The influence of switched reluctance generator winding parameters on output power at different rotational speeds

Abstract

The paper presents the influence of the winding parameters of a switched reluctance generator on output power at different rotational speeds. All tested generators were designed on the basis of the same magnetic circuit. In the paper the influence of windings parameters on current and torque dependence on the rotor position angle are shown. The calculations were performed in the authors’ own computing environment dedicated to optimisation, based on a two-stage genetic algorithm. A FEMM program was used for magnetostatic calculations, whereas the dynamic calculations were performed on the authors’ own simulation program. The basic parameters of the tested generators were determined during the study.