The design of low-speed variable-reluctance generators
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OSTI ID:419529
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., Troy, NY (United States). Dept. of Electric Power Engineering
This paper presents a design methodology appropriate for low-speed variable-reluctance generators (VRGs). This work is motivated by the application of VRGs to direct-drive wind turbines and other renewable energy systems. In direct-drive systems significant simplifications result from the elimination of the gear box which has traditionally been used to interface a slowly rotating shaft with the generator shaft. The running example considered is the design of a generator which is to support 20 kW at a rotor speed of 120 rpm. The work presented here is also applicable to the design of low-speed variable-reluctance motors (VRMs).
- OSTI ID:
- 419529
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9510203--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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