Hodgins, Neil and Keysan, Ozan and McDonald, Alasdair and Mueller, Markus (2012) Design and testing of a linear generator for wave-energy applications. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 59 (5). pp. 2094-2103. ISSN 0278-0046
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A linear-generator topology is proposed for wave-energy applications. The main significance of the generator topology is that the relative position of the magnets, copper, and steels has been chosen so that there are no magnetic attraction forces between a stator and a permanent-magnet (PM) translator. The lack of magnetic forces and the modular nature of the generator topology make the manufacture and assembly of the generator easier than a conventional iron-cored PM linear generator. Analytical modeling techniques are described with a genetic-algorithm optimization method. The proposed topology is implemented to an Archimedes-wave-swing wave-energy converter. A 50-kW prototype has been built to prove the concept, and the no-load- and load-test results are presented.
| Item type: | Article |
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| ID code: | 40428 |
| Notes: | Special Issue from International Conference on Electrical Machines (ICEM) 2010 |
| Keywords: | air-cored winding, direct drive, linear generator, wave energy, optmization, permanent-magnet (PM) machines, power generation, Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Subjects: | Technology > Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Department: | Faculty of Engineering > Electronic and Electrical Engineering |
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| Depositing user: | Pure Administrator |
| Date Deposited: | 17 Jul 2012 14:16 |
| Last modified: | 17 Jul 2012 14:16 |
| URI: | http://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/40428 |
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