Oil Shale, 2007, Vol. 24, No. 2 Special, pp. 318–331

 

LOW-SPEED PERMANENT-MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR FOR SMALL-SCALE WIND POWER APPLICATIONS

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A. KILK

 

 

Tendencies in development of wind power industry including direct-drive small-scale wind power plants and generators have been analyzed. Synchronous generators with permanent magnet excitation for direct-drive wind power turbines are described. Primary magnetic field distribution and effect of armature reaction have been studied for design of a low-speed multipole permanent-magnet synchronous generator with radial magnetic flux. The test results of a prototype permanent-magnet generator are analyzed and compared with the calculated data and characteristics.

 

 

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