Design of a High Temperature Superconducting Generator for Wind Power Applications

Author

Li, Xiaohang ; Zhou, Yigang ; Han, Lei ; Zhang, Dong ; Zhang, Jingye ; Qiu, Qingquan ; Dai, Shaotao ; Zhang, Zhifeng ; Xia, Dong ; Zhang, Guomin ; Lin, Liangzhen ; Xiao, Liye ; Zhu, Shaowen ; Bai, Hongbin ; Bian, Bo ; Li, Shuangping ; Gao, Weinan

Author_Institution

Key Lab. of Appl. Superconduc tivity, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China

Volume

21

Issue

3

fYear

2011

fDate

6/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1155

Lastpage

1158

Abstract

High temperature superconducting (HTS) generator was promising in the wind power applications for its advantages in the weight, size and thermal stability against load fluctuations, especially in the “direct-driven” design. A 100 kW generator was proposed for the demonstration of the feasibility of using HTS in 10 MW wind turbine generators. The electromagnetic design and optimization of the rotor were done using finite element method (FEM). The excitation coil of the rotor was designed considering variable working conditions. According to the numerical results, a number of suggestions in the design and winding techniques of the superconducting rotor were proposed.

Keywords

finite element analysis; high-temperature superconductors; power system stability; thermal stability; wind power plants; wind turbines; FEM; electromagnetic design; finite element method; high temperature superconducting generator; load fluctuations; power 10 MW; power 100 kW; rotor; thermal stability; wind power applications; wind turbine generators; Coils; Generators; High temperature superconductors; Rotors; Stator windings; Windings; Excitation coil; HTS generator; HTS tape; stability; wind turbine;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2010.2088352

Filename

5639050