API Engineering technical feasibility study for a direct drive small wind turbine with an integrated induction generator & power converter for a 'plug and play' approach

由于材料短缺和进口成本增加，有必要为小型风力涡轮机行业开发替代技术。对于小型风力发电行业来说，材料的供应和成本将是决定风力发电机技术未来的一个巨大因素。该项目着眼于为安装者和最终用户提高效率、性能和简化系统的替代技术。通过这样做，该项目将消除对进口材料的使用，转而采用一种可以从英国采购的更具成本效益的替代材料。此外，还需要为安装者和最终用户简化小型风力涡轮机系统，这就是为什么该项目将寻求在此过程中使用替代技术纳入创新的“即插即用方法”。该项目的主要目标是对小型风力发电技术进行初步可行性研究，以解决这些问题，并设计出小型风力涡轮机的原型。该项目将对更广泛的英国制造业产生经济影响，为制造这种创新的风力涡轮机建立英国供应链，从而创造就业机会和收入。随着最终用户脱离国家电网，生活质量将得到改善。这种风力涡轮机将是一种有价值的学习工具，也是学校工程、科学和STEM活动的重要组成部分。涡轮机本身产生的能量将抵消制造过程中使用的能量，以及终端用户从电网和化石燃料中消耗的能量。因此，该技术有助于减少二氧化碳排放，并帮助英国降低碳排放。

Due to materials shortage and increasing import costs there is a need for alternativetechnology to be developed for the small wind turbine industry. For the small wind industrythe supply and cost of materials will be a huge factor in shaping the future of the technologyused in wind generators. This project looks at alternative technology to improve efficiency,performance and simplify the system for installers and end users. In doing this the project willeradicate the use of imported materials in favour of a more cost effective alternative that canbe sourced in the UK. There is also a need for small wind turbine systems to be simplified forinstallers and end users, which is why the project will look to incorporate an innovative ‘plugand play approach’ using alternative technology in the process. The key objectives of theproject are to conduct initial feasibility studies on small wind technologies to deal with theseissues and to produce a design for a prototype small wind turbine. The project will have aneconomic impact on the wider UK manufacturing industry with jobs and revenue created byestablishing a UK supply chain for the manufacture of this innovative wind turbine. Quality oflife will be improved with independence from the national grid for end users. This windturbine will be a valuable learning tool and a vital part of engineering, science and STEMactivities in schools. The energy that the turbine itself produces will offset energy used duringmanufacture and also energy that would otherwise be consumed from the grid and fossil fuelsby the end user. Thus the technology contributes towards the reduction of Carbon Dioxideemissions and assists the UK in lowering its Carbon emissions.