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Korean Institute of Information Technology (한국정보기술학회)
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Development of a 300W Generator for Lightweight Wind Turbine

  • Received : 2017.10.10
  • Accepted : 2017.11.23
  • Published : 2017.12.31

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Abstract

As a population of leisure activities grows and diversifies, there is a great demand for portable and environment-friendly power generation systems. A small wind power generation system is emerging as a suitable power generation equipment to meet these needs. The most important thing when developing a small portable wind turbine is to reduce the weight of the generator and increase the efficiency. The existing 300W wind turbine generator weighs about 10kg, which is heavy to carry. Therefore, a new generator weighing less than 4kg to make it easy to carry with high efficiency has been developed. In addition, considering complicated characteristics of wind volume and topography of Korea, a small wind turbine that can be used in urban and rural areas individually was constructed. Through basic designing and optimization, the lightweight and efficient generator was manufactured. It is a 300W wind turbine designed and fabricated with reduced weight as a prototype. The average output voltage of the generator was 24.7V at 900rpm no-load test. On a load test with the average line voltage 36.8V and the average phase current 2.62A, when the mechanical input was 339.84W, an average voltage output of the generator was measured as 289.5W with efficiency of 85.18%. The generator weight was 3.84kg.

레저 활동 인구의 증가와 다양화로 이동용 전력 시스템에 대한 수요가 많고 친환경적인 전력 발전 시스템에 대한 요구가 늘어나고 있으며 이를 충족 시킬만한 발전 장비로 소형 풍력 발전시스템이 대안으로 떠오르고 있다. 이동용 소형 풍력발전기를 개발할 때 가장 중요한 사항으로는 발전기의 무게를 줄이고 효율을 증가시키는 것이다. 기존의 300W급 풍력 발전기의 무게는 10kg정도로 이를 4kg이하로 줄여서 휴대가 용이하게 하면서 고 효율의 풍력 발전기용 발전기를 설계 제작하였다. 또한, 돌풍이 발생하는 한국의 풍량과 지형의 특성상 미풍에서도 발전이 가능하고 도심 및 농어촌 등에서도 독립적으로 사용할 수 있는 소형 풍력발전기를 설계 제작하였다. 기초설계 및 최적화설계를 통해 가볍고 효율이 높은 발전기를 제작하였다. 본 논문에서는 중량을 줄인 300W급 풍력발전기를 설계하고 시제품으로 제작 하였다. 제작한 300W 풍력발전기는 무부하 시험 시 정격속도 900rpm에서 평균출력전압이 24.7V이었으며, 제작된 발전기의 부하시험시 평균 선간전압 : 36.8V, 평균 상전류 : 2.62A로 기계적 입력이 339.84W일 때 출력전력은 289.5W로 측정되었고 이때의 효율은 85.18%이었다. 제작된 발전기 무게는 3.84kg이었다.

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Acknowledgement

Supported by : Soonchunhyang University

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