Aerodynamic and electromagnetic analysis of a variable electromotive-force generator for a wind turbine

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 4, Issue PARTS A AND B, 2012, Pages 1215-1228

  Goudarzi, N ^a   Zhu, W D ^a   Bowers, R ^b  

^a Baltimore County   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTROMOTIVE FORCE; GAS TURBINES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

AERODYNAMIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETIC ANALYSIS; ELECTROMAGNETICS; LOW WIND SPEED; LOW-TO-HIGH; NEG MICON; OPERATIONAL RANGE; POWER; POWER- GENERATIONS; WIND SPEED;

STATORS;

EID: 84887307349     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE2012-86363     Document Type: Conference Paper

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