Analysis of the Dynamic Behaviour of Magnetic Gear with Nonlinear Modelling for Large Wind Turbines

This article deals with the dynamic behaviour of magnetic gear. This study is based on a nonlinear analytical model of magnetic gear which gives an analytical expression of the magnetic torque for a step disturbance. From this expression, various criteria will be defined in order to reach a good performance of the magnetic gear with step or sinusoidal disturbance. These results will be compared with a nonlinear simulation. Simulations show that it is possible to have, in a transitory regime, a load angle higher than the limit load angle maintaining a coupling between the low speed and the high speed rotor. Simulations will illustrate the importance of defining design rules based on the system application domain. A high power wind turbine (MW) example is proposed. In that case studies, loads generated by wind induce strong disturbances.