Design and analysis of a double-sided tubular linear synchronous generator with particular application to wave-energy conversion

IEEE PES PowerAfrica 2007 Conference and Exposition, PowerAfrica

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages

  Joseph, Danson M ^a   Cronje, Willie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Double sided tabular linear synchronous generators; LSG; Permanent magnet; Wave energy conversion

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXHIBITIONS; FUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES; MODAL ANALYSIS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DOUBLE-SIDED TABULAR LINEAR SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; LSG; PERMANENT MAGNET; WAVE-ENERGY CONVERSION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 50649121379     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PESAFR.2007.4498032     Document Type: Conference Paper

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