Design consideration of C-core switched reluctance generators for wind energy

Author

Xue, X.D. ; Cheng, K.W.E. ; Bao, Y.J. ; Leung, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong, China

fYear

2011

fDate

8-10 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this study, the C-core switched reluctance generator is developed for wind energy. A C-core switched reluctance generator includes a number of the stator C-cores and a number of the rotor poles. For the C-core switched reluctance generator, each phase has the independent stator C-core and flux path. The phase winding is on the stator C-core and there is no any winding on rotor poles. This machine has the following main advantages: (a) the simple and reliable configuration, (b) the flexible controllability, (c) the low cost, (d) the redundancy features, (e) the independent stator C-core structure and the independent flux path, (f) the rotor with low weight, and (g) the low speed operation. The energy conversion and design consideration of the proposed C-core switched reluctance generator will be discussed. This paper provides a new type of switched reluctance generator for wind power generation.

Keywords

poles and zeros; reluctance generators; rotors; wind power; C-core switched reluctance generators; design consideration; energy conversion; independent flux path; independent stator C-core; phase winding; redundancy features; rotor poles; wind energy; wind power generation; Magnetic circuits; Magnetic flux; Reluctance generators; Rotors; Stators; Switches; Windings; C-core; generator; switched reluctance; wind energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics Systems and Applications (PESA), 2011 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0205-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESA.2011.5982957

Filename

5982957