Permanent magnet synchronous generator design solution for large direct-drive wind turbines: Thermal behavior of the LC DD-PMSG

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• 作者：Yulia Alexandrova^a ; ^{yulia.alexandrova@lut.fi" class="auth_mail} ; Robert Scott Semken^b ; Juha Pyrhö ; nen^a
• 关键词：Directly cooled winding ; Heat transfer ; Synchronous generator ; Wind turbine
• 刊名：Applied Thermal Engineering
• 出版年：April, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：65
• 期：1-2
• 页码：554-563
• 全文大小：2798 K

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Wind is one of the most compelling forms of indirect solar energy. Available now, the conversion of wind power into electricity is and will continue to be an important element of energy self-sufficiency planning. This paper is one in a series intended to report on the development of a new type of generator for wind energy; a compact, high-power, direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous generator (DD-PMSG) that uses direct liquid cooling (LC) of the stator windings to manage Joule heating losses. The main parameters of the subject LC DD-PMSG are 8聽MW, 3.3聽kV, and 11聽Hz. The stator winding is cooled directly by deionized water, which flows through the continuous hollow conductor of each stator tooth-coil winding. The design of the machine is to a large degree subordinate to the use of these solid-copper tooth-coils. Both steady-state and time-dependent temperature distributions for LC DD-PMSG were examined with calculations based on a lumped-parameter thermal model, which makes it possible to account for uneven heat loss distribution in the stator conductors and the conductor cooling system. Transient calculations reveal the copper winding temperature distribution for an example duty cycle during variable-speed wind turbine operation. The cooling performance of the liquid cooled tooth-coil design was predicted via finite element analysis. An instrumented cooling loop featuring a pair of LC tooth-coils embedded in a lamination stack was built and laboratory tested to verify the analytical model. Predicted and measured results were in agreement, confirming the predicted satisfactory operation of the LC DD-PMSG cooling technology approach as a whole.