Design of a tubular switched reluctance linear generator for wave energy conversion based on ocean wave parameters

Author

Mendes, R.P.G. ; Calado, M.R.A. ; Mariano, S.J.P.S. ; Cabrita, C.M.P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electromech. Eng., Univ. of Beira Interior, Covilha, Portugal

fYear

2011

fDate

8-10 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

146

Lastpage

151

Abstract

This work presents a procedure for the design and analysis of a linear tubular switched reluctance generator for wave energy conversion. The generator is meant to be applied to a direct drive wave energy converter, namely a point absorber. The device is modeled according to wave climate conditions at Esposende site in the Portuguese coast. The procedure starts with statistical analysis of the local random ocean behavior in order to determine most likely values of occurrence for the wave parameters in question. Based on that, the generator is analytically designed. With the proper dimensions calculated, a numerical simulation is performed and the magnetic flux path and density values are determined.

Keywords

reluctance generators; reluctance motors; wave power plants; Portuguese coast; density values; direct drive wave energy converter; linear tubular switched reluctance generator; local random ocean behavior; magnetic flux path; ocean wave parameters; point absorber; tubular switched reluctance linear generator design; wave energy conversion; Electrical Generator; Switched Reluctance Machine; Wave energy Conversion;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical Machines and Power Electronics and 2011 Electromotion Joint Conference (ACEMP), 2011 International Aegean Conference on

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5004-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-5002-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ACEMP.2011.6490585

Filename

6490585