test 2m10 | Online Design Tools for Locally Manufactured Small Wind Turbines

Submitted by StagiaireUPEC on Wed, 30/04/2025 - 10:50

Duration:

00:00:33

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Results

Blade Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
RPM at the cut-in wind speed (TSR)	68.2439 RPM	n_cut_in
RPM at the nominal wind speed (TSR)	104.557 RPM	n_nom
Nominal tip speed ratio	2.29816	tsr_nom

Generator Rotor Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Rotor disk thickness	12 mm	hr
Magnet width-to-pole pitch ratio	0.412254	ai
Inner-to-outer magnet radius	0.883135	kd
Flux density in airgap	0.451159 T	Bmax
Flux density on magnet surface	0.574753 T	Bmg
First harmonic of flux density in airgap	0.347054 T	Bp
Flux per pole (Calculated)	0.000793909 Wb	Flux_pole
Magnets on a rotor disk	32	magnet_num
Distance between magnets	38.2546 mm	dist_magnet_Rin
Magnet mass	6624 g	MagnetMass
Magnet density	7.5 g/cm3	mag_density
Volume of a single magnet	13800 mm3	Vmag
Volume of all magnets	883200 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	787.807 mm	Dout
Average radius	370.618 mm	Ravg
Inner radius	347.618 mm	Rin
Outer radius	393.904 mm	Rout
Effective outer radius	393.618 mm	Rout_eff
Mass of rotor disks	92.0695 kgr	BackIronMass
Volume of rotor disks	11698.8 cm3	BackIronVolume
Maximum flux density in the magnet rotor disk	0.832926 T	SaturMAX
Is the magnet rotor disk saturated?	No	Saturation

Generator Stator Outputs
Property	Value	Variable name
Stator thickness	20 mm	tw
Number of phases	3	nphase
Number of coils per phase	8	q
Total number of coils in stator	24	coil_num
Number of turns per coil	21	Nc
Copper wire diameter	1.8 mm	dc
Number of wires at hand	8	No_wires_at_hand
Winding fill factor	0.7	kf
Copper wire cross-sectional area	20.32 mm2	sc
Copper wire cross-sectional area (Calculated)	19.9263 mm²	sc_theor
Copper wire cross-sectional area of a sinlge wire	2.54 mm²	sc_multi_wires
Copper wire diameter (Calculated)	5.03824 mm	dc_theor
Coil leg width	30.48 mm	wc
Average length of coil turn	247.707 mm	lavg
Stator nominal temperature	61.3061 C°	tc_real
Stator surface area	3624.06 cm²	stator_surface_area
Heat coefficient	0.209491	cq_real
Current density	3.92251 A	Jmax_real
Resistivity of copper at nominal temperature	1.94509E-8 Ohm.m	pt
Resistance of a single coil	0.00497936 Ohm	Rc
Phase resistance	0.0398349 Ohm	Rphase
Phase inductance	0.000251618 H	Ls
Nagaoka constant	0.23247	Kn
Winding coefficient	0.95	kw
Volume of a single coil	151002 mm3	coil_volume
Weight of a single coil	1034.97 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	25.8742 kgr	mcu_constr
EMF at the cut-in wind speed (Calculated)	10.264 V	EMF_cut_in
EMF at the nominal wind speed (Calculated)	15.688 V	EMF_nom
Current at the nominal wind speed	79.7054 A	Iac_nom
Terminal voltage at the nominal wind speed	11.2904 V	V_term_line
Nominal frequency	27.8818 Hz	fnom
Generator power (Calculated)	2699.72 W	Pnom
Copper losses (Calculated)	759.206 W	Pcopper
Eddy current losses (Calculated)	278.715 W	Peddy
Generator efficiency (Calculated)	0.7173	efficiency_real
AC Power at the rectifier (Calculated)	2429.75 W	Pnom_rect
DC Power at the batteries (Calculated)	2186.77 W	Pnom_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)	26.085 W	Prot

Costs, Mass and Volume
Property	Value	Variable name
Total generator cost	1391.83 EUR	Totalcost
Total generator mass	131.623 kgr	TotalMass
Total generator volume	34.1215 dm3	TotalVolume
Blade rotor mass	17.7029 kgr	blade_rotor_mass
Softwood density	500 kgr/m³	softwood_density
Cost of magnets	614.812 EUR	Magcost
Magnet shipping cost	53.3333 EUR	shippingcost
Copper mass	22.6793 kgr	mcu
Cost of copper	334.747 EUR	coppercost
Resin mass	10.2506 kgr	resinmass
Cost of resin	141.591 EUR	resincost
Resin volume	7537.22 cm3	ResinVolume
Total mass of one generator rotor	49.3467 kgr	TotalMassRotor
Cost of iron	113.245 EUR	ironcost
Surface area of moulds	1.18332 m2	woodS
Total cost of moulds	187.439 EUR	woodcost

Output files

Octave/Matlab variable file:

simulation-9782.mat

Input parameters

Blade Rotor Inputs

Turbine radius:

2.10m

Aerodynamic coefficient:

0.45

Cut-in wind speed:

3.00m/s

Nominal wind speed:

10.00m/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:

NdFeB N40

Number of generator poles:

Magnet length:

46mm

Magnet width:

30mm

Magnet thickness:

10mm

Rotor disk thickness:

User Defined

Rotor disk thickness:

12mm

Mechanical clearance:

3.00mm

Generator Stator Inputs

Select coil type:

Rectangular

Winding fill factor:

User defined

Winding fill factor:

0.70

Stator thickness:

User defined

Stator thickness:

20mm

Current density:

4.00A/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