Torque optimization for a SRM using winding function theory with a gap-dividing surface

Author

Johnson, James P. ; Rajarathnam, A.V. ; Toliyat, Rajarathnam Hamid A ; Gopalakrishnan, Suresh ; Fahimi, B.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1996

fDate

6-10 Oct 1996

Firstpage

753

Abstract

A novel design method which determines the optimal rotor and stator pole arcs for a switched reluctance motor (SRM) has been developed. This method uses an imaginary gap-dividing surface and winding function theory (WFT) to determine the inductance profile of the SRM for a range of possible stator and rotor pole arcs. The torque profiles for these combinations of pole arcs are calculated to determine the arcs yielding the maximum average torque and minimum torque ripple. Methods of introducing the nonlinearity of a skewed rotor and saturation effects are proposed, which play an important role in torque production of SRM

Keywords

machine theory; optimisation; reluctance motors; rotors; stators; torque; SRM; design method; gap-dividing surface; inductance profile; rotor pole arcs; saturation effects; skewed rotor nonlinearity; stator pole arcs; switched reluctance motor; torque optimization; torque profiles; winding function theory; Computational modeling; Finite element methods; Inductance; Induction motors; Production; Reluctance machines; Reluctance motors; Rotors; Stator windings; Torque control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 1996. Thirty-First IAS Annual Meeting, IAS '96., Conference Record of the 1996 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3544-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1996.560170

Filename

560170