Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina 2015, 17(11):95-101 | DOI: 10.26552/com.C.2015.1A.95-101

Torque Smoothing of a Fault Tolerant Segmental Stator Switched Reluctance Motor

Lorand Szabo1, Mircea Ruba1, Daniel Fodorean1, Pavol Rafajdus2, Peter Dubravka2
1 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Electrical Machines and Drives, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
2 Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Power Electrical Systems, University of Zilina, Slovakia

The relatively high torque ripples are one of the main disadvantages of the switched reluctance motors. By smoothing their torque they can become more competitive for variable speed drives used in automotive and industrial applications. One of the most promising approaches to reduce the torque ripples of a SRM is the use of a direct instantaneous torque controller. In the paper the effectiveness of this type of control will be proved for a fault tolerant segmental stator SRM. By advanced simulation techniques the working principle of the direct instantaneous torque controlled drive system is illustrated, and its performances are demonstrated.

Keywords: switched reluctance motor; segmental stator construction; direct instantaneous torque control; simulation

Published: April 30, 2015  Show citation

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Szabo, L., Ruba, M., Fodorean, D., Rafajdus, P., & Dubravka, P. (2015). Torque Smoothing of a Fault Tolerant Segmental Stator Switched Reluctance Motor. Communications - Scientific Letters of the University of Zilina, 17(1A), 95-101. doi: 10.26552/com.C.2015.1A.95-101
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