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

Submitted by Kostas on Sun, 11/08/2024 - 12:03

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00:00:38

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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)	298.623 RPM	n_nom
Nominal tip speed ratio	3.7507	tsr_nom

Generator Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Rotor disk thickness	10 mm	hr
Magnet width-to-pole pitch ratio	0.878022	ai
Inner-to-outer magnet radius	0.797859	kd
Flux density in airgap	0.622106 T	Bmax
Flux density on magnet surface	0.645634 T	Bmg
First harmonic of flux density in airgap	0.666646 T	Bp
Flux per pole (Calculated)	0.000911911 Wb	Flux_pole
Magnets on a rotor disk	16	magnet_num
Distance between magnets	0.5 mm	dist_magnet_Rin
Magnet mass	3312 g	MagnetMass
Magnet density	7.5 g/cm3	mag_density
Volume of a single magnet	13800 mm3	Vmag
Volume of all magnets	441600 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	300.366 mm	Dout
Average radius	133.411 mm	Ravg
Inner radius	118.411 mm	Rin
Outer radius	150.183 mm	Rout
Effective outer radius	148.411 mm	Rout_eff
Mass of rotor disks	11.1531 kgr	BackIronMass
Volume of rotor disks	1417.17 cm3	BackIronVolume
Maximum flux density in the magnet rotor disk	1.76162 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	35	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)	3.12898 mm²	sc_theor
Copper wire cross-sectional area of a sinlge wire	1.77 mm²	sc_multi_wires
Copper wire diameter (Calculated)	1.99649 mm	dc_theor
Coil leg width	17.3287 mm	wc
Average length of coil turn	162.508 mm	lavg
Stator nominal temperature	58.9162 C°	tc_real
Stator surface area	675.851 cm²	stator_surface_area
Heat coefficient	0.198613	cq_real
Current density	5.30336 A	Jmax_real
Resistivity of copper at nominal temperature	1.97528E-8 Ohm.m	pt
Resistance of a single coil	0.0317372 Ohm	Rc
Phase resistance	0.126949 Ohm	Rphase
Phase inductance	0.00024133 H	Ls
Nagaoka constant	0.242443	Kn
Winding coefficient	0.642314	kw
Volume of a single coil	36608.6 mm3	coil_volume
Weight of a single coil	190.291 g	coil_weight_constr
Coil hole at Ravg	27 mm	coil_hole_Ravg
Coil hole at Rin	8 mm	coil_hole_Rin_constr
Coil hole at Rout	46 mm	coil_hole_Rout_constr
Coil mass for construction	2.47378 kgr	mcu_constr
EMF at the cut-in wind speed (Calculated)	10.264 V	EMF_cut_in
EMF at the nominal wind speed (Calculated)	14.4989 V	EMF_nom
Current at the nominal wind speed	18.7739 A	Iac_nom
Terminal voltage at the nominal wind speed	11.2904 V	V_term_line
Nominal frequency	39.8164 Hz	fnom
Generator power (Calculated)	635.895 W	Pnom
Copper losses (Calculated)	134.233 W	Pcopper
Eddy current losses (Calculated)	27.6747 W	Peddy
Generator efficiency (Calculated)	0.784446	efficiency_real
AC Power at the rectifier (Calculated)	572.306 W	Pnom_rect
DC Power at the batteries (Calculated)	515.075 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)	12.827 W	Prot

Costs, Mass and Volume
Property	Value	Variable name
Total generator cost	431.979 EUR	Totalcost
Total generator mass	18.2091 kgr	TotalMass
Total generator volume	4.18064 dm3	TotalVolume
Blade rotor mass	3.30317 kgr	blade_rotor_mass
Softwood density	500 kgr/m³	softwood_density
Cost of magnets	307.406 EUR	Magcost
Magnet shipping cost	26.6667 EUR	shippingcost
Copper mass	2.16005 kgr	mcu
Cost of copper	31.8824 EUR	coppercost
Resin mass	1.58395 kgr	resinmass
Cost of resin	21.8789 EUR	resincost
Resin volume	1164.67 cm3	ResinVolume
Total mass of one generator rotor	7.23255 kgr	TotalMassRotor
Cost of iron	13.7183 EUR	ironcost
Surface area of moulds	0.360439 m2	woodS
Total cost of moulds	57.0936 EUR	woodcost

Output files

Octave/Matlab variable file:

simulation-9268.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:

30mm

Magnet width:

46mm

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