The proposed structure of the permanent magnet linear synchronous generator is shown schematically in Fig. 4, which is based on the structure from
Ref. [2]. It consists of four flat primary elements and four secondary elements
enclosed within one housing. The secondary elements, which correspond to the
translator in Fig. 1, move with the buoy and are called translators, which are the
non-stationary parts in a generator. The primary elements, which correspond
to the stator winding in Fig. 1, don’t move and are called stators. Each of the
flat sides is similar in structure to a flat linear machine as shown in Fig. 5