This application claims the benefit of and priority to Italian Patent Application No. MI2011A 000375, filed on Mar. 10, 2011, the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.
Known wind turbines include a stator comprising a stator cylinder; and stator segments arranged about the axis of rotation, along the stator cylinder.
Known wind turbines also include a rotor comprising a rotor cylinder; and rotor segments arranged about the axis of rotation, along the rotor cylinder. Each rotor segment comprises a support extending parallel to the axis of rotation; and magnetized modules arranged, parallel to the axis of rotation, inside the support. The rotor segments are fitted to the rotor cylinder, and the stator segments to the stator cylinder. The rotor cylinder is connected to the stator cylinder by at least one bearing, and is connected to a hub and to a number of blades arranged about the hub.
Wind turbines of this type have proved highly efficient and easy to produce and install, but part of the energy transmitted from the blades to the electric machine has been found to be dispersed in so-called electromagnetic losses, particularly in the rotor.
In addition, the dispersed energy causes overheating of the rotor.
The present disclosure relates to a wind turbine for producing electric energy.
More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a wind turbine comprising an electric machine having a stator, and a rotor which rotates about an axis of rotation with respect to the stator.
It is an object of the present disclosure to provide a wind turbine configured to limit certain of the drawbacks of known wind turbines.
Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a wind turbine configured to reduce electromagnetic losses with respect to certain known wind turbines.
Another object of the present disclosure is to provide a wind turbine configured to reduce overheating of the rotor.
According to the present disclosure, there is provided a wind turbine comprising an electric machine, in turn comprising a stator, and a rotor which rotates about an axis of rotation with respect to the stator; the rotor comprising a quantity or number of magnetized modules, and a quantity or number of supports for supporting the magnetized modules and arranged about the axis of rotation; and wherein at least two of the supports are parallel connected electrically.
Parallel electric connection of the supports reduces the parasitic currents induced by the magnetomotive force harmonics of the stator, thus reducing losses in the rotor and improving efficiency of the wind turbine. Reducing losses also reduces overheating of the rotor, which can therefore be cooled using relatively small, lightweight cooling components.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, the wind turbine comprises an electric conducting structure for parallel connecting electrically at least two of the supports.
Additional features and advantages are described in, and will be apparent from, the following Detailed Description and the figures.
A number of non-limiting embodiments of the present disclosure will be described by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:
Referring now to the example embodiments of the present disclosure illustrated in
In the
In a variation of the present disclosure (not shown), supporting structure 2 is a pylon, such as made of ferrous material.
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Each gripper 29 has two lateral faces 29c, each facing a lateral face 29c of the adjacent gripper 29; and grippers 29 are processed to electrically insulate lateral faces 29c to prevent electric charges from travelling through lateral faces 29c of contiguous grippers 29.
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Grippers 29 are processed to reduce the surface electric resistance of ends 29a and 29b, which thus form excellent electric contacts.
More specifically, electric conductors 30 and 31 are connected by fasteners 32 to ends 29a and 29b of each gripper 29 to ensure optimum electric connection of gripper 29 to electric conductor 30 by virtue of the low surface resistance of ends 29a and 29b.
In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, wind turbine 1 comprises electrically conducting (e.g., silver) paste between ends 29a, 29b and respective conductors 30, 31 to improve electric connection.
In actual use, electric conductors 30 and 31 are traversed by parasitic currents induced by the magnetomotive force harmonics of stator 10, and are configured accordingly, on the basis of the amplitude of the parasitic currents.
Electric conductors 30 and 31 define an electric conducting structure.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, electric conductors 30 and 31 are made of copper.
In another embodiment of the present disclosure, electric conductors 30 and 31 are made of nonmagnetic conducting material, such as aluminum or stainless steel.
In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure shown in
Each group of electric conducting elements 130 also comprises electric conductors 134 for electrically connecting adjacent grippers 29. More specifically, each electric conductor 134 is located between two adjacent grippers 29, and positioned contacting respective electric conductors 133 of adjacent grippers 29. Electric conductors 133 and 134 are fixed to respective grippers 29 by fasteners 132 configured to fix electric conductors 133 to respective gripper 29, and electric conductors 134 to respective electric conductors 133.
The two groups of electric conducting elements 130 are configured on the basis of the amplitude of the parasitic currents.
In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, wind turbine 1 comprises electrically conducting paste between ends 29a, 29b and respective electric conductors 133 to improve electric connection.
The two groups of electric conducting elements 130 define an annular electric conducting structure.
In one embodiment of the present disclosure, groups of electric conducting elements 130 are made of copper.
In another embodiment of the present disclosure, groups of electric conducting elements 130 are made of nonmagnetic conducting material, such as aluminum or stainless steel.
The two groups of electric conducting elements 130 allow easier access to grippers 29 for maintenance. In other words, each gripper 29 can be extracted from rotor cylinder 20 by simply removing the two electric conductors 134 and electric conductor 133 fixed to ends 29a, 29b of gripper 29, thus enabling faster, easier maintenance and access to grippers 29.
The two conductors 30, 31 or groups of electric conducting elements 130 ensure parallel electric connection of grippers 29 and therefore electric paths for the electric charges generated on grippers 29 by the electromagnetic field of stator 10. In other words, grippers 29 and conductors 30, 31 or the two groups of electric conducting elements 130 form an electric circuit in which grippers 29 represent parallel-connected impedances.
Parallel electric connection of supports 23 reduces the parasitic currents induced by the magnetomotive force harmonics of stator 10, thus reducing losses in rotor 11 and improving the efficiency of wind turbine 1. Reducing losses also reduces overheating of rotor 11, thus enabling use of relatively small cooling fins 22.
In an alternative embodiment of the present disclosure, rotor cylinder 20 and cooling fins 22 are made of nonmagnetic material, such as stainless steel, aluminum, or heat-conducting polymer material.
It should be appreciated that the electric machine 1 described is a radial-flux, buried-permanent-magnet type, but the protective scope of the present disclosure also extends to any other type of permanent-magnet electric machine, such as radial-flux, surface-magnet, or axial-flux, or cross-flux electric machines. It should be further appreciated that the illustrated wind turbine is a direct-drive type (i.e., in which the hub and the electric machine rotor are connected directly).
The present disclosure obviously also covers embodiments not described in the above detailed disclosure, as well as equivalent embodiments within the protective scope of the accompanying Claims. That is, it should be understood that various changes and modifications to the presently preferred embodiments described herein will be apparent to those skilled in the art. Such changes and modifications can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the present subject matter and without diminishing its intended advantages. It is therefore intended that such changes and modifications be covered by the appended claims.
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