SPICE-assisted simulation of controlled electric drives: an application to switched reluctance drives

Author

Franceschini, Giovanni ; Pirani, Stefano ; Rinaldi, Mario ; Tassoni, Carla

Author_Institution

Fac. di Ingegneria, Bologna Univ., Italy

Volume

27

Issue

6

fYear

1991

Firstpage

1103

Lastpage

1110

Abstract

An example of simulation of a closed loop controlled electric device that shows the feasibility of simulating the equipment by means of a general-purpose electronic circuit analysis program is described. The SPICE program was used because of its well-known facilities for simulating electronic circuits. A method for extending the SPICE facilities to simulate the electromechanical energy conversion and the drive control is reported. The simulation of a switched reluctance motor drive with closed loop speed control is considered, and the results were validated by experimental tests executed on an industrial drive

Keywords

closed loop systems; digital simulation; electric drives; electric machine analysis computing; machine control; machine testing; machine theory; reluctance motors; software packages; switching; velocity control; SPICE; closed loop speed control; digital simulation; electric machine analysis computing; electromechanical energy conversion; machine control; machine testing; software packages; switched reluctance motor drive; Analytical models; Circuit analysis; Circuit simulation; Circuit testing; Electronic circuits; Energy conversion; Industrial control; Reluctance motors; SPICE; Velocity control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/28.108461

Filename

108461