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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2016.17.11.755

Design of a wind turbine generator with low cogging torque by using evolution strategy  

Park, Ju-Gyeong (Elecrtical Engineering, Soonchunhyang University)
Cha, Guee-Soo (Elecrtical Engineering, Soonchunhyang University)
Lee, Hee-Joon (MirtechRnd)
Kim, Yong-Sub (Mecsys)
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.17, no.11, 2016 , pp. 755-760 More about this Journal
Abstract
The demand for independent generators using renewable energy has been increasing. Among those independent generators, small wind turbine generators have been actively developed. Permanent magnets are generally used for small wind turbine generators to realize a simple structure and small volume. On the other hand, cogging torque is included due to the structure of the permanent magnet synchronous machine, which can be the source of noise and vibration. The cogging torque can be varied by the shape of the permanent magnet and core, and it can be reduced using the appropriate design techniques. This paper proposes a design technique that can reduce the cogging torque by changing the shape of the permanent magnets for SPMSM (Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor), which is used widely for small wind turbine generators. Evolution Strategy, which is one of non-deterministic optimization techniques, was adopted to find the optimal shape of the permanent magnets that can reduce the cogging torque. The angle and outer diameter of permanent magnet were set as the design variable. A 300W class wind turbine generator, whose pole/slot combination was 8 poles/18 slots, was designed with the proposed design technique. The properties of the generator, including the cogging torque and output voltage, were calculated. The calculation results showed that the cogging torque of the optimized model was reduced compared to that of the initial model. The design technique proposed by this paper can be an effective measure to reduce the cogging torque.
Keywords
Cogging torque; Design techinque; Evolution strategy; Torque ripple; Wind turbine generator;
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