Study of 10 MW-Class Wind Turbine Synchronous Generators With HTS Field Windings

Author

Fukui, Satoshi ; Ogawa, Jun ; Sato, Takao ; Tsukamoto, Osami ; Kashima, Naoji ; Nagaya, Shigeo

Author_Institution

Grad. Sch. of Sci. & Technol., Niigata Univ., Niigata, Japan

Volume

21

Issue

3

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1151

Lastpage

1154

Abstract

We study the electro-magnetic design of 10 MW-class wind turbine generator with high temperature superconducting field winding by using the FEM analysis. The design examples are presented and the generator characteristics are investigated. The 10 MW-class HTS wind turbine generator is considered to be feasible from the stand point of the electro-magnetic design. In this study, 8-pole and 12-pole generators are investigated. From the results, it is considered that the 8-pole design is preferable compared with the 12-pole design. The analysis also reveals the small synchronous reactance of the HTS wind turbine generator. Therefore, proper protection is necessary for the large short circuit current.

Keywords

finite element analysis; high-temperature superconductors; machine windings; synchronous generators; wind turbines; FEM analysis; HTS field winding; electromagnetic design; high temperature superconducting field winding; power 10 MW; synchronous reactance; wind turbine synchronous generator; Finite element methods; Generators; High temperature superconductors; Saturation magnetization; Superconducting magnets; Wind turbines; Windings; HTS field winding; synchronous generator; wind turbine generator;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2010.2090115

Filename

5638773