摘要 |
<p>A variable electrical generator 20 is operable to convert mechanical motion to electrical power. The generator includes at least a stator element 60 and a rotor element 50, where the rotor has a number of magnets 90 disposed around it and the stator includes a number of modules 80 comprising coils. The modules generate wavelets 30 in response to the coils interacting magnetically with the magnets, and a control arrangement 70 combines the wavelets to generate a composite synthesized power output 10 from the generator. The generator may be used in a renewable energy system, for example in a tidal water turbine, in a wind turbine, in association with an oscillating wind vane, in association with an ocean float, in a hydroelectric turbine, or in a steam turbine.</p> |