The paper presents a procedure for the design of claw pole alternators
for small scale wind power applications. The method involves a prelim
inary design stage by means of the classical magnetic circuit analysis
and a detailed design stage involving a 3D finite element model. This
technique has been implemented in the design of a multiple generation
for a small scale gearless autonomous system. The developed model can
be implemented for the optimization of the rotor claw geometry throug
h a minimization algorithm.