Development and Investigation on Segmented-Stator Hybrid-Excitation Switched Reluctance Machines With Different Rotor Pole Numbers.

In order to improve the performances of switched reluctance machines (SRMs), such as torque production and power density, combining segmented structure and hybrid-excitation is a proper and useful method. This paper develops a kind of segmented-stator hybrid-excitation SRMs (SS-HESRMs) assisted with permanent magnets (PMs) and investigates on them with different rotor pole numbers. To evaluate the effects of different rotor topologies, the static magnetic characteristics and dynamic performances of two SS-HESRMs with 12/10 and 12/8 poles are briefly presented. Moreover, both SS-HESRMs are compared with two segmented-stator SRMs (SS-SRMs) which have the same basic structure and stator/rotor pole combinations but without PMs. The results reveal that SS-HESRMs produce higher electromagnetic torque than SS-SRMs with the same stator/rotor pole configuration. The 12/10 SS-HESRM exhibits better characteristics, such as higher dynamic average torque, lower torque ripple, and higher power/torque density, than the 12/8 SS-HESRM at low-speed operation. While at high speed, the 12/8 SS-HESRM exhibits better characteristics than 12/10 SS-HESRM. The 12/10 SS-HESRM has stronger starting capability but lower steady-state speed under the same starting condition. Finally, a 12/10 SS-HESRM and a 12/8 SS-HESRM with the same structure and size are prototyped and tested to confirm the predictions. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]