Experimental evaluation of a switched reluctance generator for wind energy applications

Wind Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 115-136

  Cardenas Dobson, R ^a   Asher, G M ^b   Ray, W F ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE MAGALLANES   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; ENERGY CONVERSION; SPEED; WIND POWER;

CONVERTER TOPOLOGY; EFFICIENCY TORQUE RIPPLE CURRENT RIPPLE; SWITCHED RELUCTANCE GENERATORS; TRANSPUTER CONTROLLED RIG; WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS;

RELUCTANCE MOTORS;

GENERATORS-VARIABLE SPEED; WIND POWER;

EID: 0030437082     PISSN: 0309524X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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