Abstract
Switched reluctance motors (SRM) have various desirable features, such as simple and strong construction, high reliability, low cost, and ease of maintenance, because they have no rotor windings and no permanent magnets. These features make the SRM suitable for use in low-speed multipolar generators used in wind power generation. Such a switched reluctance generator (SRG) needs a power supply for excitation and an encoder of the principle of operation. Therefore problems, such as complication of the generating system, may arise. In this paper, we propose a tandem type SRG which is directly linked by SRG and permanent magnet generator (PMG). This is expected to simplify the system.
