BROAD-SPEED-RANGE GENERATOR VARIATIONS
First Claim
1. A generator, including a coreless stator and rotor assembly, and integral power control electronics, for producing regulated DC current and voltage, from mechanical input power, over a broad range of shaft speeds, comprising:
- stator disks holding poly-phase stator windings in a non-conductive non-magnetic matrix, axially juxtaposed with abutting conductor insulation, said windings angularly juxtaposed relative to each other 180°
divided by the number of poles, said disks angularly aligned with a selectable number of like disks, that each produce across their windings a substantially sinusoidal voltage having amplitude and frequency proportional to rotational speed;
rotor disks holding a plurality of axially-magnetized alternating pole permanent-magnets, attached therein in a symmetrical circular array around an axis of rotation, said rotor disks angularly aligned with a selectable number of like disks numbering one more than the number of stator disks, the axial magnetic field from the rotor disks at the stator varying substantially sinusoidally with rotor angle;
differential amplifiers, responsive to the voltage across respective stator windings, to provide respective feedback of stator voltage for integral power control electronics; and
integral power control electronics, supplied by rectifier diodes from the stator windings, the electronics responsive to the stator voltage feedback signals from the differential amplifiers, and to a DC output voltage feedback signal, and to user settings, and to stator winding current feedback signals, for controlling current through the stator windings by high-frequency pulse-width-modulation, to provide DC power by filtered high-frequency boost-regulation, having regulated current and voltage, for a DC load, from mechanical power, over a broad range of speeds.
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Abstract
A brushless generator with permanent-magnet multi-pole rotor disks and stator winding disks in their axial magnetic field includes integral electronics to efficiently generate regulated DC current and voltage from mechanical input power over a broad speed range. All power for the electronics is provided by rectifier diodes from its stator windings. Differential amplifiers provide stator voltage feedback signals. Its power rating is scalable, depending on the number of its disks. Having no iron cores and no gears, it incurs no cogging torque, and no gear friction. Integral power control electronics includes high-frequency pulse-width-modulated boost regulation, which provides regulated current at requisite voltage over its broad speed range. A main wind-powered embodiment to produce DC power for a constant voltage DC load over a broad speed range includes signal processing so output power varies according to the third power of speed. Combined boost-regulation, zero cogging torque, and no gearing, enable a wide speed range, for better power quality and higher wind energy yields.
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17 Claims
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1. A generator, including a coreless stator and rotor assembly, and integral power control electronics, for producing regulated DC current and voltage, from mechanical input power, over a broad range of shaft speeds, comprising:
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stator disks holding poly-phase stator windings in a non-conductive non-magnetic matrix, axially juxtaposed with abutting conductor insulation, said windings angularly juxtaposed relative to each other 180°
divided by the number of poles, said disks angularly aligned with a selectable number of like disks, that each produce across their windings a substantially sinusoidal voltage having amplitude and frequency proportional to rotational speed;rotor disks holding a plurality of axially-magnetized alternating pole permanent-magnets, attached therein in a symmetrical circular array around an axis of rotation, said rotor disks angularly aligned with a selectable number of like disks numbering one more than the number of stator disks, the axial magnetic field from the rotor disks at the stator varying substantially sinusoidally with rotor angle; differential amplifiers, responsive to the voltage across respective stator windings, to provide respective feedback of stator voltage for integral power control electronics; and integral power control electronics, supplied by rectifier diodes from the stator windings, the electronics responsive to the stator voltage feedback signals from the differential amplifiers, and to a DC output voltage feedback signal, and to user settings, and to stator winding current feedback signals, for controlling current through the stator windings by high-frequency pulse-width-modulation, to provide DC power by filtered high-frequency boost-regulation, having regulated current and voltage, for a DC load, from mechanical power, over a broad range of speeds. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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