Performance analysis of switched reluctance motor fed by renewable energy sources

As the studies on renewable energy sources are increased in recent years, such systems are preferred in many areas like industrial and machine industry. The Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM), which is considered as an alternative to conventional electric machines, has become more advantageous with the developments in motor-drive technology, because it is cheaper and simpler than the conventional machines of the same power. In this thesis, performance analysis of a SRM which was fed by a hybrid system that consist of photovoltaic (PV) system and wind energy system (WES), was performed with and without storage unit conditions. The behavior of the SRM with storage unit was determined after physical installation of analysis system. Then, as the main purpose of this study, the motor was fed directly from the hybrid system and the operating performance of SRM was observed according to the various load cases. Installed system was investigated in terms of efficiency and motor performance if preferred in industry and agricultural irrigation, results were reviewed by using obtained system graphs, suggestions were presented for planning and system engineers.