Research on an Integrated Hydrostatic-Driven Electric Generator with Controllable Load for Renewable Energy Applications
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Machine Description and Experimental Platform
2.1. Structure and Principle
2.2. Prototype
2.3. Experimental Platform
3. Energy Conversion Analysis
3.1. Losses in Energy Conversion
3.2. Effect of Controllable Electrical Load
3.3. Cooling and Temperature Rise
4. Experiments and Results
5. Conclusions and Future Work
Acknowledgments
Author Contributions
Conflicts of Interest
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Name | Value | Unit |
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Phase number | 3 | - |
Pole pair number | 4 | - |
Coil number per phase | 480 | - |
Stator outer diameter | 155 | mm |
Stator inner diameter | 106 | mm |
Stator iron core axial length | 48 | mm |
Stator-rotor gap length | 2 | mm |
Permanent magnet thickness | 7.5 | mm |
Swash plate angle | 10 | degree (°) |
Piston reference diameter | 60 | mm |
Nominal power | 2500 | W |
Nominal speed | 1500 | rpm |
Nominal frequency | 100 | Hz |
Nominal input flow rate | 23 | L/min |
Nominal phase current | 7 | A |
Nominal phase voltage | 127 | V |
Rotational Speed | Input Power | Output Power | Total Losses | Leakage Losses | Copper Losses | Iron Losses | Losses of Power Electronics | Mechanical Losses |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
rpm | W | W | W | W | W | W | W | W |
300 | 161 | 99 | 62 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 25 |
600 | 513 | 386 | 128 | 2 | 54 | 18 | 22 | 31 |
900 | 1092 | 799 | 293 | 4 | 115 | 30 | 31 | 114 |
1200 | 2009 | 1426 | 583 | 6 | 207 | 44 | 43 | 283 |
1500 | 3200 | 2116 | 1084 | 10 | 313 | 59 | 55 | 647 |
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Wang, T.; Wang, H. Research on an Integrated Hydrostatic-Driven Electric Generator with Controllable Load for Renewable Energy Applications. Energies 2017, 10, 1299. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10091299
Wang T, Wang H. Research on an Integrated Hydrostatic-Driven Electric Generator with Controllable Load for Renewable Energy Applications. Energies. 2017; 10(9):1299. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10091299
Chicago/Turabian StyleWang, Tao, and He Wang. 2017. "Research on an Integrated Hydrostatic-Driven Electric Generator with Controllable Load for Renewable Energy Applications" Energies 10, no. 9: 1299. https://doi.org/10.3390/en10091299