Abstract: An electric motor includes: a stator having a sleeve shape; a rotor inside the stator; a shaft coupled to the rotor and stretching along a central axis of the stator; a board case on one end side of the stator in a direction along the central axis; a circuit board on an opposite side of the stator with the board case interposed; a heat generating component on a mounting surface, which is opposite to a surface of the circuit board oriented to a side of the stator; a casing that covers a side of the mounting surface; and a heat transfer component between a surface of the casing that faces the circuit board and the heat generating component. The board case is provided with an extension portion that extends toward the circuit board. The heat transfer component is formed with a first engagement portion with which the extension portion engages.

Abstract: An interconnection device for an electric machine, in particular for an electric machine for a motor vehicle, is provided for interconnecting shaped-bar ends of a winding, in particular of a stator winding. The interconnection device has an interconnection element, which has one or more openings for the insertion of at least one shaped-bar end, wherein the one or more openings each have an insertion section and a contact-making section adjoining the insertion section, which sections are designed such that the at least one shaped-bar end can be inserted into the insertion section and, in the case of a relative movement between the opening and the inserted shaped-bar end, the inserted shaped-bar end reaches the contact-making section and the spacing between the at least one shaped-bar end and a contact is reduced by way of being guiding through the contact-making section.

Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus that floats at the surface of a body of water over which waves pass. Passing waves cause a nominally vertical axis of the apparatus to tilt away from an axis normal to the resting surface of the body of water. Tilting of sufficient magnitude and duration allows a fluid to flow through a channel that in an un-tilted apparatus would require the gravitational potential energy of the fluid to increase (i.e., to flow uphill), but, because of the tilt allows the fluid to flow through the channel in a downhill direction. Flowing water is trapped at a plurality of levels which in an un-tilted apparatus are higher than the respective levels from which the fluid has flowed. A subsequent tilt of the apparatus in a sufficiently different direction, and of a sufficient magnitude and duration, causes the trapped water to flow to new, yet higher levels.

Abstract: A method for controlling a multirotor wind turbine is disclosed. A first operational state of each of the energy generating units of the wind turbine is obtained. A difference in thrust acting on at least two of the energy generating units is detected. At least one constraint parameter of the set of operational constraints is adjusted in accordance with prevailing operating conditions and in accordance with the detected difference in thrust, and a new operational state for at least one of the energy generating units is derived, based on the at least one adjusted constraint parameter, the new operational state(s) counteracting the detected difference in thrust. Finally, the wind turbine is controlled in accordance with the new operational states for the energy generating units.

Abstract: A stator unit of a rotary electric machine, which includes a stator including a stator core in which a plurality of slots are formed at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction; and a stator coil inserted into the slots and having a coil end portion protruding from at least one end surface of the stator core; a stator holder disposed to surround an outer peripheral surface of the stator core and supporting the stator; and a refrigerant guide portion disposed above the coil end portion and configured to supply a first refrigerant to the coil end portion. The refrigerant guide portion protrudes from an end surface of the stator holder to above the coil end portion and is integrally formed with the stator holder.

Abstract: A generator module and a wind turbine having the same are provided according to the present application. The generator module includes a generator module housing, a generator unit and a generator rotating shaft. The generator unit is arranged in the generator module housing and includes a rotor and a stator. One end of the generator rotating shaft is connected to the rotor, and the generator rotating shaft is provided with a belt pulley. The generator module according to the present application may be flexibly arranged above a nacelle or inside the nacelle according to requirements, and may be separately replaced and maintained as an independent subsystem, which reduces the maintenance cost.

Abstract: A multi-degree-of-freedom electromagnetic machine includes a spherical structure, a first coil, a second coil, a non-magnetic structure, and a Halbach array. The spherical structure has a first axis of symmetry, a second axis of symmetry, and a third axis of symmetry, and the first, second, and third axes of symmetry are disposed perpendicular to each other. The first coil is wound on the spherical structure about the first axis of symmetry, and the second coil is wound on the spherical structure about the second axis of symmetry. The non-magnetic structure is spaced apart from, and at least partially surrounds, the spherical structure. The Halbach array is mounted on the non-magnetic structure and includes N-magnets, where N is a multiple of 4. The spherical structure and non-magnetic structure are mounted to allow relative rotation between the non-magnetic structure and the spherical structure.

Abstract: Groove holes capable of positioning each of the segment cores with respect to a winding jig in an arc attitude with wide gaps between the teeth edges of respective pole teeth are respectively formed in yoke parts positioned at both end parts of each of the segment cores in a longitudinal direction.

Abstract: The invention related to a control method for operating a synchronous machine, the machine comprising an exciter connected to a synchronous generator and a controller (40) for controlling the machine field excitation. The method comprises the steps of predefining a stable operation torque derivative range within which a stable operation of the machine occurs, performing a torque measuring or calculating for the machine, calculating the derivative of said torque, determining whether the calculated torque derivative is within the predefined stable operation torque derivative range for the machine, and, if the torque derivative is not within the predefined stable operation torque derivative range, modifying the machine field excitation to bring the torque derivative within the predefined stable operation torque derivative range.

Abstract: An electromagnetic propulsion system comprises a plurality of stator coils wound about a first axis, a plurality of support structures, a coupler that surrounds a portion of the stator coils, and a plurality of rotor coils wound about an axis that is parallel to the first axis. The stator coils are configured to receive electric current to induce a first magnetic field. The support structures support the stator coils. The coupler includes a notch oriented so that one of the support structures can pass through the notch when the coupler moves along the stator coils. The rotor coils are attached to the coupler and are configured to receive electric current to induce a magnetic field that interacts with the first magnetic field so that a magnetic force is applied to the rotor coils, thereby propelling the coupler and the rotor coils along the stator coils.

