Propel-E 100 - 48V - 60x40x18 - 12p - 18mm stator - 84V - 5A | Online Design Tools for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines

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Blade Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
RPM at the cut-in wind speed (TSR)	159.236 RPM	n_cut_in
RPM at the nominal wind speed (TSR)	340.878 RPM	n_nom
Nominal tip speed ratio	3.56785	tsr_nom

Generator Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Rotor disk thickness	10 mm	hr
Magnet width-to-pole pitch ratio	0.664434	ai
Inner-to-outer magnet radius	0.58614	kd
Flux density in airgap	0.181256 T	Bmax
Flux density on magnet surface	0.199217 T	Bmg
First harmonic of flux density in airgap	0.176904 T	Bp
Flux per pole (Calculated)	0.000486973 Wb	Flux_pole
Magnets on a rotor disk	12	magnet_num
Distance between magnets	4.4937 mm	dist_magnet_Rin
Magnet mass	5184 g	MagnetMass
Magnet density	5 g/cm3	mag_density
Volume of a single magnet	43200 mm3	Vmag
Volume of all magnets	1036800 mm3	VolumeMagnet
Remanent magnetic flux density	0.39 T	Br
Magnetic coercivity	227950 A/m	Hc
Maximum Energy Product	30 KJ/m³	BHmax
Outer diameter	292.699 mm	Dout
Average radius	114.977 mm	Ravg
Inner radius	84.9766 mm	Rin
Outer radius	146.35 mm	Rout
Effective outer radius	144.977 mm	Rout_eff
Mass of rotor disks	10.591 kgr	BackIronMass
Volume of rotor disks	1345.75 cm3	BackIronVolume
Maximum flux density in the magnet rotor disk	0.520416 T	SaturMAX
Is the magnet rotor disk saturated?	No	Saturation

Generator Stator Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Stator thickness	18 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	296	Nc
Copper wire diameter	0.75 mm	dc
Number of wires at hand	1	No_wires_at_hand
Winding fill factor	0.75	kf
Copper wire cross-sectional area	0.44 mm2	sc
Copper wire cross-sectional area (Calculated)	0.418823 mm²	sc_theor
Copper wire cross-sectional area of a sinlge wire	0.44 mm²	sc_multi_wires
Copper wire diameter (Calculated)	0.730433 mm	dc_theor
Coil leg width	9.64741 mm	wc
Average length of coil turn	230.293 mm	lavg
Stator nominal temperature	90.4688 C°	tc_real
Stator surface area	399.911 cm²	stator_surface_area
Heat coefficient	0.326974	cq_real
Current density	4.75935 A	Jmax_real
Resistivity of copper at nominal temperature	2.13852E-8 Ohm.m	pt
Resistance of a single coil	3.31309 Ohm	Rc
Phase resistance	9.93926 Ohm	Rphase
Phase inductance	0.0230008 H	Ls
Nagaoka constant	0.296996	Kn
Winding coefficient	0.95	kw
Volume of a single coil	39991.1 mm3	coil_volume
Weight of a single coil	269.952 g	coil_weight_constr
Coil hole at Ravg	40 mm	coil_hole_Ravg
Coil hole at Rin	40 mm	coil_hole_Rin_constr
Coil hole at Rout	40 mm	coil_hole_Rout_constr
Coil mass for construction	2.69952 kgr	mcu_constr
EMF at the cut-in wind speed (Calculated)	29.0813 V	EMF_cut_in
EMF at the nominal wind speed (Calculated)	62.1849 V	EMF_nom
Current at the nominal wind speed	2.09412 A	Iac_nom
Terminal voltage at the nominal wind speed	39.5164 V	V_term_line
Nominal frequency	34.0878 Hz	fnom
Generator power (Calculated)	248.256 W	Pnom
Copper losses (Calculated)	130.761 W	Pcopper
Eddy current losses (Calculated)	0.299866 W	Peddy
Generator efficiency (Calculated)	0.630812	efficiency_real
AC Power at the rectifier (Calculated)	223.43 W	Pnom_rect
DC Power at the batteries (Calculated)	201.087 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)	14.2332 W	Prot

Costs, Mass and Volume
Property	Value	Variable name
Total generator cost	223.823 EUR	Totalcost
Total generator mass	20.8454 kgr	TotalMass
Total generator volume	5.38299 dm3	TotalVolume
Blade rotor mass	1.39353 kgr	blade_rotor_mass
Softwood density	500 kgr/m³	softwood_density
Cost of magnets	82.8287 EUR	Magcost
Magnet shipping cost	62.6087 EUR	shippingcost
Copper mass	2.41326 kgr	mcu
Cost of copper	35.6198 EUR	coppercost
Resin mass	2.65716 kgr	resinmass
Cost of resin	36.703 EUR	resincost
Resin volume	1953.79 cm3	ResinVolume
Total mass of one generator rotor	7.88751 kgr	TotalMassRotor
Cost of iron	13.027 EUR	ironcost
Surface area of moulds	0.351293 m2	woodS
Total cost of moulds	55.6447 EUR	woodcost

Output files

Octave/Matlab variable file:

simulation-9686.mat

Input parameters

Blade Rotor Inputs

Turbine radius:

0.90m

Aerodynamic coefficient:

0.35

Cut-in wind speed:

3.00m/s

Nominal wind speed:

9.00m/s

Cut-in TSR:

5.00

Design TSR:

6.00

Air density:

1.204kg/m³

Generator Rotor Inputs

AFPM rotor topology:

Double Rotor

Magnetic material:

Ferrite C8

Number of generator poles:

Magnet length:

60mm

Magnet width:

40mm

Magnet thickness:

18mm

Rotor disk thickness:

User Defined

Rotor disk thickness:

10mm

Mechanical clearance:

3.00mm

Generator Stator Inputs

Select coil type:

Rectangular

Winding fill factor:

User defined

Winding fill factor:

0.75

Stator thickness:

User defined

Stator thickness:

18mm

Current density:

5.00A/mm2

System Inputs

System voltage:

68.00V

Nominal voltage:

84.00V

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