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Chapter 6—Asynchronous Generators 6–40<br />

f = np<br />

(28)<br />

120<br />

where n is the rotational speed in revolutions per minute and p is the number of poles. All the<br />

electrical generators we have considered thus far have an even number of poles determined by<br />

physical windings on the generator rotor. This forces the output frequency to vary with the<br />

rotational speed. The Roesel generator is different in that the number of poles can be changed<br />

continuously and inversely proportional to n so that f can be maintained at a constant value.<br />

The basic diagram of the Roesel generator is shown in Fig. 24. The stator, with its<br />

windings connected to an external load, is located on the inside of the generator. The rotor,<br />

which contains the field poles, rotates on the outside of the stator. The stator contains an<br />

excitation coil wrapped around the excitor head in addition to the usual output windings. The<br />

rotor is built in two layers, with the outer layer being high permeability laminated generator<br />

steel and the inner layer being a hard magnetizable material such as barium ferrite. Ferrites<br />

typically do not have the mechanical strength characteristics of steel, so this design helps to<br />

maintain mechanical integrity by having the steel carry the centrifugal forces. The ferrite<br />

would have to be much stronger if the rotor were inside the stator.<br />

Figure 24: Basic diagram of Roesel generator.<br />

A precise sinusoidal frequency is applied to the excitation coil and magnetizes a pole on<br />

Wind Energy Systems by Dr. Gary L. Johnson November 21, 2001

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