:

8.94g/cm³

Iron density:

7.87g/cm³

Resin density:

1.36g/cm³