Analysis, Dimensional Sizing, and Configuration Comparison of Switched Reluctance Motors Operating under Multiphase Excitation

Author

Hall, E. M. ; Ramamurthy, S. S. ; Balda, J. C.

Author_Institution

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR; Office of Naval Research

Volume

22

Issue

7

fYear

2002

fDate

7/1/2002 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

48

Lastpage

49

Abstract

The paper presents a simple approach for analyzing switched reluctance motors (SRM) operating under multiphase excitation. The analysis results in specific design coefficients (derived from the SRM flux and mmf distributions) that can be used in a methodology to calculate the SRM initial dimensions while taking into account the magnetic loading and electric loading. Finally, the approach allows comparing SRM configurations for an application without performing complete designs. The magnetic loading (i.e., saturation) and torque of various SRM configurations designed using the proposed approach are verified through finite element analysis (FEA).

Keywords

Electromagnetic analysis; Finite element methods; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic flux; Power & Energy Society; Reluctance machines; Reluctance motors; Rotors; Saturation magnetization; Torque; Switched reluctance motors; dimensional sizing; electromagnetic analysis; finite element methods;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Engineering Review, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MPER.2002.4312351

Filename

4312351