Proper magnet dimensions for My first turbine new 12 pole | Online Design Tools for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines

Submitted by peterfosseus on Wed, 21/03/2018 - 18:26

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00:02:17

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Results

Blade Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
RPM at the cut-in wind speed (TSR)	125.398 RPM	n_cut_in
RPM at the nominal wind speed (TSR)	330.488 RPM	n_nom
Nominal tip speed ratio	6.91821	tsr_nom

Generator Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Rotor disk thickness	10 mm	hr
Magnet width-to-pole pitch ratio	0.121856	ai
Inner-to-outer magnet radius	0.885186	kd
Flux density in airgap	0.334291 T	Bmax
Flux density on magnet surface	0.558136 T	Bmg
First harmonic of flux density in airgap	0.094991 T	Bp
Flux per pole (Calculated)	0.000515922 Wb	Flux_pole
Magnets on a rotor disk	12	magnet_num
Distance between magnets	147.546 mm	dist_magnet_Rin
Magnet mass	1330.56 g	MagnetMass
Magnet density	7.5 g/cm3	mag_density
Volume of a single magnet	7392 mm3	Vmag
Volume of all magnets	177408 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	731.947 mm	Dout
Average radius	344.808 mm	Ravg
Inner radius	323.808 mm	Rin
Outer radius	365.973 mm	Rout
Effective outer radius	365.808 mm	Rout_eff
Mass of rotor disks	66.2298 kgr	BackIronMass
Volume of rotor disks	8415.48 cm3	BackIronVolume
Maximum flux density in the magnet rotor disk	0.73121 T	SaturMAX
Is the magnet rotor disk saturated?	No	Saturation

Generator Stator Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Stator thickness	12 mm	tw
Number of phases	3	nphase
Number of coils per phase	3	q
Total number of coils in stator	9	coil_num
Number of turns per coil	183	Nc
Copper wire diameter	1.5 mm	dc
Number of wires at hand	2	No_wires_at_hand
Winding fill factor	0.5	kf
Copper wire cross-sectional area	3.54 mm2	sc
Copper wire cross-sectional area (Calculated)	3.19121 mm²	sc_theor
Copper wire cross-sectional area of a sinlge wire	1.77 mm²	sc_multi_wires
Copper wire diameter (Calculated)	2.01624 mm	dc_theor
Coil leg width	109.05 mm	wc
Average length of coil turn	429.807 mm	lavg
Stator nominal temperature	51.9248 C°	tc_real
Stator surface area	8436.65 cm²	stator_surface_area
Heat coefficient	0.165302	cq_real
Current density	5.40882 A	Jmax_real
Resistivity of copper at nominal temperature	1.90227E-8 Ohm.m	pt
Resistance of a single coil	0.422661 Ohm	Rc
Phase resistance	1.26798 Ohm	Rphase
Phase inductance	0.0108353 H	Ls
Nagaoka constant	0.0700572	Kn
Winding coefficient	0.95	kw
Volume of a single coil	562443 mm3	coil_volume
Weight of a single coil	2516.43 g	coil_weight_constr
Coil hole at Ravg	22 mm	coil_hole_Ravg
Coil hole at Rin	7.46113 mm	coil_hole_Rin_constr
Coil hole at Rout	36.7673 mm	coil_hole_Rout_constr
Coil mass for construction	25.1643 kgr	mcu_constr
EMF at the cut-in wind speed (Calculated)	14.9683 V	EMF_cut_in
EMF at the nominal wind speed (Calculated)	39.4894 V	EMF_nom
Current at the nominal wind speed	19.1472 A	Iac_nom
Terminal voltage at the nominal wind speed	13.1721 V	V_term_line
Nominal frequency	33.0488 Hz	fnom
Generator power (Calculated)	756.63 W	Pnom
Copper losses (Calculated)	1394.59 W	Pcopper
Eddy current losses (Calculated)	2.2955 W	Peddy
Generator efficiency (Calculated)	0.341779	efficiency_real
AC Power at the rectifier (Calculated)	680.967 W	Pnom_rect
DC Power at the batteries (Calculated)	612.87 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)	60.2792 W	Prot

Costs, Mass and Volume
Property	Value	Variable name
Total generator cost	833.972 EUR	Totalcost
Total generator mass	97.1819 kgr	TotalMass
Total generator volume	19.3556 dm3	TotalVolume
Blade rotor mass	15.2925 kgr	blade_rotor_mass
Softwood density	500 kgr/m³	softwood_density
Cost of magnets	153.45 EUR	Magcost
Magnet shipping cost	10.713 EUR	shippingcost
Copper mass	22.4031 kgr	mcu
Cost of copper	330.669 EUR	coppercost
Resin mass	7.21846 kgr	resinmass
Cost of resin	99.7078 EUR	resincost
Resin volume	5307.69 cm3	ResinVolume
Total mass of one generator rotor	33.7802 kgr	TotalMassRotor
Cost of iron	81.4627 EUR	ironcost
Surface area of moulds	1.06491 m2	woodS
Total cost of moulds	168.682 EUR	woodcost

Output files

Octave/Matlab variable file:

simulation-442.mat

Input parameters

Blade Rotor Inputs

Turbine radius:

2.00m

Aerodynamic coefficient:

0.30

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:

Single Rotor with metal disk

Magnetic material:

NdFeB N52

Number of generator poles:

Magnet length:

42mm

Magnet width:

22mm

Magnet thickness:

8mm

Rotor disk thickness:

Calculated

Mechanical clearance:

3.00mm

Generator Stator Inputs

Select coil type:

Keyhole

Winding fill factor:

Calculated

Stator thickness:

12mm

Current density:

6.00A/mm2

System Inputs

System voltage:

35.00V

Nominal voltage:

28.00V

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