Description

The concept of transverse flux machines/generators was developed at the beginning of 20th century. Due to a lack of appropriate electronic devices and converters the practical use of these types of machines started many decades later. In the 80th of the last century Prof. Weh from Technical University of Brunswick developed, as one of the pioneers in this field, new types of machines based on the transverse flux principle. These machines were used as uncontrolled traction force drives. The availability of intelligent power converters nowadays allows extending the use of transverse flux machines/generators to applications where the control of speed and energy fluctuation is required.

The main objective of Wingy-Pro is to demonstrate the development of a light weight and effective MW generator for wind turbines, for on- and offshore applications. This ambitious goal will be achieved by using advanced transverse flux generator technique, with permanent magnets in the rotor. The main advantages of such an innovative generator concept are the very high force density, a smaller outer diameter and reduced total weight. This technology offers the opportunity of ‘TFG-Modules’ which can be placed in row for larger applications with more than 10 MW in total.

Wingy-Pro workplan is divided as follows:

Work package 1: Specification of wind park requirements and development of case studies.
Work package 2: Design and manufacturing of entire Wingy-Pro system
Work package 3: Assembly and testing of Wingy-Pro system
Work package 4: Integration and validation of Wingy-Pro system
Work package 5: Demonstration of Wingy-Pro system at full scale
Work package 6: Dissemination and exploitation of the demonstrated results
Work package 7: Project management and coordination

A successful Wingy-Pro system will provide the first ever transverse flux generator for wind turbines at large scale – a huge step in cutting down the direct and indirect costs for electricity power generation.