Systems and methods for improved direct drive generators

An axial flux generator comprising:

• a plurality of arc-shaped rotor sections, each rotor section including
• a rotor support configured to rotate around an axis of a generator and an at least one rotor element connected to the rotor support, the at least one rotor element being for power generation;
• and
• a plurality of arc-shaped stator sections, each stator section including a stator support, a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board each connected to the stator support in a side-by side relationship along at least a portion of the arc-shaped stator section, the first printed circuit board being for power generation and providing a plurality of conductors, each conductor from the plurality of conductors providing a conductive path associated with a different one of a plurality of electrical phases of the axial flux generator, each conductor from the plurality of conductors being couplable to a corresponding conductor from a plurality of conductors of an adjacent stator section from the plurality of arc-shaped stator sections, the second printed circuit board being for power generation and being couplable to the first printed circuit board,
• an axial air gap being defined between the at least one rotor element and both the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, the first printed circuit board, the second printed circuit board and the at least one rotor element each being positioned at substantially the same radial distance from the axis of the generator.

An axial flux generator comprising:

• a non-destructively detachable rotor section including a rotor support configured to rotate around an axis of a generator and at least one rotor element connected to the rotor support, the at least one rotor element being for power generation;
• and
• a non-destructively detachable stator section including a first printed circuit board for power generation and a second printed circuit board for power generation coupled to the first printed circuit board in a side-by-side relationship along at least a portion of the stator section, the first printed circuit board having plurality of conductors, at least a first conductor from the plurality of conductors configured to provide a conductive path associated with a first electrical phase of the axial flux generator and at least a second conductor from the plurality of conductors configured to provide a conductive path associated with a second electrical phase of the axial flux generator, the second printed circuit board being couplable to the first printed circuit board,
• the non-destructively detachable stator section configured to be coupled to an adjacent non-destructively detachable stator section, the non-destructively detachable rotor section configured to be coupled to an adjacent non-destructively attachable rotor section of the axial flux machine;
• and
• an axial air gap being defined between the at least one rotor element and both the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board, the at least one rotor element, the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board each being positioned at substantially the same radial distance from the axis of the generator.