UserAFPM for 3rd Comet-ME 4.2m N42 current density for rotor diameter 450 | Online Design Tools for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines

Submitted by Kostas on Tue, 17/04/2018 - 09:56

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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)	187.285 RPM	n_nom
Nominal tip speed ratio	4.11652	tsr_nom
RPM at the cut-in wind speed (Flux Linkage)	120 RPM	cutin_RPM
Cut-in Voltage (Flux Linkage)	48 V	cutin_Voltage
Wind speed at cut-in RPM (Flux Linkage)	3.0144 m/s	cutin_Vw
Mechanical power (Torque)	1990.27 W	Pmech_Torque_x

Generator Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Rotor disk thickness	10 mm	hr
Magnet width-to-pole pitch ratio	0.468351	ai
Inner-to-outer magnet radius	0.79726	kd
Flux density in airgap	0.614189 T	Bmax
Flux density on magnet surface	0.715301 T	Bmg
First harmonic of flux density in airgap	0.505768 T	Bp
Flux per pole (Calculated)	0.000990927 Wb	Flux_pole
Magnets on a rotor disk	20	magnet_num
Distance between magnets	26.8288 mm	dist_magnet_Rin
Magnet mass	6210 g	MagnetMass
Magnet density	7.5 g/cm3	mag_density
Volume of a single magnet	20700 mm3	Vmag
Volume of all magnets	828000 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	454.774 mm	Dout
Average radius	203.892 mm	Ravg
Inner radius	180.892 mm	Rin
Outer radius	227.387 mm	Rout
Effective outer radius	226.892 mm	Rout_eff
Mass of rotor disks	25.5674 kgr	BackIronMass
Volume of rotor disks	3248.71 cm3	BackIronVolume
Maximum flux density in the magnet rotor disk	1.32727 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	5	q
Total number of coils in stator	15	coil_num
Number of turns per coil	49	Nc
Copper wire diameter	1.4 mm	dc
Number of wires at hand	2	No_wires_at_hand
Winding fill factor	0.55	kf
Copper wire cross-sectional area	3.08 mm2	sc
Copper wire cross-sectional area (Calculated)	2.89731 mm²	sc_theor
Copper wire cross-sectional area of a sinlge wire	1.54 mm²	sc_multi_wires
Copper wire diameter (Calculated)	1.92116 mm	dc_theor
Coil leg width	22.8667 mm	wc
Average length of coil turn	223.801 mm	lavg
Stator nominal temperature	101.243 C°	tc_real
Stator surface area	1535.28 cm²	stator_surface_area
Heat coefficient	0.365071	cq_real
Current density	7.05513 A	Jmax_real
Resistivity of copper at nominal temperature	2.22256E-8 Ohm.m	pt
Resistance of a single coil	0.0791337 Ohm	Rc
Phase resistance	0.395669 Ohm	Rphase
Phase inductance	0.00091479 H	Ls
Nagaoka constant	0.182564	Kn
Winding coefficient	0.95	kw
Volume of a single coil	61411.1 mm3	coil_volume
Weight of a single coil	314.283 g	coil_weight_constr
Coil hole at Ravg	30 mm	coil_hole_Ravg
Coil hole at Rin	30 mm	coil_hole_Rin_constr
Coil hole at Rout	30 mm	coil_hole_Rout_constr
Coil mass for construction	5.02853 kgr	mcu_constr
RMS flux linkage of phase A	0.0319515 Wb	FluxRmsA
RMS flux linkage of phase B	0.0311968 Wb	FluxRmsB
RMS flux linkage of phase C	0.0318124 Wb	FluxRmsC
EMF at the cut-in wind speed (Calculated)	20.528 V	EMF_cut_in
EMF at the nominal wind speed (Calculated)	31.9689 V	EMF_nom
RMS of EMF of phase A (Flux Linkage)	30.7048 V	V_rmsA
RMS of EMF of phase B (Flux Linkage)	31.1696 V	V_rmsB
RMS of EMF of phase C (Flux Linkage)	30.7616 V	V_rmsC
Current at the nominal wind speed	21.7298 A	Iac_nom
Terminal voltage at the nominal wind speed	22.5808 V	V_term_line
Nominal frequency	31.2142 Hz	fnom
Generator power (Calculated)	1472.03 W	Pnom
Generator power (Torque)	1404.12 W	PelN_Torque_x
Electromagnetic power (Torque)	1968.61 W	PHMN_Torque_x
Copper losses (Calculated)	560.486 W	Pcopper
Copper losses (Torque)	560.486 W	PcopperN_Torque_x
Eddy current losses (Torque)	4.00347 W	PeddyN_Torque_x
Generator efficiency (Torque)	0.705493	efftotalN_Torque_x
Generator efficiency (Calculated)	0.709578	efficiency_real
AC Power at the rectifier (Calculated)	1324.83 W	Pnom_rect
AC Power at the rectifier (Torque)	1263.71 W	PelN_Torque_x_rect
DC Power at the batteries (Calculated)	1192.34 W	Pnom_dc
DC Power at the batteries (Torque)	1137.34 W	PelN_Torque_x_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)	21.6594 W	Prot
Rotational losses (Torque)	21.6594 W	ProtN_Torque_x

Costs, Mass and Volume
Property	Value	Variable name
Total generator cost	809.347 EUR	Totalcost
Total generator mass	39.0034 kgr	TotalMass
Total generator volume	11.6954 dm3	TotalVolume
Blade rotor mass	17.7029 kgr	blade_rotor_mass
Softwood density	500 kgr/m³	softwood_density
Cost of magnets	583.558 EUR	Magcost
Magnet shipping cost	50 EUR	shippingcost
Copper mass	4.52937 kgr	mcu
Cost of copper	66.8536 EUR	coppercost
Resin mass	2.6967 kgr	resinmass
Cost of resin	37.2492 EUR	resincost
Resin volume	1982.87 cm3	ResinVolume
Total mass of one generator rotor	15.8887 kgr	TotalMassRotor
Cost of iron	31.4479 EUR	ironcost
Surface area of moulds	0.569684 m2	woodS
Total cost of moulds	90.2379 EUR	woodcost

Revolutions per minute (RPM)
0
9.364247
18.728493
28.09274
37.456986
46.821233
56.18548
65.549726
74.913973
84.278219
93.642466
103.006713
112.370959
121.735206
131.099452
140.463699
149.827946
159.192192
168.556439
177.920685
187.284932

I_RMS (A)
0
4.345961
8.691923
13.037884
17.383846
21.729807

Output files

Octave/Matlab variable file:

simulation-547.mat

Input parameters

Blade Rotor Inputs

Turbine radius:

2.10m

Aerodynamic coefficient:

0.25

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:

46mm

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:

Rectangular

Winding fill factor:

Calculated

Stator thickness:

User defined

Stator thickness:

12mm

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:

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