Report KD 439, in which the pendulum safety system with a torsion spring is described, has been reviewed. The chapter in which the moment equations are derived for a steel rotor with blades with a 7.14 % cambered airfoil, is cancelled because such a rotor will be too heavy. A new chapter 6 has been added in which the use of the VIRYA-5.2 rotor and generator is investigated.
KD 377 reviewed
Report KD 377 from 2008 describes the pendulum safety system. Chapter 6 of this report, in which alternatives are described, has been changed somewhat.
KD 684 added
Report KD 684 has been added at the menu KD-reports. The tittle of this report is: “Derivation of the formula for the cone angle epsilon for a constant chord blade which is connected to the hub by a hinge”. The formula for the cone angle epsilon was already derived in report R 409 D from 1980 but as this report is written in Dutch and no longer available, the derivation is now given in this public report KD 684. The formula is used to calculate the bending stress at the blade root of for instance the VIRYA-3B3 rotor as described in chapter 8 of report KD 484.
KD 670 reviewed
Chapter 6 of KD 670 has been reviewed. The calculation of the load resistance R for star connection has been changed. An alternative resistance load with three 72 Ohm resistors connected in delta is given. These resistors can be switched in sequentially to realise a better matching at low wind speeds. A new chapter 9 has been added in which the starting behaviour for a resistor load is investigated. Switching from star to delta is also an acceptable option to improve the starting behaviour for a resistor load.
KD 683 reviewed
A new chapter 5 has been added to report KD 683. In this chapter an alternative 4-pole armature is given for which the armature grooves are inclined just as it is also done for my older VIRYA generators.
KD 683 added
Report KD 683 has been added at the menu KD-reports. The tittle of this report is: “Ideas about a 4-pole, 3-phase permanent magnet generator using the housing of an asynchronous motor frame size 80 and four neodymium magnets size 80 * 20 * 10 mm with a magnet orientation such that the fluctuation of the sticking torque is minimal”. This 4-pole PM-generator makes use of the same principle to flatten the fluctuation of the sticking torque as used for the 8-pole PM-generator as described in report KD 681. An advantage of using the housing of a 4-pole motor is that the standard winding can be used.
KD 681 added
Report KD 681 has been added to the menu KD-reports. The tittle of this report is: “Ideas about an 8-pole, 3-phase permanent magnet generator using the housing of an asynchronous motor frame size 80 and four neodymium magnets size 80 * 20 * 10 mm with a magnet orientation such that the fluctuation of the sticking torque is minimal”.
KD 679 reviewed
Chapter 3 of KD 679 has been reviewed. The older version describes the calculation of the flux density in the air gap for a synthetic stator sheet. The reviewed version describes the calculation of the flux density for a steel stator sheet.
KD 678 reviewed
A new chapter 7 has been added to report KD 678 about the VIRYA-1.02 and the measurements of the generator. Chapter 7 gives a discussion of the measuring results and it is explained at what places energy is lost if the generator runs at 575 rpm and supplies an electrical power of 27 W.
KD 416 reviewed again
A new chapter 3 has been added to report KD 416 about drag machines. Chapter 3 gives the Cp-lambda curve for only the cup which is moving in the direction of the wind.