Wireless power supply system for superconducting offshore wind turbine

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12565875-B2
Application number	US-202418807577-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 16, 2024
Priority date	Jun 24, 2024
Publication date	Mar 3, 2026
Grant date	Mar 3, 2026

Abstract

A wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine is provided, relates to the technical field of offshore wind power generation, and includes a shell, and a vacuum Dewar flask, a superconducting motor and rotary flux-pump wireless power supply device which are arranged inside the shell. A refrigerating apparatus is rotatably arranged inside the vacuum Dewar flask. An outer rotor and an inner rotor of the rotary flux-pump wireless power supply device rotate differentially. Permanent magnets on the outer rotor induce a direct-current output voltage on high-temperature superconducting stator strips on the inner rotor, to input a direct current to the excitation windings of the superconducting motor, so as to form a magnetic field, and induce an output voltage at the armature winding of the superconducting motor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine, comprising a shell, and a vacuum Dewar flask, a superconducting motor and a rotary flux-pump wireless power supply device which are arranged inside the shell, wherein
a refrigerating apparatus is rotatably arranged inside the vacuum Dewar flask, and the refrigerating apparatus is driven to rotate by the offshore wind turbine; the superconducting motor comprises an armature winding fixed on an inner wall of the shell and excitation windings uniformly arranged on an outer periphery of the refrigerating apparatus; the rotary flux-pump wireless power supply device comprises an inner rotor and an outer rotor which are arranged opposite to each other, the inner rotor is arranged inside the vacuum Dewar flask, the outer rotor is arranged outside the vacuum Dewar flask, and the inner rotor and the outer rotor coaxially rotate with the excitation windings; high-temperature superconducting stator strips are provided at an outer periphery of the inner rotor and electrically connected to the excitation windings in one-to-one correspondence; permanent magnets are provided on one side, facing the inner rotor, of the outer rotor and in one-to-one correspondence with the high-temperature superconducting stator strips; the outer rotor and the inner rotor rotate differentially, the permanent magnets induce a direct-current output voltage on the high-temperature superconducting stator strips, to input a direct current to the excitation windings, so as to form a magnetic field and induce an output voltage at the armature winding of the superconducting motor.

2 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 1 , wherein each of the excitation windings is a non-insulation twin-disk coil, and is formed by winding second-generation high-temperature superconducting strips YBCO (Yttrium Barium Copper Oxide) and stainless steel on an epoxy resin framework.

3 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 2 , further comprising a negative feedback transmission device for monitoring a rotational speed of a first rotating shaft of the offshore wind turbine and adjusting a rotational speed of the outer rotor according to the rotational speed of the first rotating shaft of the wind turbine.

4 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 3 , wherein the negative feedback transmission device comprises a monitoring unit, a drive motor electrically connected to the monitoring unit, a driving gear fixedly arranged at an output end of the drive motor, and a driven gear fixedly connected to the outer rotor.

5 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the high-temperature superconducting stator strips on the inner rotor are independently wound in parallel.

6 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 5 , further comprising a negative feedback transmission device for monitoring a rotational speed of a first rotating shaft of the offshore wind turbine and adjusting a rotational speed of the outer rotor according to the rotational speed of the first rotating shaft of the wind turbine.

7 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 6 , wherein the negative feedback transmission device comprises a monitoring unit, a drive motor electrically connected to the monitoring unit, a driving gear fixedly arranged at an output end of the drive motor, and a driven gear fixedly connected to the outer rotor.

8 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the high-temperature superconducting stator strips are welded and connected to the excitation windings through lead tin-soldering sheet soldered joints.

9 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 8 , further comprising a negative feedback transmission device for monitoring a rotational speed of a first rotating shaft of the offshore wind turbine and adjusting a rotational speed of the outer rotor according to the rotational speed of the first rotating shaft of the wind turbine.

10 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 9 , wherein the negative feedback transmission device comprises a monitoring unit, a drive motor electrically connected to the monitoring unit, a driving gear fixedly arranged at an output end of the drive motor, and a driven gear fixedly connected to the outer rotor.

11 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 1 , wherein an annular magnet yoke of the inner rotor is made of aluminum oxide.

12 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 11 , further comprising a negative feedback transmission device for monitoring a rotational speed of a first rotating shaft of the offshore wind turbine and adjusting a rotational speed of the outer rotor according to the rotational speed of the first rotating shaft of the wind turbine.

13 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 12 , wherein the negative feedback transmission device comprises a monitoring unit, a drive motor electrically connected to the monitoring unit, a driving gear fixedly arranged at an output end of the drive motor, and a driven gear fixedly connected to the outer rotor.

14 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 1 , wherein a part, located between the inner rotor and the outer rotor, of the vacuum Dewar flask is made of a G10 composite material.

15 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 14 , further comprising a negative feedback transmission device for monitoring a rotational speed of a first rotating shaft of the offshore wind turbine and adjusting a rotational speed of the outer rotor according to the rotational speed of the first rotating shaft of the wind turbine.

16 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 15 , wherein the negative feedback transmission device comprises a monitoring unit, a drive motor electrically connected to the monitoring unit, a driving gear fixedly arranged at an output end of the drive motor, and a driven gear fixedly connected to the outer rotor.

17 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 1 , wherein the refrigerating apparatus is fixedly connected to the offshore wind turbine by a first rotating shaft extending through the vacuum Dewar flask and the shell.

18 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 1 , wherein support members for mounting the refrigerating apparatus are provided inside the vacuum Dewar flask, and the refrigerating apparatus is rotatably connected to the support members by bearings.

19 . The wireless power supply system for a superconducting offshore wind turbine according to claim 1 , further comprising a negative feedback transmission device for monitoring a rotational speed of a first rotating shaft of the offshore wind turbine and adjusting a rotati

Assignees

• Univ Hunan

Inventors

• Zhai Yujia
• Shen Liufei
• Wu Xingzheng
• Weng Tingkun
• Zheng Zhiqiang
• Chen Long
• Liu Shuai
• Zhu Litong
• Wang Jinduo
• Huang Shoudao

Classifications

• H02K55/04

  with rotating field windings · CPC title

• H02K7/1838 Primary

  Generators mounted in a nacelle or similar structure of a horizontal axis wind turbine · CPC title

• F05B2220/7068

  equipped with permanent magnets · CPC title

• F03D80/60

  Cooling or heating of wind motors · CPC title

• F03D15/10

  using gearing not limited to rotary motion, e.g. with oscillating or reciprocating members · CPC title