A novel switched reluctance motor drive with optical graphical programming technology

Author

Pillay, Pragasen ; Liu, Yaguang ; Durham, Ormonde G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Clarkson Univ., Potsdam, NY, USA

Volume

47

Issue

4

fYear

2000

fDate

8/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

915

Lastpage

919

Abstract

Due to magnetic nonlinearities, switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive control is complicated and normally requires a microprocessor or a digital signal processor. This paper presents a simple and reliable SRM drive using an innovative encoder based on optical graphical programming technology. There is no microprocessor in the drive, no A/D or D/A circuitry, with a drive system that matches the simplicity of the motor construction. It features a simple and effective control capability. Current waveform optimization for the encoder is carried out offline, for high efficiency, and programmed directly into the encoder. Experimental results validate the concept

Keywords

digital control; electric current control; machine control; optimal control; power engineering computing; reluctance motor drives; visual languages; visual programming; SRM drive control; control capability; current waveform optimization; digital signal processor; magnetic nonlinearities; microprocessor; optical graphical programming technology; switched reluctance motor drive; Circuits; High speed optical techniques; Micromotors; Microprocessors; Optical sensors; Reluctance machines; Reluctance motors; Robustness; Rotors; Torque control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.857972

Filename

857972