Analysis and characterization of switched reluctance motors

Author

Srinivas, K.N. ; Arumugam, R.

Volume

3

fYear

2003

fDate

2-6 Nov. 2003

Firstpage

2690

Abstract

This paper presents new approaches for static, dynamic, thermal and vibration analyses of switched reluctance motors (SRM). At first, it proposes a modified stator geometry to improve the torque profile. Dynamic performance study using general purpose softwares such as Maxwell SPICE and PSCAD is reported. Thermal characterization in SRM, with the knowledge of the path of air velocity vector inside air regions by performing computational fluid dynamics, is systematically documented. A three-dimensional vibration analysis viz., rotor dynamics, harmonic analysis and static vibration analysis, under different loading conditions in 3D FEA is reported.

Keywords

Maxwell equations; SPICE; computational fluid dynamics; electric machine analysis computing; finite element analysis; harmonic analysis; reluctance motors; rotors; stators; thermal analysis; torque; 3D FEA; Maxwell SPICE; PSCAD; air velocity vector; computational fluid dynamics; dynamic performance study; finite element technique; harmonic analysis; modified stator geometry; rotor dynamics; static vibration analysis; switched reluctance motors; three-dimensional vibration analysis; torque profile; vibration analyses; Fluid dynamics; Geometry; Harmonic analysis; PSCAD; Reluctance machines; Reluctance motors; SPICE; Software performance; Stators; Torque;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, 2003. IECON '03. The 29th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7906-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2003.1280673

Filename

1280673