TY - JOUR
T1 - Comparing the Brushless DFIM to other Generator Systems for Wind Turbine Drive-Trains
AU - Strous, Tim
AU - Shipurkar, Udai
AU - Polinder, Henk
AU - Ferreira, Bram
PY - 2016/10
Y1 - 2016/10
N2 - In this paper, the brushless DFIM based wind turbine drive-train topology is compared to the DFIG based and PM generator based drive-train topologies, that are most commonly applied in modern wind turbines. The comparison will be based on a 3:2MW case study wind turbine. By using FE based multi-objective optimization, optimized generator designs for the dierent topologies are generated. Then the capital expenditures of the resulting drive-train topologies are calculated and compared. Additionally, wind turbine drive-train congurations with 1, 2 and 3 stage gearboxes as well as a direct-drive conguration are taken into account. The resulting comparison shows that the brushless DFIM based drive-train with a 2 stage gearbox conguration provides a feasible alternative in commercial wind turbine drive-train applications.
AB - In this paper, the brushless DFIM based wind turbine drive-train topology is compared to the DFIG based and PM generator based drive-train topologies, that are most commonly applied in modern wind turbines. The comparison will be based on a 3:2MW case study wind turbine. By using FE based multi-objective optimization, optimized generator designs for the dierent topologies are generated. Then the capital expenditures of the resulting drive-train topologies are calculated and compared. Additionally, wind turbine drive-train congurations with 1, 2 and 3 stage gearboxes as well as a direct-drive conguration are taken into account. The resulting comparison shows that the brushless DFIM based drive-train with a 2 stage gearbox conguration provides a feasible alternative in commercial wind turbine drive-train applications.
UR - http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:59392305-889e-4653-bc46-2e459db05a74
U2 - 10.1088/1742-6596/753/11/112014
DO - 10.1088/1742-6596/753/11/112014
M3 - Conference article
SN - 1742-6588
VL - 753
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
JF - Journal of Physics: Conference Series
ER -