Vernier permanent magnet linear generator

A Vernier permanent magnet linear generator comprising:

• a translator having
• a plurality of translator modules oriented in a vertical array, at least a portion of said plurality of translator modules having permanent magnets with a magnet pole pitch xp, at least a portion of the plurality of translator modules each comprising electrical steel laminations oppositely engaged on the permanent magnets and wherein the steel laminations and the permanent magnets are joined on a pole bar in a plurality of segments with the plurality of magnets in each segment;
• supports at lateral edges of the plurality of translator modules;
• a rod connected to the supports for attachment to a driving element, said driving element reciprocating the translator in a longitudinal direction;
• and
• two stators supported on a reaction body, said stators oppositely spaced from the vertical array of translator modules by an air gap and offset by a one half slot pitch, said stators having three phase integral-slot stator windings with a stator winding pole pitch xps magnetically interacting with a magnetic field induced by the permanent magnets;
• wherein, xps divided by xp is an odd integer, not evenly divisible by 3.

A wave energy converter comprising:

• a floating body;
• a reaction body engaging the floating body, said reaction body static or oscillating out of phase relative to the floating body;
• a translator having
• a plurality of translator modules oriented in a vertical array, a least a portion of said plurality of translator modules having permanent magnets with a magnet pole pitch xp;
• supports at lateral edges of the plurality of translator modules;
• a rod connected to the supports for attachment to the floating body, said floating body reciprocating the translator in a longitudinal direction;
• two stators supported on the reaction body, said stators oppositely spaced from the vertical array of translator modules by an air gap and offset by one half slot pitch, said stators having three phase integral-slot stator windings with a stator winding pole pitch xps magnetically interacting with a magnetic field induced by the translator permanent magnets;
• wherein, xps divided by xp is an odd integer, not evenly divisible by 3.