Design of a permanent magnet generator for a sustainable wind energy capture and storage system

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dc.contributor.advisorKhan, Mohamed Azeemen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorBarendse, Paul Stanleyen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorJagau, Hartmuten_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-02-11T14:08:43Z
dc.date.available2015-02-11T14:08:43Z
dc.date.issued2011en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical referencesen_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe main objective of this dissertation is the detailed design, sizing, analysis and experimental validation of the sustainable wind generator. The proposed machine topology for the generator uses permanent magnets (PMs) from discarded hard disk drives (HDDs). The PM configuration inherently produces a non-uniform air gap flux-density distribution and the pole pitches of the PMs are relatively small. This would result to an unbalanced generator output and a number of stator inter-connecting leads, if conventional tooth-concentrated non-overlapping winding configurations are used. Hence, a concentrated full-pitch overlapping wave winding configuration is developed, which overcomes the aforementioned challenges. The proposed sustainable coreless axial flux generator is then analyzed with classical machine theory and verified by finite element analysis (FEA) software. It is shown that the traditional sizing approach for axial flux machines needs modification to accommodate the design of the proposed machine topology. For the numerical analysis, 3D-FEA is used to verify the 2Dmodel which is subsequently employed in the numerical analyses.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationJagau, H. (2011). <i>Design of a permanent magnet generator for a sustainable wind energy capture and storage system</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12436en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationJagau, Hartmut. <i>"Design of a permanent magnet generator for a sustainable wind energy capture and storage system."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12436en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationJagau, H. 2011. Design of a permanent magnet generator for a sustainable wind energy capture and storage system. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Jagau, Hartmut AB - The main objective of this dissertation is the detailed design, sizing, analysis and experimental validation of the sustainable wind generator. The proposed machine topology for the generator uses permanent magnets (PMs) from discarded hard disk drives (HDDs). The PM configuration inherently produces a non-uniform air gap flux-density distribution and the pole pitches of the PMs are relatively small. This would result to an unbalanced generator output and a number of stator inter-connecting leads, if conventional tooth-concentrated non-overlapping winding configurations are used. Hence, a concentrated full-pitch overlapping wave winding configuration is developed, which overcomes the aforementioned challenges. The proposed sustainable coreless axial flux generator is then analyzed with classical machine theory and verified by finite element analysis (FEA) software. It is shown that the traditional sizing approach for axial flux machines needs modification to accommodate the design of the proposed machine topology. For the numerical analysis, 3D-FEA is used to verify the 2Dmodel which is subsequently employed in the numerical analyses. DA - 2011 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - Design of a permanent magnet generator for a sustainable wind energy capture and storage system TI - Design of a permanent magnet generator for a sustainable wind energy capture and storage system UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12436 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12436
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationJagau H. Design of a permanent magnet generator for a sustainable wind energy capture and storage system. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Engineering & the Built Environment ,Department of Electrical Engineering, 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12436en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Electrical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherElectrical Engineeringen_ZA
dc.titleDesign of a permanent magnet generator for a sustainable wind energy capture and storage systemen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMScen_ZA
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