Design aspects of a novel topology air-cored permanent magnet linear generator for direct drive wave energy converters

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2104-2115

  Vermaak, Rieghard ^a   Kamper, Maarten J ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Air cored; analytical models; design optimization; direct drive; electrical machines; finite element methods; linear generator; nonoverlapping windings; permanent magnet (PM); wave energy

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; HYDROELECTRIC GENERATORS; IRON; MACHINE WINDINGS; PERMANENT MAGNETS; POWER CONVERTERS; STATORS; TOPOLOGY;

AIR-CORED; DESIGN OPTIMIZATION; DIRECT DRIVE; ELECTRICAL MACHINE; LINEAR GENERATORS; NON-OVERLAPPING WINDINGS; PERMANENT MAGNETS (PM); WAVE ENERGY;

WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 84856990403     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2162215     Document Type: Article

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