Planar Wind Turbine Generator Design for Compact Power Systems
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Solution Overview
Problem
Wind turbine systems are complex, bulky, lack reliability and efficiency, and face challenges in extracting, distributing, and accounting for generated electrical power, making them unprofitable in the long run.
Innovation Solution
A wind turbine system comprising a current generator with a planar base member, a rotor assembly, and a stator assembly, along with a control system for adjusting blade angular positions and a power buffer unit for efficient electrical power management, including a wind sensor module for measuring differential pressure.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Power
If traditional wind turbine systems are used, then electrical power can be generated, but the systems become complex and bulky
Solution Approach 1:
The generator is divided into modular components: a rotor assembly with multiple rotor members, a stator assembly with multiple stator members, and a base member. Each component performs a specific function and can be independently manufactured and assembled, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining power generation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The base member serves multiple functions: it supports the rotor and stator assemblies, provides a mounting structure for the generator, and acts as part of the overall wind turbine system integration. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate structural components, simplifying the system
2Power
If traditional wind turbine systems are used, then electrical power can be generated, but the systems become bulky
Solution Approach 1:
The rotor members are positioned within the stator members, creating a nested configuration where the rotor assembly fits inside the stator assembly. This nested arrangement maximizes the use of available space and reduces the overall volume of the generator while maintaining electrical power generation capability
Solution Approach 2:
The generator utilizes a three-dimensional arrangement with rotor members positioned at different heights (first rotor member above second rotor member) and stator members corresponding to each rotor member. This vertical stacking in the third dimension reduces the horizontal footprint and overall volume of the system
3Power
If traditional wind turbine systems are used, then electrical power can be generated, but reliability is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Each rotor member and stator member is designed with specific local characteristics optimized for its position and function. The magnets are strategically positioned on rotor members, and windings are arranged on stator members to create efficient magnetic circuits. This localized optimization improves overall system reliability by ensuring each component performs its function effectively
Solution Approach 2:
The rotor and stator assemblies are combined in a integrated generator design where multiple rotor members and stator members work together as a unified system. This merging of components improves reliability by creating redundant pathways for electrical generation and reducing the number of separate systems that could fail
4Power
If traditional wind turbine systems are used, then electrical power can be generated, but efficiency is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The generator design enables continuous electrical power generation through the coordinated rotation of multiple rotor members within the stator members. The magnetic fields generated by magnets on rotor members continuously induce current in the windings of stator members, maintaining continuous useful action and improving energy efficiency by minimizing idle or non-generating periods
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system enhances reliability and efficiency, optimizes energy capture, and improves the profitability of wind turbine operations by effectively generating, managing, and distributing electrical power.
Implementation Method 1
a substantially planar stator assembly secured to the base member and centered in a spacing between the first rotor member and the second rotor member, the stator assembly configured to generate a current upon rotation of the rotor assembly relative thereto
Implementation Method 2
a wind sensor module for measuring differential pressure
Data Source
AI summary
A wind turbine system includes a current generator having a planar base member, a connection member secured at a geometrical center of the base member and configured to rotate about an axis transverse to a plane of the support member upon exertion of wind pressure on the wind turbine, a rotor assembly secured to the connection member for rotation about the axis, the rotor assembly spaced from the base member and including planar rotor members spaced from and parallel to one another; and a planar stator assembly secured to the base member and centered in a spacing between the rotor members, the stator assembly configured to generate a current upon rotation of the rotor assembly relative thereto. A control system supplies power from the generator to an electrical grid. A control system adjusts an angular position of the turbine blades. A wind sensor measures a differential wind pressure.