Experimental performance comparison between singlephase and three-phase Swiched Reluctance Generator

Aiming at high performance of electrical machinery, comparison among different type of machines or even among different configurations of the same type becomes interesting for investigation to define where each machine can be applied with efficiency. This work presents a comparative analysis between 6×4 three-phase Switched Reluctance Generator and 6×6 single-phase Switched Reluctance Generator. The excitation voltage of both topologies were fixed in 35 V. The performance was evaluated with Matlab/Simulink computational software, and also by experimental essays with two generator prototypes. The comparative analysis consists of an interesting topic of investigation, as Switched Reluctance Generators are suitable for speed variations applications.