Comparison of direct-drive and geared generator concepts for wind turbines

2005 IEEE International Conference on Electric Machines and Drives

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 543-550

  Polinder, Henk ^a   Van Der Pijl, Frank F A ^a   De Vilder, Gert Jan ^b   Tavner, Peter ^c  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b Harakosan Europe BV   (Netherlands)

^c DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Direct drive; Doubly fed induction generator; Permanent magnet generator; Single stage gearbox; Synchronous generator; Wind turbine

Indexed keywords

COSTS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS;

DIRECT-DRIVE; DOUBLY-FED INDUCTION GENERATORS; PERMANENT-MAGNET GENERATORS; SINGLE-STAGE GEARBOX;

WIND TURBINES;

EID: 33749070154     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iemdc.2005.195776     Document Type: Conference Paper

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