Performance Evaluation of an InductionMachine with Auxiliary Winding forWind Turbine Power
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2012-08-09
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The purpose of this paper is to reinforce with theoretical and experimental evaluation the effectiveness of employing an induction
generator to enhance the performance of a small wind energy converter (SWEC). With this generator, the SWEC works more
efficiently and therefore can produce more energy in a unit turbine area. To verify the SWEC performance, a model has been
proposed, simulated, built, and experimentally tested over a range of operating conditions. The results demonstrate a significant
increase in output power with an induction generator that employs an auxiliary winding, which is onlymagnetically coupled to the
stator main winding. It is also shown that the operating performance of the induction machine with the novel proposed technique
is significantly enhanced in terms of suppressed signal distortion and harmonics, severity of resistive losses and overheating, power
factor, and preventing high inrush current at starting.
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Induction Machine, Wind Turbine
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International Scholarly Research Network ISRN Renewable Energy Volume 2012, Article ID 167192, 7 pages