Test 16 mags - Triangular - square | Online Design Tools for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines

Submitted by Kostas on Sun, 11/08/2024 - 12:01

Duration:

00:00:36

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Results

Blade Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
RPM at the cut-in wind speed (TSR)	208.997 RPM	n_cut_in
RPM at the nominal wind speed (TSR)	294.963 RPM	n_nom
Nominal tip speed ratio	3.70474	tsr_nom

Generator Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Rotor disk thickness	10 mm	hr
Magnet width-to-pole pitch ratio	0.827232	ai
Inner-to-outer magnet radius	0.720538	kd
Flux density in airgap	0.608736 T	Bmax
Flux density on magnet surface	0.645432 T	Bmg
First harmonic of flux density in airgap	0.635833 T	Bp
Flux per pole (Calculated)	0.00105232 Wb	Flux_pole
Magnets on a rotor disk	16	magnet_num
Distance between magnets	0.5 mm	dist_magnet_Rin
Magnet mass	3840 g	MagnetMass
Magnet density	7.5 g/cm3	mag_density
Volume of a single magnet	16000 mm3	Vmag
Volume of all magnets	512000 mm3	VolumeMagnet
Remanent magnetic flux density	1.265 T	Br
Magnetic coercivity	982324 A/m	Hc
Maximum Energy Product	326 KJ/m³	BHmax
Outer diameter	289.046 mm	Dout
Average radius	123.132 mm	Ravg
Inner radius	103.132 mm	Rin
Outer radius	144.523 mm	Rout
Effective outer radius	143.132 mm	Rout_eff
Mass of rotor disks	10.3283 kgr	BackIronMass
Volume of rotor disks	1312.36 cm3	BackIronVolume
Maximum flux density in the magnet rotor disk	1.54799 T	SaturMAX
Is the magnet rotor disk saturated?	Yes	Saturation

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	30	Nc
Copper wire diameter	1.5 mm	dc
Number of wires at hand	2	No_wires_at_hand
Winding fill factor	0.55	kf
Copper wire cross-sectional area	3.54 mm2	sc
Copper wire cross-sectional area (Calculated)	3.16123 mm²	sc_theor
Copper wire cross-sectional area of a sinlge wire	1.77 mm²	sc_multi_wires
Copper wire diameter (Calculated)	2.00675 mm	dc_theor
Coil leg width	14.8531 mm	wc
Average length of coil turn	176.544 mm	lavg
Stator nominal temperature	59.9206 C°	tc_real
Stator surface area	629.336 cm²	stator_surface_area
Heat coefficient	0.203214	cq_real
Current density	5.35802 A	Jmax_real
Resistivity of copper at nominal temperature	1.98001E-8 Ohm.m	pt
Resistance of a single coil	0.0296237 Ohm	Rc
Phase resistance	0.118495 Ohm	Rphase
Phase inductance	0.00021185 H	Ls
Nagaoka constant	0.245451	Kn
Winding coefficient	0.65073	kw
Volume of a single coil	34089 mm3	coil_volume
Weight of a single coil	178.79 g	coil_weight_constr
Coil hole at Ravg	24 mm	coil_hole_Ravg
Coil hole at Rin	8 mm	coil_hole_Rin_constr
Coil hole at Rout	40 mm	coil_hole_Rout_constr
Coil mass for construction	2.32427 kgr	mcu_constr
EMF at the cut-in wind speed (Calculated)	10.264 V	EMF_cut_in
EMF at the nominal wind speed (Calculated)	14.351 V	EMF_nom
Current at the nominal wind speed	18.9674 A	Iac_nom
Terminal voltage at the nominal wind speed	11.2904 V	V_term_line
Nominal frequency	39.3284 Hz	fnom
Generator power (Calculated)	642.449 W	Pnom
Copper losses (Calculated)	127.89 W	Pcopper
Eddy current losses (Calculated)	28.5842 W	Peddy
Generator efficiency (Calculated)	0.791761	efficiency_real
AC Power at the rectifier (Calculated)	578.204 W	Pnom_rect
DC Power at the batteries (Calculated)	520.384 W	Pnom_dc

Generator Bearing Hub Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Number of bolts on hub	4	No_bolts_hub
Mass of bearing hub	3708.65 g	BearingHubMass
Rotational losses (Calculated)	12.4947 W	Prot

Costs, Mass and Volume
Property	Value	Variable name
Total generator cost	473.644 EUR	Totalcost
Total generator mass	17.8035 kgr	TotalMass
Total generator volume	3.87147 dm3	TotalVolume
Blade rotor mass	3.30317 kgr	blade_rotor_mass
Softwood density	500 kgr/m³	softwood_density
Cost of magnets	353.862 EUR	Magcost
Magnet shipping cost	30.9179 EUR	shippingcost
Copper mass	2.01139 kgr	mcu
Cost of copper	29.6881 EUR	coppercost
Resin mass	1.62379 kgr	resinmass
Cost of resin	22.4292 EUR	resincost
Resin volume	1193.96 cm3	ResinVolume
Total mass of one generator rotor	7.08414 kgr	TotalMassRotor
Cost of iron	12.7038 EUR	ironcost
Surface area of moulds	0.346975 m2	woodS
Total cost of moulds	54.9609 EUR	woodcost

Output files

Octave/Matlab variable file:

simulation-9266.mat

Input parameters

Blade Rotor Inputs

Turbine radius:

1.20m

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:

Double Rotor

Magnetic material:

NdFeB N40

Number of generator poles:

Magnet length:

40mm

Magnet width:

40mm

Magnet thickness:

10mm

Rotor disk thickness:

User Defined

Rotor disk thickness:

10mm

Mechanical clearance:

3.00mm

Generator Stator Inputs

Select coil type:

Triangular

Winder bolt size:

8.00mm

Winding fill factor:

User defined

Winding fill factor:

0.55

Stator thickness:

User defined

Stator thickness:

13mm

Current density:

6.00A/mm2

System Inputs

System voltage:

24.00V

Nominal voltage:

24.00V

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