Feasibility study of 5MW superconducting wind turbine generator

Asger Bech Abrahamsen; Bogi Bech Jensen; E. Seiler; Nenad Mijatovic; Victor Manuel Rodriguez Zermeno; Niels Hessel Andersen; Jacob Østergaard

doi:10.1016/j.physc.2011.05.217

Feasibility study of 5MW superconducting wind turbine generator

Asger Bech Abrahamsen
, Bogi Bech Jensen
, E. Seiler
, Nenad Mijatovic
, Victor Manuel Rodriguez Zermeno
, Niels Hessel Andersen
, Jacob Østergaard

Slovak Academy of Sciences

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Abstract

The feasibility of installing a direct drive superconducting generator in the 5MW reference offshore wind turbine of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has been examined. The engineering current densities Je obtained in a series of race track coils have been combined with magnetization measurements to estimate the properties of suitable field coils for a synchronous generator, which is more light weight than the conventional used combination of a gear box and a fast rotating generator. An analytical model and finite element simulations have been used to estimate the active mass of generators with varying number of poles. A 24 pole machine with an outer diameter of 4.2m and active length and mass of 1.2m and 34 tons is suggested possible, if a Je=300A/mm2 can be obtained in B=4T pointing to an operation temperature around 40K.

Original language	English
Journal	Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications
Volume	471
Issue number	21-22
Pages (from-to)	1464-1469
ISSN	0921-4534
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physc.2011.05.217
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	The 23rd International Symposium on Superconductivity - Tsukuba, Japan Duration: 1 Nov 2010 → 3 Nov 2010 Conference number: 23

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Conference	The 23rd International Symposium on Superconductivity
Number	23
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Tsukuba
Period	01/11/2010 → 03/11/2010

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy

Keywords

Superconducting generator
Offshore wind turbine
Race track coils

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Feasibility study of 5MW superconducting wind turbine generator

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