Performance Analysis of an 8/6 Switched Reluctance Machine Using Finite-Element Method

Author

Ghousia, Syeda Fatima ; Kar, Narayan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Windsor, Windsor, ON

fYear

2007

fDate

24-28 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper presents a non-linear finite-element model of an 8/6 switched reluctance machine (SRM) under single-phase excitation. The performance of this switched reluctance machine has been determined using the two-dimensional finite-element method under different rotor positions (fully aligned to fully unaligned) for varying exciting current conditions. The FEM results have been compared with the experimental ones. The flux and air-gap torque as determined by the FE analysis are found to be in a good agreement with the experimental ones in the case of the single-phase excitation.

Keywords

air gaps; excited states; finite element analysis; reluctance machines; rotors; torque; air-gap torque; different rotor positions; exciting current conditions; finite-element method; performance analysis; single-phase excitation; switched reluctance machine; Couplings; Finite element methods; Magnetic analysis; Magnetic flux; Performance analysis; Reluctance machines; Reluctance motors; Rotors; Saturation magnetization; Torque; Finite-element method; modeling; single-phase excitation; switched reluctance motor;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2007. IEEE

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

ISSN

1932-5517

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1296-X

Electronic_ISBN

1932-5517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2007.386210

Filename

4275976