Assessment of the suitability of ferrite magnet excited synchronous generators for offshore wind turbines
Hosted by IET Coventry and Warwickshire Local Network with presentation delivered by Dr. Nurul Bhuiyan
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Assessment of the suitability of ferrite magnet excited synchronous generators for offshore wind turbines: delievered by Dr. Nurul Bhuiyan, Coventry University
In recent years, the use of permanent magnets (PM) for wind turbine generators has increased significantly. The large price fluctuations encourage us to look at alternative PM materials. The main purpose of this paper is to assess the suitability or otherwise of a ferrite magnet excited synchronous generator for offshore wind turbines. Here, a generator design (for a 6 MW offshore turbine) using ferrite magnets is presented and compared with a generator using NdFeB magnets, in terms of capital costs, efficiency, and cost of energy. In order to do this, a ferrite magnet generator is designed and compared to a design of a generator of the same rating that uses surface mounted NdFeB magnets.
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15 Sep 2025
6:30pm - 7:00pm
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- Coventry and Warwickshire Local Network
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Dr. Nurul Bhuiyan
Assistant Professor (Academic) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering - Coventry University
Dr Nurul Azim Bhuiyan is currently an Assistant Professor (Academic) in Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the School of Future Transport Engineering, Coventry University. He earned his PhD in the design and optimization of electrical machines for offshore wind turbine applications from University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Following his PhD, he worked as a Post-Doctoral Research Associate with the Advanced Sustainable Manufacturing Technologies (ASTUTE) at Swansea University. In addition to his teaching and student supervision roles, he has contributed to various collaborative research projects on electrical machine design and optimisation for electric vehicles, wind and wave energy, power system analysis, power quality issues, and wireless power. His industry collaborations include projects with companies in the UK such as YASA Ltd, Airborne Energy, Gaia-Wind: the Twenty-Twenty project, CELSA Steel UK, and EFT Consult. He has also contributed to several journal and conference publications in his field. His research interests include the design and optimisation of electrical machines for various applications, permanent magnet machines, wind energy, electric vehicles, and power system analysis.