Field computation for an axial flux permanent-magnet synchronous generator

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-11

  Chan, T F ^a   Lai, L L ^b   Xie, Shuming ^c  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c SHENYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Axial flux machines; Magnetic fields; Permanent magnet (PM) generators; Synchronous generators

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; FOURIER SERIES; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; LAPLACE EQUATION; LAPLACE TRANSFORMS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; PERMANENT MAGNETS;

ANALYTICAL METHODS; ARMATURE REACTIONS; AXIAL DIRECTIONS; AXIAL FLUX MACHINES; AXIAL FLUXES; CURRENT-SHEET MODELS; FIELD COMPUTATIONS; FINITE-ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FOURIER SERIES METHODS; LAPLACE'S EQUATIONS; MAGNETIC POTENTIALS; PERMANENT-MAGNET (PM) GENERATORS; PERMANENT-MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; PROTOTYPE MACHINES; RECTANGULAR COORDINATES;

SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS;

EID: 61649111329     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2008.2011830     Document Type: Article

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