Design and Characteristic Analysis of a 10 kW Superconducting Synchronous Generator for Wind Turbines

Author

Gyeong-Hun Kim ; Kwang-Min Kim ; Sung-Jun Jung ; Hae-Jin Sung ; Heecheol Park ; Seokho Kim ; Minwon Park ; In-Keun Yu ; Sangjin Lee ; A-Rong Kim ; Tae-Joon Park

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Changwon Nat. Univ., Changwon, South Korea

Volume

23

Issue

3

fYear

2013

fDate

Jun-13

Firstpage

5202405

Lastpage

5202405

Abstract

A superconducting synchronous generator (SCSG) is suitable for designing a large-scale wind power generation system, because of its lighter weight and higher torque as compared to conventional generators. This paper analyzes a 10-kW SCSG designed by the finite element method. The finite element method tool is used to evaluate the designed 10-kW SCSG, which has 16 double pancake coils of race-track type with coated conductor tape according to the component certification (IEC 60034) for a wind power generator. The results show several specific characteristics of the designed SCSG. The results can also effectively evaluate the SCSG for a wind turbine, before the scale-up design and fabrication of the generator.

Keywords

finite element analysis; superconducting coils; superconducting machines; synchronous generators; wind turbines; IEC 60034 component certification; coated conductor tape; double pancake coils; finite element method; power 10 kW; race track type coils; superconducting synchronous generator; wind turbines; Coils; Finite element methods; Generators; High temperature superconductors; Magnetic flux density; Wind turbines; Windings; Finite element methods; generators; high temperature superconductors; wind energy; wind power generation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Applied Superconductivity, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8223

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TASC.2013.2239348

Filename

6458988