Digital PWM-Control-Based Active Vibration Cancellation for Switched Reluctance Motors

This paper presents a study on a control strategy for active vibration cancellation (AVC) and noise reduction in switched reluctance (SR) motors. It has been revealed that two-stage commutation control based on the natural frequency of the stator body has been effective in suppressing the vibration occurring on the stator body at the commutation. According to some considerations on the generation mechanism of the vibration, a new AVC control for variable-speed SR motor drives under digital PWM control is proposed. Experimental studies using a 12-kW three-phase 12/8 SR motor demonstrate that the proposed two-step commutation control using negative voltage PWM is much effective as an AVC and noise reduction technique. Moreover, the proposed control is evaluated from the viewpoints of drive performances such as torque ripple and copper loss.