Towards more reliable and cost effective superconducting generators for wind turbines

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2014-01-01

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Keysan, Ozan
Burchell, J.
Mueller, M.A.

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For large(~10 MW) wind turbines, direct-drive superconducting generators are proposed to reduce the tower head mass, which help to reduce the installation costs. Most of the existing designs has a very similar topology: a synchronous machine with a rotating superconducting field winding. However, this topology may not be the most suitable design for harsh offshore conditions. A novel transverse flux design is presented in this paper. The design has stationary and modular superconducting field windings combined with a double armature structure is presented in this paper.

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Superconducting machines, Offshore wind turbines, Direct drive, Claw pole

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32805

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https://doi.org/10.1049/cp.2014.0518

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O. Keysan, J. Burchell, and M. A. Mueller, “Towards more reliable and cost effective superconducting generators for wind turbines,” 2014, vol. 2014, Accessed: 00, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/32805.