Design and Analysis of a HTS Flux-Switching Machine for Wind Energy Conversion

Author

Yubin Wang ; Jianxin Sun ; ZhiXiang Zou ; Zheng Wang ; Chau, K.T.

Author_Institution

Coll. of Mech. & Electr. Eng., China Univ. of Pet., Qingdao, China

Volume

23

Issue

3

fYear

2013

fDate

Jun-13

Firstpage

5000904

Lastpage

5000904

Abstract

This paper proposes a new high-temperature superconductor (HTS) flux-switching machine with the merit of high power density for the direct-drive wind energy conversion system. The key is to introduce HTS windings to replace permanent magnet material in the flux-switching permanent magnet machine. Also, the use of HTS field excitation windings can easily achieve constant output armature voltage under time-varying wind speeds. By using the finite element analysis, the machine performances are analyzed. Hence, the validity of the proposed machine is verified.

Keywords

finite element analysis; high-temperature superconductors; superconducting magnets; wind power; HTS flux switching machine; HTS windings; direct drive wind energy conversion system; high temperature superconductor; permanent magnet; power density; High temperature superconductors; Magnetic fields; Rotors; Saturation magnetization; Stator windings; Windings; Finite element analysis; flux-switching machine; high-temperature superconductor; wind energy conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2013.2242113

Filename

6416944