Linear generator for direct drive wave energy applications

19th International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hodgins, Neil ^a   Keysan, Ozan ^a   McDonald, Alasdair ^a   Mueller, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air cored winding; Direct drive; Linear generators; Permanent magnet machines; Wave energy

Indexed keywords

AIR-CORED WINDING; DIRECT DRIVE; LINEAR GENERATORS; PERMANENT MAGNET MACHINES; WAVE ENERGY;

ELECTRIC MACHINERY; MANUFACTURE; PERMANENT MAGNETS; TOPOLOGY; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION; WINDING;

MAGNETIC DEVICES;

EID: 78649588489     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICELMACH.2010.5607840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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