ANSYS CFX STUDY OF AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS DURING BLADE PROFILE ROTATION

Currently, wind energy is one of the most developing areas, which is primarily due to the absence of emissions of harmful substances into the atmosphere. Wind power allows providing electricity to remote areas, where fuel delivery, as well as the construction of thermal power plants is laborious and expensive. The effective development of wind turbines should solve the following tasks: the creation of the necessary driving force and the possibility of using a high coefficient of wind energy, which does not contradict the maintenance of the ecological balance of the territory. An electric generator for a household wind turbine must provide electricity in a wide range of rotation speeds and be able to work independently without automation and external energy sources. The study of the numerical implementation of the method of aerodynamic analysis of the wind turbine blade in rotational motion in the ANSYS CFD software package is by far the most promising and dynamically developing direction in the field of aerodynamics calculations. The results of approbation of the mixed calculation method using a dynamically variable and stationary finite-volume mesh are presented. The use of a mixed design scheme allows for calculations of wind turbines inside the building, while it becomes possible to minimize the required power for the study.

Estimation of the domestic materials application possibility in the active part of a high-speed electric generator for micro-GTP

The article discusses the possibility of using domestic materials in a high-speed electric generator. The features of Japanese electrical steel 20NTN1500 and domestic-made electrical steel grades 2420 and 2421 for the stator magnetic circuit are shown. The features of American steel AISI 455 and structural steel grades Steel 40, Steel 40H, Steel 45 are considered in the case of a rotor. A feature of the use of structural steels in the design of the high-speed electric generator rotor for micro-gas turbine plants is the need for precise observance of the rotor heat treatment mode after its manufacture, control of the dimensions and quality of surface treatment.

RANGE EXTENDER ICE MULTI-PARAMETRIC MULTI-OBJECTIVE OPTIMIZATION

Range Extended Electric Vehicles (REEV) are still one of the suitable concepts for modern sustainable low emission vehicles. REEV is equipped with a small and lightweight unit, comprised usually of an internal combustion engine with an electric generator, and has thus the technical potential to overcome the main limitations of a pure electric vehicle – range anxiety, overall driving range, heating, and air-conditioning demands – using smaller battery: saving money, and raw materials. Even though several REx ICE concepts were designed in past, most of the available studies lack more complex design and optimization approach, not exploiting the advantageous single point operation of these engines. Resulting engine designs are usually rather conservative, not optimized for the best efficiency. This paper presents a multi-parametric and multi-objective optimization approach, that is applied on a REx ICE. Our optimization toolchain combines a parametric GT-Suite ICE simulation model, modeFRONTIER optimization software with various optimization strategies, and a parametric CAD model, that first provides some simulation model inputs, and second also serves for the final designs’ feasibility check. The chosen ICE concept is a 90 degrees V-twin engine, four-stroke, spark-ignition, naturally aspirated, port injected, OHV engine. The optimization goal is to find the thermodynamic optima for three different design scenarios of our concept – three different engine displacements – addressing the compactness requirement of a REx ICE. The optimization results show great fuel efficiency potential by applying our optimization methodology, following the general trends in increasing ICE efficiency, and power for a naturally aspirated concept.

Dimensioning Optimization of the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator for Direct Drive Wind Turbines

In the present work, a methodology that allows optimizing the permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) design by establishing limit values of magnet radius and length that maximize efficiency for the nominal parameters of the wind turbine is developed. The methodology consists of two fundamental models. One model calculates the generator parameters from the radius of the magnet base, and the other optimization model determines two optimum generators according to the optimization criteria of maximum efficiency and maximum efficiency with minimum weight starting from the axial length and the radius of the magnet base. For the optimization, the numerical method of the golden section was used. The model was validated from a 10 kW PMSG and the results of two optimum generators are presented according to the optimization criteria. In addition, when the obtained results are compared with the reference electric generator, an increase in efficiency of 1.15% and 0.81% and a reduction in weight of 30.79% and 39.15% of the optimized generators are obtained for maximum efficiency and minimum weight, respectively. Intermediate options between the maximum efficiency generator and the minimum weight generator allows for the selection of the optimum dimensioning for the electric generator as a function of the parameters from the wind turbine design.

Design and selection of a belt drive for an electric generator

The issue of the selection of mechanical drive for medium size power generators was raised in the work. The issue begins with the analysis of the propulsion system in the hydroelectric power plant, in which the turbines were selected for the amount of water flowing and for these turbines electric generators. An overview of the available drive solutions pointed to belt transmissions, which must meet the task of transferring torque from the turbine to the generator. The solution must be durable, which is why the authors conducted a deep analysis of material issues and pointed to modern polymer strips that can meet the challenges posed.

Counter-rotating electric generator for wind power plants with liquid metal energy transfer

The problem of creating effective structures that ensure mutual rotation of the rotor and stator of an electric generator. The wide practical application of counter-rotor wind-electric generators, which provide a significant increase in specific power, is hindered by the disadvantages and low reliability of existing systems for removing electric energy from the windings of a rotating counter-rotor, due to the dry friction mode. It is possible to increase the reliability of the contact removal of electrical energy from the counter rotor (rotating stator) by replacing solid brushes with liquid metal contact groups, which will lead to a certain increase in the resistivity of the contact group, compensated by the contact area of the liquid metal with the contact ring. It is most advisable to use liquid metal contact groups based on gallium, which will raise the permissible temperature limit of operation by about 2 times compared to the achieved level to 275 °C and, thereby, additionally raise the specific power of the electric generator.