Characteristics of a hybrid-type switched reluctance motor with salient pole stator.

In this paper, we propose a new hybrid-type switched reluctance motor (SRM) with salient pole stator, which has a pair of permanent magnets attached symmetrically between the iron poles of the rotor. We describe experimental results not only on the basic characteristics of the hybrid SRM, but also characteristics with a current control loop under optimized advanced firing angle and cutoff angle control. Considerable improvement of machine performance, especially in the efficiency and power factor, for the hybrid SRM over the conventional VR-type SRM is confirmed. © 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 147(3): 72–79, 2004; Published online in Wiley InterScience (<URL>www.interscience.wiley.com</URL>). DOI 10.1002/eej.10285 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]