Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference (한국조명전기설비학회:학술대회논문집)

The Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers (한국조명전기설비학회)
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PERFORMANCE AND DESIGN OF A SINGLE-PHASE LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR USING FINITE ELEMENT METHOD

  • Eid, Ahmad M. (Electric Energy Saving Research Center, Graduate School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kyungnam University) ;
  • Kim, Sung-Jun (Electric Energy Saving Research Center, Graduate School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kyungnam University) ;
  • Kang, Ju-Sung (Electric Energy Saving Research Center, Graduate School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kyungnam University) ;
  • Lee, Hyun-Woo (Electric Energy Saving Research Center, Graduate School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kyungnam University) ;
  • Nakaoka, Mutsuo (Electric Energy Saving Research Center, Graduate School of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Kyungnam University)
  • Published : 2005.11.04
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Abstract

This paper presents a general proposal to design and calculate the performance of a tubular permanent magnet linear generator treated here on the basis of the Finite Element Method. Optimizing the linear generator dimensions reduces the cogging force, which occurs due to the interaction between stator teeth and the permanent magnets. The generated AC voltage is analyzed and evaluated for both no load and load cases to take the armature reaction effects on the air gap flux density. A repetitive routine is followed to calculate the output AC voltage from the change of flux and the speed of the single-phase linear generator. The AC output voltage is calculated for different resistive loads, and hence, the linear generator load characteristic is obtained. The designed linear generator is capable to generate an output power of 5.3kW with AC output voltage of 222V with an efficiency of 96.8% at full load of 23.8A. The full load current is chosen based on the thermal properties of the coil wire insulations.

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