mikerotch on Nostr: You want the turbine to turn on and operate at its design RPM for as long as ...
You want the turbine to turn on and operate at its design RPM for as long as possible.
Electrical generators that freed from the constraint of producing a fixed AC output frequency have a very flexible relationship between RPM and power. You can change the torque/power ratio pretty substantially by simply adjusting the field excitation. This allows you to keep your turbine at the design RPM under a very wide range of loads, potentially the entire range.
Electrical generators that freed from the constraint of producing a fixed AC output frequency have a very flexible relationship between RPM and power. You can change the torque/power ratio pretty substantially by simply adjusting the field excitation. This allows you to keep your turbine at the design RPM under a very wide range of loads, potentially the entire range.