Influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on volume, weight and cost of superconducting generator with iron-cored rotor topology for wind turbines.

Guan, Yang; Zhu, Z. Q.; Li, Guang-Jin; Azar, Ziad; Thomas, Arwyn S.; Vedre�o-Santos, Francisco; Odavic, M.

doi:10.1109/TASC.2017.2716818

Influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on volume, weight and cost of superconducting generator with iron-cored rotor topology for wind turbines.

Guan, Yang; Zhu, Z. Q.; Li, Guang-Jin; Azar, Ziad; Thomas, Arwyn S.; Vedre�o-Santos, Francisco; Odavic, M.

Authors

Yang Guan

Z. Q. Zhu

Guang-Jin Li

Ziad Azar

Arwyn S. Thomas

Dr Francisco Vedreno Santos F.VedrenoSantos@napier.ac.uk
Lecturer

M. Odavic

Abstract

This paper investigates the influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on the performance of superconducting (SC) generators. The SC generator has an iron-cored rotor topology. Firstly, the generator structure is introduced and the optimization procedure is described. Then the influence of design parameters on performance, in terms of generator volume, weight, SC wire utilization, and active material cost, etc., is presented. Some relationships for the optimal combinations for different performance attributes are established. In addition, the influence of SC material price on the determination of optimal stator outer diameter and pole number is discussed. Finally, the influence of SC coil area per pole on performance is also investigated.

Citation

Guan, Y., Zhu, Z. Q., Li, G., Azar, Z., Thomas, A. S., Vedreño-Santos, F., & Odavic, M. (2017). Influence of pole number and stator outer diameter on volume, weight and cost of superconducting generator with iron-cored rotor topology for wind turbines. IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity, 27(6), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2017.2716818

Journal Article Type	Article
Acceptance Date	Nov 20, 2016
Online Publication Date	Jun 16, 2017
Publication Date	Jun 16, 2017
Deposit Date	Jan 18, 2017
Publicly Available Date	Jan 31, 2017
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity
Print ISSN	1051-8223
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Peer Reviewed	Peer Reviewed
Volume	27
Issue	6
Pages	1-9
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1109/TASC.2017.2716818
Keywords	Iron-cored, pole number; SC generator; stator outer diameter; wind turbine
Public URL	http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/465072
Contract Date	Jan 31, 2017

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