Projects
Projects: Projects for Investigator |
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| Reference Number | InnUK/102155/01 | |
| Title | Design, build and testing of MAGtronics electricity harvesting technology for rotor instrumentation in a 10 kW variable speed drive system | |
| Status | Completed | |
| Energy Categories | Renewable Energy Sources(Wind Energy) 10%; Energy Efficiency(Other) 80%; Other Power and Storage Technologies(Electric power conversion) 10%; |
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| Research Types | Applied Research and Development 100% | |
| Science and Technology Fields | ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY (Electrical and Electronic Engineering) 100% | |
| UKERC Cross Cutting Characterisation | Not Cross-cutting 100% | |
| Principal Investigator |
Project Contact No email address given Wind Technologies Limited |
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| Award Type | Collaborative Research & Development | |
| Funding Source | Innovate-UK | |
| Start Date | 01 April 2015 | |
| End Date | 30 September 2016 | |
| Duration | 18 months | |
| Total Grant Value | £350,738 | |
| Industrial Sectors | ||
| Region | East of England | |
| Programme | Competition Call: 1406_CDR1_ETCH_ENHARV - Not Available. Activity Energy harvesting for autonomous electronics | |
| Investigators | Principal Investigator | Project Contact , Wind Technologies Limited (61.866%) |
| Other Investigator | Project Contact , University of Cambridge (38.134%) |
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| Objectives | ||
| Abstract | This project is a collaboration between Wind Technologies Limited (WT) and Cambridge University Engineering Department (CUED) and aims to study, prove and quantify the performance and economics of a new energy harvesting technology, MAGtronics, that extracts DC electricity from the leakage magnetic flux in an electrical motor. Through removing the need for battery-powered supply, MAGtronics enables instrumentation and monitoring of rotor operation, which can increase the efficiency and reliability of inverter-fed motors, and reduce maintenance costs, hence contributing to wider penetration of variable speed drives (VSDs) in industrial motor applications, such as pumps, fans and compressors. A prototype system comprising MAGtronics, measurement sensors, and signal conditioning, data management and wireless transmission electronics will be built & tested in a 10 kW VSD, and its performance and benefits assessed and quantified. The industrialisation aspects of its hardware and software design will also be studiedThis project is a collaboration between Wind Technologies Limited (WT) and Cambridge University Engineering Department (CUED) and aims to study, prove and quantify the performance and economics of a new energy harvesting technology, MAGtronics, that extracts DC electricity from the leakage magnetic flux in an electrical motor. Through removing the need for battery-powered supply, MAGtronics enables instrumentation and monitoring of rotor operation, which can increase the efficiency and reliability of inverter-fed motors, and reduce maintenance costs, hence contributing to wider penetration of variable speed drives (VSDs) in industrial motor applications, such as pumps, fans and compressors. A prototype system comprising MAGtronics, measurement sensors, and signal conditioning, data management and wireless transmission electronics will be built & tested in a 10 kW VSD, and its performance and benefits assessed and quantified. The industrialisation aspects of its hardware and software design will also be studied | |
| Publications | (none) |
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| Final Report | (none) |
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| Added to Database | 06/08/15 | |
