%0 Journal Article %T Simulations Analysis with Comparative Study of a PMSG Performances for Small WT Application by FEM %A H. Mellah %A K. E. Hemsas %J International Journal of Energy Engineering %P 55-64 %@ 2163-1905 %R 10.5923/j.ijee.20130302.03 %X Permanent magnet synchronous generators (PMSGs) have a bright prospect in the small wind turbine (WT) applications; PMSGs compared to the conventional electrically excitated generators have many advantages, that¡¯s why they have attracted many and a strong interest of research. In this paper, a comparative PMSG performance study's is presented, these performances is studied as a function of physical material like the type of permanent magnet (high, poor, average and linear), as a function of the environmental conditions as rotor speed, finally, as a function of the design and geometrical parameters (rotor length, number of poles, number of stator slots). These results are obtained by finite element method (FEM); this approach is a powerful and useful tool to study and design PMSGs, as represented in this paper. %K Cogging Torque %K Finite Element Analysis %K PMSG %K Number of Poles %K Number of Stator Slot %K Wind Energy %U http://article.sapub.org/10.5923.j.ijee.20130302.03.html