Concentrated winding segmented rotor switched reluctance machine (SRM) using three-phase standard inverters

Two new topologies of three-phase segmented rotor switched reluctance machine (SRM) that enables the use of standard voltage source inverters (VSIs) for its operation are presented. The topologies has shorter end-turn length, axial length compared to SRM topologies that use three-phase inverters; compared to the conventional SRM (CSRM), these new topologies has the advantage of shorter flux paths that results in lower core losses. FEA based optimization have been performed for a given design specification. The new concentrated winding segmented SRMs demonstrate competitive performance with three-phase standard inverters compared to CSRM.