DEVELOPMENT OF A HIGH SPEED ELECTRIC GENERATOR AS A RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGY (RET) MODEL FOR COMMERCIAL AND RURAL COMMUNITY

APPLICATIONS. BY KUTADZA ALIMON ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING LEVEL 4 1

BACKGROUND
Zimbabwe

had a generating capacity of about 2100MW of electricity but as of 29 March 2012 its electricity production stood at 1120MW. Zimbabwe however has a power consumption of about 2500MW,therefore production does not meet demand.

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present the below mentioned generator related problems have affected production in the countrys power stations. Generator rotor earth fault Generator winding problems Rotor vibration problems Shorted rotor turns Breakdown in ground wall insulation Thermal cycling and coil abrasion in the slot.

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desire to ease the countrys electricity problems involves utilizing some of the nation's idle lying biomass points. For the points to be utilized electric power plants need to be designed which leads to the DEVELOPMENT OF HIGH SPEED ELECTRIC GENERATORS for utilization in small and large scale power plants.

Most of the generators being used in our power plants in Zimbabwe have long outlived their life spans and new designs are needed Improvements in electrical machine design in the 21st century have made it possible to redesign electrical machines to solve existing design problems Power plant generators are not manufactured in Zimbabwe.

The new design seeks to come out with an electrical power plant generator that should Adapt to processes with high power plant efficiency Meet increasingly stringent requirements for operating behaviour Have lower size and weight so as to be cost effective as well as durable and minimises the generator faults.

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relevant design skills including production of design drawings using relevant computer software. Establish production methods for model with the help of a local company, organization and or institution using locally available resources. Perform calculations, develop detailed drawings and design sheet for RET model And evaluate performance

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the country Zimbabwe has abundant renewable resources they however have not been fully utilized. Small hydro projects producing power in the output ranges of 1-10KW are popular in Africa but however not in Zimbabwe. Few biomass power plants exist especially in Zimbabwe where we have Triangle Ltd as one of the biomass power plant points. These companies have not extended their electricity supply to neighboring communities.

METHODOLOGY-GAUNTT CHART

AND DESIGN COMPONENTS

FLOW CHART

The design is divided into Magnetic, electric, thermal and mechanical circuit design and this basically constitute THE STATOR ROTOR and EXCITER of the power plant generator

AND PLACING OF STATOR IN FRAME

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DC Voltage

Phase Voltage

DC Voltage

Open circuit characteristics

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