Low cost battery powered switched reluctance drives with integral battery charging capability

Author

Thong, Weng K. ; Pollock, Charles

Author_Institution

Dept. of Eng., Leicester Univ., UK

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

60

Abstract

This paper presents a low cost battery powered drive using switched reluctance motors. The converter topology proposed in this paper is cost-effective whilst still maintaining an energy-efficient system for battery powered drives. The proposed drive not only achieves cost-effective and efficient battery motoring, but also battery charging with minimal additional power semiconductor components. Charging is achieved through the windings of the switched reluctance motor, thus eliminating the need of external bulky transformers and separate charging units

Keywords

battery chargers; machine windings; power convertors; reluctance motor drives; secondary cells; battery motoring; battery powered switched reluctance drives; converter topology; energy-efficient system; integral battery charging capability; low cost battery powered drive; switched reluctance motor windings; Batteries; Circuit topology; Costs; Coupling circuits; Reluctance motors; Switches; Switching circuits; Switching converters; Transformers; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 1999. Thirty-Fourth IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 1999 IEEE

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5589-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.1999.799925

Filename

799925