Principal Engineering /Mechanical Design and Analysis /Boulder Wind Power It’s difficult to see how wind turbines can progress beyond conventional designs unless weight comes out of nacelles and reliability improves. A permanent-magnet generator that allows dispensing with a gearbox seems an alternative, but it comes with a high-weight handicap. Cisco Oyague, Principal Engineer, Mechanical Design…
Modular power converter sets precedent for high performance, low cost in wind apps
Boulder Wind Power (BWP) says the latest test results incorporating its proprietary power converter technology at full scale demonstrated an unmatched level of power quality for wind power applications. The converter design reduces damaging voltage stresses while improving the quality of the voltage and current waveforms at competitive industry costs. This unmatched level of performance…
Clever 3-MW generator heads to commercialization
A clever generator design that uses printed-circuit-board technology for lower weight and manufacturing simplicity has passed a 3.0 MW proof of concept and is headed to a nacelle for further testing. Developer Boulder Wind Power (BWP) has also expanded its electromagnetic design team to support the prototype generators with assembly and service tooling. “Having proven…