A new structure for switch reluctance generator with high output voltage

The switch reluctance generator is a robust and simple structured machine, which is able of producing relatively high voltages while maintaining high efficiency. These types of machines are gaining considerable attentions in variable speed generation applications, and this is due to their attractive features such as absence of any kind of windings or permanent magnets on the rotor structure. In this study a simple and novel switch reluctance generator structure is introduced, which possesses some distinctive characteristic in its rotor and the configuration of its poles, which in a specific speed, causes intense changes in magnetic flux which consequently can result in generation of a high output voltage. The authenticity of the last statement is proved by the simulation results. Extensive computer simulations are performed to investigate the theory and feasibility of the proposed SRG structure of this study.