Why Do Wind Power Generators Need Surge Protectors? Is It Important?

Wind power generation is an increasingly popular topic in the power generation industry and is strongly advocated in the western region of my country. Because wind power generation has no fuel problem, does not produce radiation or air pollution, it is more environmentally friendly than traditional power generation methods. Wind power generation is in line with my country's national conditions for sustainable development, so my country is paying more and more attention to wind power generation. So why does wind power generation use wind power surge protectors? Let me first show you the principle of wind power generation.

The principle of wind power generation is to use wind power to drive the windmill blades to rotate, and then increase the speed of rotation through the speed increaser to drive the generator to generate electricity. According to windmill technology, it is about three meters per second (the degree of breeze) to start generating electricity. The wind turbine receives wind energy from the blades, the tail allows the blades to receive wind energy to the maximum extent, the swivel allows the head to rotate flexibly to receive wind energy, and the rotor stator winding cuts the magnetic flux lines according to the electromagnetic principle to generate the electricity we need.

Because the wind speed cannot always be in a stable state, the electricity generated by the wind turbine is usually alternating current. This AC power usually needs to go through a series of rectification and inversion processes before it can be converted into the 220V AC power we commonly use. In addition, the site selection of wind power stations is usually in areas with high lightning incidence, so we need to install corresponding surge protection device in each part according to the lightning protection zone in the lightning protection design to protect the normal operation of wind power generation equipment and reduce the risk of lightning strikes. It is necessary to install surge protective device with anti-harmonic functions to avoid surge protector fire accidents.