Title :
Optimized design of a permanentmagnet tubular linear generator for wave energy conversion
Author :
Yu, Haitao ; Yuan, Bang ; Yang, Hengshan ; Hu, Minqiang ; Huang, Lei
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng., Southeast Univ., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
A permanent magnet tubular linear generator (PMTLG) is presented for wave energy conversion due to its direct drive characteristics. Finite Element method is implemented to calculate and optimize the waveform of magnetic field along air-gap of PMTLG with Halbach array. The computational results are validated by experimental ones.
Keywords :
finite element analysis; linear machines; permanent magnet generators; Halbach array; direct drive characteristics; finite element method; magnetic field waveform; optimized design; permanent magnet tubular linear generator; wave energy conversion; Air gaps; Character generation; Design optimization; Energy conversion; Finite element methods; Magnetic fields; Magnetic flux; Nonlinear equations; Optimization methods; Permanent magnets;
Conference_Titel :
Electromagnetic Field Computation (CEFC), 2010 14th Biennial IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7059-4
DOI :
10.1109/CEFC.2010.5481632
