Abstract:
A generator for producing electric power, the generator including a generator unit including a stator) and a rotatably supported rotor, wherein the stator includes a first set of windings and a second set of windings, and the rotor is adapted to induce electrical voltage in the first set of windings and in the second set of windings when the rotor is rotated relative to the stator, the generator further includes a first converter coupled to the first set of windings, the first converter being adapted to convert alternating voltage in the first set of windings into an output DC voltage, a DC output coupled to the first converter to receive the output DC voltage, and a second converter coupled to the second set of windings and to the DC output, the second converter being adapted to generate control voltages and/or control currents in the second set of windings, is provided.
Abstract:
A device for limiting a fault current for a generator, in particular of a wind turbine is provided. A first frame is made of a ferromagnetic material, wherein the first frame comprises a first frame section and a further first frame section, wherein a first gap is formed between the first frame section and the further first frame section. A first coil is wound around the first frame section, wherein the first coil is connectable to a first stator winding of a stator of the generator. A further first coil is wound around the further first frame section, wherein the further first coil is connectable to an electronic device. A first permanent magnet element is arranged inside the first gap. The first frame section and the further first frame section are formed with respect to each other such that an electromagnetic interaction between the first coil and the first permanent magnet element and the further first coil and the first permanent magnet element is provided.
Abstract:
A cooling arrangement configured to cool stator windings of the stator of a generator, the cooling arrangement including an inflow guiding means for guiding a cooling airflow into axial winding channels, wherein an axial winding channel extends along a gap between adjacent stator windings in a direction essentially parallel to an axis of rotation of the generator, and subsequently into an interior cavity of the stator, and an outflow guiding means for removing the cooling airflow from the interior cavity of the stator is provided. A generator including an outer rotor and an inner stator, the stator including an arrangement of stator teeth about an annular supporting structure and a plurality of windings arranged pair-wise between adjacent stator teeth, and wherein the stator is configured for connection to a cooling arrangement is also provided. A wind turbine and a method is further provided.
Abstract:
A generator armature including a plurality of laminate sheets stacked to form an annular arrangement of armature teeth, whereby each pair of adjacent armature teeth is separated by an axial winding slot extending a direction essentially parallel to an axis of rotation of the generator; and a plurality of radial cooling channels, whereby a radial cooling channel is realized to transport a cooling medium and extends from an axial winding slot to an interior cavity of the generator, and wherein a radial cooling channel includes a series of aligned notches in the laminate sheets of a laminate stack is provided. A laminate sheet for an armature of a generator, a cooling arrangement, a generator, a wind turbine, and a method of cooling stator windings arranged on an armature of a generator is also provided.
Abstract:
An electric generator arrangement with a stator being equipped with at least two opposed phase windings, each winding comprising at least two sub-windings in series is provided. The arrangement also comprises a controlled varistor across the connections of the sub-windings of said opposed phase windings. A current imbalance between two opposed phase windings is measured and the varistor is controlled in such a way that the resistance of the varistor is increased when the current imbalance increases.