Title :
Power Smoothing Using a Flywheel Driven by a Switched Reluctance Machine
Author :
Cárdenas, R. ; Pena, R. ; Pérez, M. ; Asher, G. ; Clare, J. ; Wheeler, P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Magallanes Univ.
Abstract :
In this paper a novel control system for power smoothing using a switched reluctance machine (SRM) driving a flywheel is presented. Power smoothing is achieved by controlling the SRM to operate as a motor/generator, storing or retrieving energy from a rotating flywheel. In order to increase the rotational energy stored in the flywheel, the SRM operates at high rotational speed and the machine phase current is controlled using single pulse mode. The control strategies proposed in this work have been experimentally implemented in a 2.5 kW prototype based on an 8/6 switched reluctance machine. Experimental results are presented and discussed
Keywords :
electric current control; flywheels; machine control; phase control; reluctance machines; energy retrieval; flywheel drives; motor-generator; phase current control; power smoothing; switched reluctance machine; Capacitors; Flywheels; Power generation; Power smoothing; Prototypes; Reluctance machines; Reluctance motors; Topology; Voltage control; Wind turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Power Electronics Specialists Conference, 2005. PESC '05. IEEE 36th
Conference_Location :
Recife
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9033-4
DOI :
10.1109/PESC.2005.1582052
