Modify of Switched Reluctance Motor Type 6/4 to Improve its Torque Characteristics

Abstract

The switched reluctance motor (SRM) is widely used over other motors for variable speed drive application and several industrial application because of low cost and simple structure .

This paper describes improvement the torque characteristics of switched reluctance motor type 6/4 by remove the weakness torque zone in rotor position at each phase.

This study depends on modify the rotor and air gap geometry to get a desired torque.

The torque characteristics of the switched reluctance motor 4/6 are analyzed by finite element method (FEA) in Ansys Maxwell 3D and Matlab Simulink.

This research is very essential to increase efficiency this type of motor in high speed applications.