Direct Drive Wind Turbine Generator Design

In this study two types of wind turbines are studied.

Direct drive wind turbine generator design.

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. The simple construction with fewer components lead to increased reliability and superior drive train efficiency. The lagerwey direct drive permanent magnet generator outlines a new era for wind turbine integration. Two types of wind turbines share the focus of current development efforts and are competing to be recognized as the dominant design.

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. 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 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.

Permanent magnets frameless alternators for direct drive of wind and water turbines. The smallest turbines are used for applications such as battery charging for auxiliary power for boats or caravans or to power traffic warning signs. The gearbox wind turbine and the direct drive wind turbine. Wind turbines are manufactured in a wide range of vertical and horizontal axis.

Direct drive refers to a type of wind turbine design that eliminates the gears in a conventional wind turbine. Wind energy generated by wind turbine technology is one of the fastest developing sustainable power sources due to its promising potential. 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. The gearbox and the direct drive wind turbines.

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