The state of the art of wind energy conversion systems and technologies: A review

M Cheng, Y Zhu - Energy conversion and management, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper gives a comprehensive review of the state of the art of wind energy conversion
systems (WECS) and technologies, with an emphasis on wind power generator and control …

Challenges and opportunities of electric machines for renewable energy

KT Chau, W Li, CHT Lee - Progress In Electromagnetics Research B, 2012 - jpier.org
This paper gives an overview of various electric machines for application to renewable
energy harvesting, and reveals the corresponding challenges and research opportunities …

A magnetic-geared outer-rotor permanent-magnet brushless machine for wind power generation

L Jian, KT Chau, JZ Jiang - IEEE Transactions on Industry …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a new permanent-magnet (PM) brushless machine for wind power
generation. This machine adopts an outer-rotor topology, aiming at capturing wind power …

An efficient wind–photovoltaic hybrid generation system using doubly excited permanent-magnet brushless machine

C Liu, KT Chau, X Zhang - IEEE transactions on industrial …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With ever-increasing concerns on energy issues, the development of renewable energy
sources is becoming more and more attractive. This paper first reviews both the wind power …

A doubly salient starter/generator with two-section twisted-rotor structure for potential future aerospace application

Z Chen, H Wang, Y Yan - IEEE Transactions on industrial …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The starter/generator is one key technology for the more electric/all electric aircraft. The
wound-field doubly salient starter/generator supplies good prospect in the aircraft …

Wind turbine generator technologies

W Cao, Y **e, Z Tan - Advances in Wind Power, 2012 - books.google.com
Wind energy is playing a critical role in the establishment of an environmentally sustainable
low carbon economy. This chapter presents an overview of wind turbine generator …

Development of a new brushless doubly fed doubly salient machine for wind power generation

Y Fan, KT Chau, S Niu - IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes and implements a new three-phase 12/8-pole brushless doubly fed
doubly salient machine (BDFDS) for wind power generation. The key is to design and …

Design and control of a new double-stator cup-rotor permanent-magnet machine for wind power generation

S Niu, KT Chau, JZ Jiang, C Liu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a new double-stator cup-rotor permanent-magnet machine is proposed and
implemented for wind power generation. The design of unique double-stator configuration …

Investigation of a new topology of hybrid excitation doubly salient brushless DC generator

Z Zhang, Y Tao, Y Yan - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes and implements a new topology of hybrid excitation doubly salient
brushless dc generator (HEDS-BLDCG). Configuration and flux control principle of the …

Design of a new outer-rotor permanent magnet hybrid machine for wind power generation

C Liu, KT Chau, JZ Jiang, L Jian - IEEE Transactions on …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes and implements a new 36/24-pole outer-rotor permanent magnet (PM)
hybrid machine for directly coupled wind power generation. The key is to design the …