Design and performance analysis of a high-speed air-cored axial-flux permanent-magnet generator with circular magnets and coils

2009 IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, IEMDC '09

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1617-1624

  Fei, W ^a   Luk, P C K ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR-CORED; AXIAL FLUX; ELECTRIC POWER; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; HIGH EFFICIENCY; HIGH POWER FACTOR; HIGH ROTATIONAL SPEED; HIGH-SPEED; HYBRID VEHICLES; MAN-PORTABLE; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL INTEGRITY; MECHANICAL STRESS; MISSION CRITICAL APPLICATIONS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATOR; POWER LEVELS; POWER SOURCES; PROTOTYPE MACHINE; TECHNOLOGY READINESS;

ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC MACHINERY; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SPEED; STRESSES; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 70349445583     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/IEMDC.2009.5075420     Document Type: Conference Paper

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