Abstract: Cooled stators described herein include an inner body, an outer body disposed concentrically around the inner body and extending between the first end and the second end of the cooled stator, a plurality of stator poles extending radially between the inner body and the outer body and extending longitudinally along at least a portion of the inner body, at least one stator winding wound about each of the plurality of stator poles, a plenum chamber engaged with the inner body and the outer body to enclose the cooled stator at the second end, an inlet defined in each of the plurality of stator poles proximate the first end of the cooled stator, and at least one coolant passage extending longitudinally through each of the plurality of stator poles between the inlet and an outlet in fluid communication with the plenum chamber.

Abstract: A rotor includes a rotor core having an outer circumference extending in a circumferential direction about an axis, and having a magnet insertion hole along the outer circumference, and a permanent magnet disposed in the magnet insertion hole. The rotor core has a plurality of slits formed on an outer side of the magnet insertion hole in a radial direction about the axis, and a bridge extending to connect an inner side and an outer side of the magnet insertion hole in the radial direction. The plurality of slits have a first slit closest to an end of the magnet insertion hole in the circumferential direction, and a second slit closest to the bridge. When T1 represents a shortest distance from the magnet insertion hole to the first slit and R1 represents a shortest distance from the reference point to the second slit, R1>T1 is satisfied.

Abstract: A method for use in controlling a wind turbine generator of a wind power plant based on a condition of a power converter or a component forming part of a power converter in the wind power plant. The method comprises determining the initial condition of the power converter or a component forming part of a power converter and determining the evolution of the condition from the initial condition based on notional power reference values of the wind turbine generator. The method further comprises comparing the evolution of the condition to a predetermined threshold and determining, from the comparison, a time period by which the condition of the power converter or a component forming part of a power converter will substantially equal the predetermined threshold.

Abstract: An energy capture ventilation device is provided. The energy ventilation device includes a housing. The housing is formed by a number of side walls to define an interior volume. A duct is connected to the housing, to interface with a ventilation system. A vent is placed on the housing opposite of the duct. At least one generator is attached to the duct. The generator includes a turbine and is connected to a battery. When the turbine is rotated, power is supplied to the battery.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for forecasting a farm-level power output of a wind farm having a plurality of wind turbines. The method includes collecting actual operational data and/or site information for the wind farm. The method also includes predicting operational data for the wind farm for a future time period. Further, the method includes generating a model-based power output forecast based on the actual operational data, the predicted operational data, and/or the site information. In addition, the method includes measuring real-time operational data from the wind farm and adjusting the power output forecast based on the measured real-time operational data. Thus, the method also includes forecasting the farm-level power output of the wind farm based on the adjusted power output forecast.

Abstract: An ocean water power-generator for generation of renewable energy.

Abstract: A motor driven propulsor of an aircraft includes magnets disposed in fan shrouds of fan blades connected with a fan hub, a stator having individual conductive coils in a nacelle located radially outside of the fan hub, and a distributed inverter assembly having several inverter power stages and gate drivers, each of the inverter power stages coupled with a separate gate driver of the gate drivers and a separate coil of the coils in the stator. Each of the gate drivers is configured to individually control supply of direct current to the corresponding inverter power stage. Each of the inverter power stages is configured to convert the direct current supplied to the inverter power stage to an alternating current that is supplied to the corresponding coil in the stator to rotate the magnets and the fan blades around a center line of the fan hub for propelling the aircraft.

Abstract: A stator for an electric machine is formed in stratified layer forming a core having axial slots, and a plurality of hurdle-shaped conductors. Each conductor includes first and second uprights disposed in the slots, and a bridge connecting the uprights and extending circumferentially over a core end surface. The first upright is radially closer to a core central axis than the second upright. Each bridge steps radially outward from the first upright to the second upright. Radially adjacent bridges nest next to one another without crossing over one another. A junction between the first end of the bridge and the first upright defines a radially outward-facing ledge, and a junction between the second end and the second upright defines a radially inward-facing ledge. Each bridge passes over the outward-facing ledge of its radially inwardly adjacent conductor and passing over the inward-facing ledge of its radially outward adjacent conductor.

Abstract: An electric motor assembly for railway drive. The motor assembly comprises: an electric drive motor; a ventilation and cooling device for ventilating and cooling the electric drive motor through cooling air; and a draining device to drain the ventilation and cooling air flow. The draining device is provided with a silencer device for the cooling air flow. The silencer device comprise at least one straight channel to reduce the turbulent flow into a substantially laminar flow of the out-flowing ventilation and cooling air. Furthermore, the draining device comprises a scroll, which consists of two separate arched channels in order to avoid the formation of stationary vortices. The two arched channels communicate with one another, from the fluidic point of view, only in a common outlet area for the ventilation and cooling air.

Abstract: A rotor for an electric motor includes an even number n of pole pairs arranged on a rotor body with rotor windings connected in series between two electrical connections to supply or conduct away current through the rotor windings. The series circuit has a first section including n/2 rotor windings arranged first in the series circuit, and a second section including n/2 rotor windings and arranged upstream of the second electrical connection. During application of a direct-current voltage between the two connections in each of the rotor windings of the first section, the radial component of the direct-current flow in the series circuit extends through the entire respective rotor winding, from an outer side to an inner side of the rotor winding, and in each of the rotor windings of the second section, in reverse, from an outer side to an inner side of the rotor winding.