Design optimization and site matching of direct-drive permanent magnet wind power generator systems

Renewable Energy

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1175-1184

  Li, H ^a,b   Chen, Z ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Design optimization; Direct drive; Permanent magnet generator; Site matching; Wind turbines

Indexed keywords

DESIGN; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ENGINES; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HURRICANE EFFECTS; HYDRAULIC MACHINERY; HYDRAULIC MOTORS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETS; OPTIMIZATION; PERMANENT MAGNETS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TURBINES; WEIBULL DISTRIBUTION; WIND TURBINES;

ACTIVE MATERIALS; ANALYTICAL MODELS; ANNUAL MEANS; DENSITY FUNCTIONS; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DESIGN OPTIMIZATIONS; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; DIRECT-DRIVE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DESIGN OPTIMIZATIONS; ENERGY OUTPUTS; GENERATOR DESIGNS; GENERATOR SYSTEMS; IMPROVED GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MAXIMUM WIND ENERGY CAPTURES; MINIMAL GENERATORS; OPTIMUM DESIGNS; PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATOR; PM GENERATORS; POWER RATINGS; ROTOR DIAMETERS; ROTOR SPEEDS; SITE MATCHING; WEIBULL; WIND GENERATION SYSTEMS; WIND GENERATOR SYSTEMS; WIND POWER GENERATORS; WIND SPEEDS;

WIND POWER;

ALGORITHM; OPTIMIZATION; WEIBULL THEORY; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 56049085331     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2008.04.041     Document Type: Article

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