Bridge Configured Wounded Switched Reluctance Motor

Abstract

Conventional switched reluctance motors suffer from high undesired acoustic noises and vibrations caused by the production of a considerable amount of radial force due to non-uniformity in air-gap which can be controlled in order to make it more efficient. A feasible solution to pacify this problem is the introduction of a special winding scheme called bridge configured winding (BCW) in switched reluctance motor (SRM). Various winding configurations (generally dual set of windings) have been developed till date in order to produce radial force in SRM. This paper presents the incorporation of bridge configured winding capable of producing both the torque and a controllable radial force using a single set of winding, thus reducing the use of additional winding for radial force production.