Abstract :
The paper describes a procedure for computing the losses in the switching circuit of the power converter of a switched reluctance motor drive, which is applicable to various modes of control. Using the analysis it is possible, for a specified set of operating conditions of a given switched reluctance motor, topology of the switching circuit and type of power semiconductor devices, to quantify the converter losses and motor copper losses and to investigate the quantitative relationships between losses for various values of the parameters associated with a particular mode of control, such as current hysteresis in the current PWM mode, or modulation frequency in the voltage PWM mode
Keywords :
electric drives; losses; machine theory; network analysis; power convertors; pulse width modulation; reluctance motors; switching circuits; copper losses; current PWM mode; current hysteresis; losses; machine theory; modulation frequency; network analysis; power converter; power semiconductor; switched reluctance motor drive; switching circuit; voltage PWM mode;
