TY - GEN
T1 - A low cost method to convert automotive alternator for wind electricity generation
AU - Hashfi, Tuanku Badzlin
AU - Mainul Islam, Md
AU - Shareef, Hussain
AU - Khan, Saad Saleem
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/7/2
Y1 - 2018/7/2
N2 - Wind energy has been widely harvested compared to the other renewable energy resources. Unfortunately, the cost of wind electricity generation is expensive for small-scale utilization. The objective of this work is to develop a low power and low-cost wind electricity generator by using an automotive alternator that can be utilized for small-scale generation. The original alternator performance was first analysed to investigate its electrical characteristic. Then a round permanent magnet is added at the rotor circuit to transform alternator rotor excitation. The performance was then analysed and compared with the original alternator characteristics. The result indicates that with the appropriate modification, automotive alternator has the potential to be used as a low cost wind turbine generator.
AB - Wind energy has been widely harvested compared to the other renewable energy resources. Unfortunately, the cost of wind electricity generation is expensive for small-scale utilization. The objective of this work is to develop a low power and low-cost wind electricity generator by using an automotive alternator that can be utilized for small-scale generation. The original alternator performance was first analysed to investigate its electrical characteristic. Then a round permanent magnet is added at the rotor circuit to transform alternator rotor excitation. The performance was then analysed and compared with the original alternator characteristics. The result indicates that with the appropriate modification, automotive alternator has the potential to be used as a low cost wind turbine generator.
KW - Automotive Alternator
KW - Battery Charging
KW - Low Cost Generation
KW - Permanent Magnet
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U2 - 10.1109/IRSEC.2018.8702283
DO - 10.1109/IRSEC.2018.8702283
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85065643337
T3 - Proceedings of 2018 6th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2018
BT - Proceedings of 2018 6th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2018
A2 - El Hibaoui, Abdelaaziz
A2 - Essaaidi, Mohamed
A2 - Zaz, Youssef
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 6th International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference, IRSEC 2018
Y2 - 5 December 2018 through 8 December 2018
ER -