Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Alternator using printed circuit board stators

Author

Reed, Thomas ; Bakhoum, Ezzat

Author_Institution

Univ. of Florida, Gainesville

fYear

2008

fDate

3-6 April 2008

Firstpage

454

Lastpage

459

Abstract

Axial Flux Permanent Magnet Alternators (AFPMA) are a popular choice for small-scale off-grid wind turbine applications. Many off-grid wind power systems are home-built by energy conscience hobbyists. Building alternators of this type often require stators to also be built from scratch. The task of winding stators for an axial flux alternator is tedious and complicated. Recently, printed circuit board stators have appeared in the market place. The performance of these radical new stators has, until now, been unknown. It was the purpose of this research to build and test an AFPMA using these new stators and compare the results, specifically output power, to alternators of similar size using traditional wound stators.

Keywords

alternators; magnetic flux; permanent magnet generators; printed circuit motors; stators; wind turbines; axial flux permanent magnet alternator; off-grid wind power systems; printed circuit board stators; small-scale off-grid wind turbine; Alternators; Assembly; Coils; Magnetic flux; Magnetic separation; Permanent magnets; Printed circuits; Rotors; Stator cores; Wind energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Southeastcon, 2008. IEEE

Conference_Location

Huntsville, AL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1883-1

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1884-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SECON.2008.4494338

Filename

4494338