Design and performance of a 20kW, 100rpm, switched reluctance generator for a direct drive wind energy converter

2005 IEEE International Conference on Electric Machines and Drives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 56-63

  Mueller, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ENERGY CONVERSION; SWITCHING; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

PROTOTYPE MACHINES; SWITCHED RELUCTANCE GENERATORS; WIND ENERGY CONVERTERS;

RELUCTANCE MOTORS;

EID: 33749068891     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iemdc.2005.195701     Document Type: Conference Paper

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