Performance of an axial-flux permanent magnet synchronous generator from 3-D finite-element analysis

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 669-676

  Chan, T F ^a   Wang, Weimin ^a   Lai, L L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Axial flux machines; Finite element analysis (FEA); Permanent magnet generators; Synchronous generators

Indexed keywords

AXIAL FLUX MACHINES; CORELESS STATORS; COUPLED FIELDS; FEA MODELS; FIELD COMPONENTS; FIELD COMPUTATION; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; LOAD CHARACTERISTICS; OUTER ROTOR; PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATORS; PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR; TIME-STEPPING; TOTALLY ENCLOSED; TRANSVERSE FLUX; WAVE FORMS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MACHINE COMPONENTS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SYNCHRONOUS GENERATORS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77956060142     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2010.2042057     Document Type: Article

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