Modern electric machines and drives for wind power generation: A review of opportunities and challenges

H Chen, Y Zuo, KT Chau, W Zhao… - IET Renewable Power …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
With ever‐increasing concerns on energy crisis and environmental protection, there is a fast‐
growing interest in wind power generation systems. As electric machines and drives are …

Flux-switching permanent magnet machines: A review of opportunities and challenges—Part I: Fundamentals and topologies

H Chen, AM EL-Refaie… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Flux-switching permanent magnet (FSPM) machines have been gaining interest over the
last few decades. This is due to the several advantages that this type of machines provides …

Formulation and multiobjective design optimization of wound-field flux switching machines for wind energy drives

UB Akuru, MJ Kamper - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this study, constrained multiobjective design optimization (MDO) of wound-field flux
switching machines (WF-FSMs) for wind energy drives is undertaken in two-dimensional (2 …

Permanent magnet flux switching machines—Topologies, analysis and optimization

JX Shen, WZ Fei - … on Power Engineering, Energy and Electrical …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Permanent magnet flux switching machines have been attracting revived research interests
for various applications over the last decades. Those machines not only inherit most merits …

On the role of magnetic shunts for increasing performance of transverse flux machines

O Dobzhanskyi, R Gouws… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents work completed in order to investigate the importance of magnetic
shunts in transverse flux machines. Two types of transverse flux machines with different …

Performance analysis of a permanent magnet transverse flux generator with double coil

O Dobzhanskyi, R Gouws - IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the disadvantages of permanent magnet (PM) transverse flux machines is high
magnetic flux leakage in the stator and rotor cores. To improve the magnetic circuit of this …

Rare-earth magnet free flux-switching generator for wind turbines in micro-grids: A review

T Özmen, BE Ergun, MO Gülbahçe… - CES Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In traditional electricity generation plants, large powerful synchronous, induction, and direct
current generators were used. With the proliferation of microgrids focused on electricity …

Evaluation of flux switching PM machines for medium-speed wind generator drives

UB Akuru, MJ Kamper - 2015 IEEE Energy Conversion …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study is used to highlight the potentials of flux switching PM machines for medium-
speed wind generator drives, considering among other things, that the rotor pole number is …

Optimal switching-flux motor design and its cogging effect reduction

O Dobzhanskyi, R Gouws… - 2017 IEEE 58th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an optimal switching-flux motor design in terms of cheap cost, simple
manufacturing process, and easy maintenance. The high cogging effect and its impact on …

Design optimisation and performance evaluation of flux switching machines for geared medium-speed wind generator drives

UB Akuru - 2018 IEEE PES/IAS PowerAfrica, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a novel Ph. D. research process leading to the multi-objective design
optimisation (MDO) of geared medium-speed flux switching machine (FSM) for wind …