Title :
Magnetic gear technologies: A review
Author :
Tlali, P.M. ; Wang, R.-J. ; Gerber, S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Stellenbosch Univ., Stellenbosch, South Africa
Abstract :
This paper reviews the historic and current development of magnetic gear technologies. There has been considerable amount of research and development activities on magnetic gear technologies in recent years. However, it is still not clear if this technology is ready for potential industry applications. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the historic and current development work of magnetic gear technologies in an attempt to give readers some insight into the advantages and disadvantages, challenges, opportunities and technology readiness.
Keywords :
gears; magnetic devices; permanent magnet machines; magnetic gear technology; permanent magnet electrical machines; research and development; Gears; Magnetic separation; Magnetosphere; Modulation; Rotors; Topology; Torque; Magnetic gears; magnetic flux modulation; permanent magnet; special electrical machines;
Conference_Titel :
Electrical Machines (ICEM), 2014 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Berlin
DOI :
10.1109/ICELMACH.2014.6960233
