A Permanent Magnet Generator for Energy Conversion from Marine Currents: No Load and Load Experiments

Table 1

Generator design parameters.

Parameter	Value
Power	5 kW
Line voltage	150 V
Nominal speed	10 rpm
Frequency	10 Hz
Outer diameter	2000 mm
Inner diameter	1835 mm
Air gap	10.5 mm
Slots per pole and phase	7/5
Cables per slot	6
Magnet width	32 mm
Magnet thickness	13 mm
Stator axial length	294 mm
Stacking factor	0.956
Resistance per phase	0.47 Ω
Load	4.44 Ω per phase