A Step-by-Step Procedure to Perform Preliminary Designs of Salient-Pole Synchronous Generators

Thiago de Paula Machado Bazzo, Vinicius de Oliveira Moura and Renato Carlson
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Thiago de Paula Machado Bazzo: Graduate Program on Energy Systems (PPGSE), Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Curitiba 80230-901, Brazil
Vinicius de Oliveira Moura: Graduate Program on Energy Systems (PPGSE), Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR), Curitiba 80230-901, Brazil
Renato Carlson: Electrical Engineering Department, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis 88040-900, Brazil

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 16, 1-23

Abstract: This paper presents a straightforward step-by-step procedure to design salient-pole synchronous generators, starting with its main specifications and finishing with all necessary data to put it on production. As most of the electricity is generated by synchronous generators, the design of these machines remains an interesting subject, but, although it is important, it is difficult to find a complete step-by-step procedure in the literature. The proposed procedure can be followed by an electrical engineer or student and, distinctively from most papers and books, all steps are presented. Such a procedure is based on analytic calculations, eventually relying on finite element simulation to verify if everything is all right and to adjust some design parameters. All calculations have been chosen to keep the design as simple as possible; otherwise, it would not be possible to present all steps and procedures. Therefore, it can be used for beginners in the art of design-synchronous generators, applied to obtain an initial design, or be adopted by any electrical engineering course, not only aiming to be an introductory electrical machine design course but mainly to enhance the students’ comprehension of synchronous machines. The results have been compared with finite element simulation, presenting very small differences.

Keywords: design methodology; electric machines; step-by-step design; synchronous generators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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