• DocumentCode
    2237748
  • Title

    A low speed reciprocating permanent magnet generator for direct drive wave energy converters

  • Author

    Mueller, MA ; Baker, NJ

  • Author_Institution
    Durham Univ., UK
  • fYear
    2002
  • fDate
    4-7 June 2002
  • Firstpage
    468
  • Lastpage
    473
  • Abstract
    The design of a prototype linear variable reluctance permanent magnet machine is outlined in this paper. It has been built to investigate operation at speeds of 0.5 m/s, which is typical of a wave energy converter. Results are presented to verify the design, and to investigate the performance of the machine. In order to optimise power conversion, methods of compensating for the effects of the high inductance of these machines are discussed.
  • Keywords
    compensation; finite element analysis; inductance; linear machines; machine theory; permanent magnet generators; reluctance generators; wave power generation; wave power plants; high-inductance compensation; linear variable reluctance permanent magnet machine; machine performance; power conversion optimisation; wave energy converter;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Electronics, Machines and Drives, 2002. International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 487)
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-85296-747-0
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1049/cp:20020162
  • Filename
    1031738