Low-Cost Small Wind for Domestic Applications
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Low-Cost Small Wind for Domestic Applications
CoPED ID
59157f2b-b6e3-4ac2-86f7-4504bc3d2f8b
Status
Closed
Funders
Value
£10,000
Start Date
March 31, 2013
End Date
Oct. 31, 2013
Description
The existing microwind (less than 2 kW) turbines in the market are expensive and the breakeven period is not attractive, more than 10 years. Almost all microwind turbines use permanent magnet generators (PMGs) in combination with a full-size power electronics converter, together accounting for 40 to 50% of the turbine cost.
We have developed a new generator concept for microwind turbines, which comprises a newly configured Brushless Doubly-Fed Generator (BDFG) and a partial (a third) size converter. It promises a significant reduction in the cost of microwind turbines by about 30%, hence reducing the breakeven period to less than 7 years.
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- Turbines
- Generators (devices)
- Power electronics
- Costs
- Electrical engineering
- Marketing
- Wind energy
Extracted key phrases
- Microwind turbine
- Turbine cost
- Cost small Wind
- Size power electronic converter
- Domestic Applications
- Low
- New generator concept
- Permanent magnet generator
- Size converter
- Breakeven period
- Fed Generator
- Significant reduction
- KW