Acceleration closed-loop control on switched reluctance linear launcher

The developed switched reluctance linear launcher system consists of the three-phase 6/4 structure simple side switched reluctance linear motor, the three-phase asymmetric bridge power converter and the TMS320F28335 DSP digital controller are described with the diagrams and photographs in the paper. The acceleration closed-loop control of the mover is proposed and verified for the first time. The acceleration closed-loop control of the mover is implemented by the fuzzy control algorithm. The deviation of the acceleration between the given acceleration and the feedback practical acceleration, and the variation from the deviation of the acceleration are the two input control parameters. The turn-on angle and the turn-off angle of the main switches in the power converter are fixed, and the triggering signals of the main switches are modulated by the PWM signal. The increment of the duty ratio of PWM signal is the output control parameter. The duty ratio of the PWM signal is regulated based on the fuzzy control algorithm. Flow diagrams of the software, such as the main program, the encoder unit time interrupt subroutine, ADC interrupter subroutine and the fuzzy control algorithm subroutine are given. The developed prototype is tested experimentally. It is shown that the velocity respond of the mover is satisfactory.