Propel-E 100 - 60x40x18 - 12p - 18mm stator - 110V - 4A | 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)	212.314 RPM	n_cut_in
RPM at the nominal wind speed (TSR)	423.797 RPM	n_nom
Nominal tip speed ratio	4.43574	tsr_nom

Generator Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Rotor disk thickness	10 mm	hr
Magnet width-to-pole pitch ratio	0.711642	ai
Inner-to-outer magnet radius	0.563158	kd
Flux density in airgap	0.179521 T	Bmax
Flux density on magnet surface	0.19832 T	Bmg
First harmonic of flux density in airgap	0.178482 T	Bp
Flux per pole (Calculated)	0.000485813 Wb	Flux_pole
Magnets on a rotor disk	12	magnet_num
Distance between magnets	0.5 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	277.596 mm	Dout
Average radius	107.349 mm	Ravg
Inner radius	77.3493 mm	Rin
Outer radius	138.798 mm	Rout
Effective outer radius	137.349 mm	Rout_eff
Mass of rotor disks	9.5262 kgr	BackIronMass
Volume of rotor disks	1210.45 cm3	BackIronVolume
Maximum flux density in the magnet rotor disk	0.53198 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	346	Nc
Copper wire diameter	0.8 mm	dc
Number of wires at hand	1	No_wires_at_hand
Winding fill factor	0.75	kf
Copper wire cross-sectional area	0.5 mm2	sc
Copper wire cross-sectional area (Calculated)	0.448442 mm²	sc_theor
Copper wire cross-sectional area of a sinlge wire	0.5 mm²	sc_multi_wires
Copper wire diameter (Calculated)	0.75582 mm	dc_theor
Coil leg width	12.8148 mm	wc
Average length of coil turn	237.488 mm	lavg
Stator nominal temperature	52.1021 C°	tc_real
Stator surface area	547.805 cm²	stator_surface_area
Heat coefficient	0.166176	cq_real
Current density	3.58754 A	Jmax_real
Resistivity of copper at nominal temperature	1.91281E-8 Ohm.m	pt
Resistance of a single coil	3.14355 Ohm	Rc
Phase resistance	9.43064 Ohm	Rphase
Phase inductance	0.0312909 H	Ls
Nagaoka constant	0.278057	Kn
Winding coefficient	0.764981	kw
Volume of a single coil	54780.5 mm3	coil_volume
Weight of a single coil	369.427 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	3.69427 kgr	mcu_constr
EMF at the cut-in wind speed (Calculated)	36.3517 V	EMF_cut_in
EMF at the nominal wind speed (Calculated)	72.5971 V	EMF_nom
Current at the nominal wind speed	1.79377 A	Iac_nom
Terminal voltage at the nominal wind speed	51.7477 V	V_term_line
Nominal frequency	42.3797 Hz	fnom
Generator power (Calculated)	278.47 W	Pnom
Copper losses (Calculated)	91.0322 W	Pcopper
Eddy current losses (Calculated)	0.70686 W	Peddy
Generator efficiency (Calculated)	0.719557	efficiency_real
AC Power at the rectifier (Calculated)	250.623 W	Pnom_rect
DC Power at the batteries (Calculated)	225.561 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)	16.7928 W	Prot

Costs, Mass and Volume
Property	Value	Variable name
Total generator cost	227.711 EUR	Totalcost
Total generator mass	20.2984 kgr	TotalMass
Total generator volume	4.84178 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	3.30573 kgr	mcu
Cost of copper	48.7926 EUR	coppercost
Resin mass	2.28245 kgr	resinmass
Cost of resin	31.5273 EUR	resincost
Resin volume	1678.28 cm3	ResinVolume
Total mass of one generator rotor	7.3551 kgr	TotalMassRotor
Cost of iron	11.7172 EUR	ironcost
Surface area of moulds	0.333617 m2	woodS
Total cost of moulds	52.8449 EUR	woodcost

Output files

Octave/Matlab variable file:

simulation-9699.mat

Input parameters

Blade Rotor Inputs

Turbine radius:

0.90m

Aerodynamic coefficient:

0.35

Cut-in wind speed:

4.00m/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:

Triangular

Winder bolt size:

40.00mm

Winding fill factor:

User defined

Winding fill factor:

0.75

Stator thickness:

User defined

Stator thickness:

18mm

Current density:

4.00A/mm2

System Inputs

System voltage:

85.00V

Nominal voltage:

110.00V

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