FullPowerInc
Electrical
- Mar 2, 2012
- 4
This continues from my other post titled "Low-Cost Generator Design" to help the poor people in our country recover from the earthquake devastation here.
I need to design a low-cost generator that can produce about 80W/hour and 160W/hour. I see various AFPM (Axial Flux Permanent Magnet) designs, but I don't know how to evaluate which are the best approaches. I wrote down questions that I'm trying to solve:
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[li]What is the best magnet shape in regards to overall generator performance and cost? Rectangular or Arc-Segment?[/li]
[li]Is it more cost effective to use larger weaker magnets with longer coils for the magnets to cross over?[/li]
[li]Is it more cost effective to implement an iron-core into the design rather than an air-core?[/li]
[li]Instead of wrapping several iron straps into a core, why not use Carbonyl Iron or similar iron/resin mixture to make the iron core?[/li]
[li]Can place coils on both side of the iron core (top and bottom) and sandwich them in between a matching pair of magnets? I was wondering if this offered greater efficiency.[/li]
[li]Can I overlap each of the 3 coil phases onto each other to squeeze in more performance?[/li]
[li]Is there any advantage to spreading the coils out wider and more flat? or should I just keep the coils as round or square based upon some of the principals found in the Brook Coil design?[/li]
[li]What formulas help me to correctly design an axial-flux generator to maximum potential?[/li]
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I need to design a low-cost generator that can produce about 80W/hour and 160W/hour. I see various AFPM (Axial Flux Permanent Magnet) designs, but I don't know how to evaluate which are the best approaches. I wrote down questions that I'm trying to solve:
[ol]
[li]What is the best magnet shape in regards to overall generator performance and cost? Rectangular or Arc-Segment?[/li]
[li]Is it more cost effective to use larger weaker magnets with longer coils for the magnets to cross over?[/li]
[li]Is it more cost effective to implement an iron-core into the design rather than an air-core?[/li]
[li]Instead of wrapping several iron straps into a core, why not use Carbonyl Iron or similar iron/resin mixture to make the iron core?[/li]
[li]Can place coils on both side of the iron core (top and bottom) and sandwich them in between a matching pair of magnets? I was wondering if this offered greater efficiency.[/li]
[li]Can I overlap each of the 3 coil phases onto each other to squeeze in more performance?[/li]
[li]Is there any advantage to spreading the coils out wider and more flat? or should I just keep the coils as round or square based upon some of the principals found in the Brook Coil design?[/li]
[li]What formulas help me to correctly design an axial-flux generator to maximum potential?[/li]
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