Direct Drive Wind Turbine Generator Design

Wind turbine design is the process of defining the form and specifications of a wind turbine to extract energy from the wind.

Direct drive wind turbine generator design.

The gearbox wind turbine and the direct drive wind turbine. The torque density of our latest generator is very high compared to conventional direct drive generators because the magnetic topology uses permanent magnets and a natural air flow based system for cooling the generator. In a conventional gear driven turbine the rotor blades spin a shaft which drives gears that drive a generator in a direct drive design the drive shaft spins the generator directly causing it to spin at the same speed as the turbine blades. Direct drive refers to a type of wind turbine design that eliminates the gears in a conventional wind turbine.

The smallest turbines are used for applications such as battery charging for auxiliary power for boats or caravans or to power traffic warning signs. A wind turbine or alternatively referred to as a wind energy converter is a device that converts the wind s kinetic energy into electrical energy. Wind turbines are manufactured in a wide range of vertical and horizontal axis. In this study two types of wind turbines are studied.

The switch low speed direct drive pmgs operate without any gearbox and fast rotating parts. The simple construction with fewer components lead to increased reliability and superior drive train efficiency. A wind turbine installation consists of the necessary systems needed to capture the wind s energy point the turbine into the wind convert mechanical rotation into electrical power and other systems to start stop and control the turbine. The typical speed range is between 10 rpm and 20 rpm.

Low speed direct drive permanent magnet generators pmg 1650 6300 kw 11 17 rpm. To reduce the risk of investing in the wrong type of wind turbine and thereby having to pay extra switching costs an important question is which of these different options will turn out to become the dominant design. Design of direct driven permanent magnet generators for wind turbines by anders grauers department of electric power engineering chalmers university of technology abstract this thesis presents an investigation of how a direct driven wind turbine generator should be designed and how small and efficient such a generator will be. The gearbox and the direct drive wind turbines.

The range of stk permanent magnet alternators also called permanent magnet generators addresses the applications of wind turbine generators windmill alternators or windmill generators for small wind turbines and small water turbines that is to say in low and medium power needing the highest power to weight. Wind energy generated by wind turbine technology is one of the fastest developing sustainable power sources due to its promising potential.