Influence of Magnetic Bearing Stiffness on Rotor in Wind Turbine Generator

Abstract:

Magnetic suspended wind turbine generator is widely studied due to its low loss, low maintenance cost and high reliability. However, affected by the small stiffness of magnetic bearing, the generator shaft supported by magnetic bearing will be eccentric. Therefore, the performance of generator will be affected. A horizontal axial magnetic suspended wind turbine generator is designed in this paper. The variations of shaft eccentricity and Maxwell force of rotor supported by different bearing stiffness are studied. The results show that the shaft eccentricity affects the performance of generator; and the bearing stiffness is the key to reduce those effects. The magnetic bearing designed in this paper can meet the requirements of generator.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 150)
• Pages: 57-62
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.150.57
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Nian Xian Wang, Jin Guang Zhang, Guo Ping Ding
• Keywords: Loss, Permanent Magnetic Bearings, Stiffness, Wind Turbine Generator

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