DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION AND STUDY OF SMALL SCALE VERTICAL AXIS WIND TURBINE BASED ON MAGNETICALLY LEVITATED AXIAL FLUX PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATOR | ||||
| The International Conference on Electrical Engineering | ||||
| Article 28, Volume 10, 10th International Conference on Electrical Engineering ICEENG 2016, April 2016, Page 1-7 PDF (990.73 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/iceeng.2016.30309 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ghulam Ahmad1; Suhail Aftab2 | ||||
| 1Electrical Engineering& Technology, University of Gujrat, Gujrat, Pakistan. | ||||
| 2Electrical Engineering University of Engineering & Technology, Pakistan. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Abstract A small scale vertical axis wind turbine (VAWT) with axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) generator has been designed and magnetic levitation method is used to increase the efficiency of this type of wind turbine [1]. Magnetic levitation is inserted by using rare earth permanent magnets, the repelling force of magnets are used to suspend the rotating part of both turbine and generator. Moreover, design of simple generator which can easily drive without geared mechanism, lessen cost and the complexity of the system by reducing the quantity of driving components. Three phase output is obtained from designed generator which is converted into direct current through three-phase rectifier to charge the batteries. The performance of proposed prototype is also tested experimentally. The turbine performs as predicted by the design process. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Wind energy; Magnetic Levitation; vertical axis wind turbine; Permanent magnet axial flux generator | ||||
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