Design and characterization of a 1 kW AC self - excited Switched Reluctance Generator

Author

Méndez, S. ; Martínez, A. ; Montaño, C.E. ; Millan, W. ; Oyarbide, E. ; Pérez, F.J.

Author_Institution

Electron. & Commun. Eng. Dept., Univ. of Zaragoza, Zaragoza, Spain

fYear

2011

fDate

7-10 Nov. 2011

Firstpage

1789

Lastpage

1794

Abstract

The Switched Reluctance Machine has certain advantages such as robustness and the absence of permanent magnets, which have encouraged its use in recent years. One of its applications is as a self - excited generator. This behavior is produced when a capacitor is connected in parallel to each single phase forming a resonant circuit. This application can be used in isolated sites with a wind turbine for energy generation. This paper presents the specific design of a 1 kW self - excited switched reluctance machine for wind power applications. In addition, presentation is made of the specifications, finite elements analysis, thermal profile and experimental results.

Keywords

finite element analysis; reluctance generators; wind turbines; AC self-excited switched reluctance generator; energy generation; finite elements analysis; permanent magnet; power 1 kW; resonant circuit; switched reluctance machine; thermal profile; wind power applications; wind turbine; Coils; Generators; Reluctance machines; Rotors; Stator windings; Torque; Switched Reluctance Generator; self - excited generator;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

IECON 2011 - 37th Annual Conference on IEEE Industrial Electronics Society

Conference_Location

Melbourne, VIC

ISSN

1553-572X

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-969-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2011.6119577

Filename

6119577