Inventors:
Thomas Mancuso - Niskayuna NY, US
Sayantan Bhar - Karnataka, IN
Sandip Shahaji Hirade - Karnataka, IN
Peter Anthony DiLorenzo - Charlton NY, US
Andrew David Maduskuie - Greenville SC, US
Sadeo Ramtahal - Schenectady NY, US
Assignee:
General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:
H02K 9/00
US Classification:
310 60A, 310 55, 310 58, 310 59, 310 60 R
Abstract:
A wind turbine having a generator is provided. The generator includes a rotor and a stator having a stator lamination, one or more flange rings and one or more core rings. The stator lamination includes a plurality of axial flow passages and the one or more core rings include a plurality of core ring axial flow passages that are aligned with the plurality of axial flow passages in the stator lamination. The plurality of axial flow passages in the stator lamination have a substantially triangular cross-sectional shape.