Preface
The present report is a result of the co-operation between Aalborg Universityand Risø National Laboratory within the scope of the research programme
Elec-tric Design and Control
(EDS, alias Elektrisk Design og Styring).The report has as an objective to compile and disseminate some of the knowl-edge on generators and power electronics for wind turbines, which now is atEDS’ disposal. In this work, the following persons have contributed to the re- port writing:
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Birgitte Bak-Jensen.
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Henrik Bindner.
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Frede Blaabjerg.
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Lars Henrik Hansen.
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Lars Helle.
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Stig Munk-Nielsen.
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Ewen Ritchie.
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Poul Sørensen.In order to focus the report towards the needs of the wind turbines manufacturesa task group consisting of:
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NEG Micon: Niels Vilsbøll.
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Vestas: Michael Kinch.
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ABB: Hans Christian Christensen.
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Siemens: Kim Eskildsen and Ulf Lindhard.have been asked to contribute to this report by valuable input – in specific onthe concept evaluation criteria. Moreover, ABB and Siemens have kindly put pictures and drawings at disposal for this report.Finally, the four largest wind turbine gearbox manufactures have been asked tosupply specific gearbox data. The following two:
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Brook Hansen Transmission
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Lohmann & Solterfoht.have contributed with data which are used to point out trends on gearboxes.Frontpage picture has been supplied by Vestas