Conversion of a switched reluctance motor to operate as a generator for wind power applications

Climate change effect become number one concern in many countries due to the effect that will have on human life. Renewable energy found to be one of the most effective ways to overcome this problem, wind energy is part of the renewable and one of the most growing areas in this field. In this paper the definition of switched reluctance generator and the principal of operation will be discussed, the excitation cycle and its relation to the switching parameters, methods on the switching phenomena will be discussed, low speed circuit and high speed circuit will be explained, output power of the SRM.