• Journal of Magnetics
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.90-100
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• 2014

Position estimation that uses only active phase voltage and current is presented, to perform high accuracy position sensorless control of a SRM drive. By extracting the amplitude of the first switching harmonic terms of phase voltage and current for a PWM period through Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), the flux-linkage and position are estimated without external hardware circuitry, such as a modulator and demodulator, which result in increased cost, as well as large position estimation error, produced when the motional back EMF is ignored near zero speed. A two-phase SRM drive system, consisting of an asymmetrical converter and a conventional closed-loop PI current controller, is utilized to validate the performance of the proposed position estimation scheme in comprehensive operating conditions. It is shown that the estimated values very closely track the actual values, in dynamic simulations and experiments.

• The Transactions of The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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• v.59 no.1
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• pp.57-64
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• 2010

In this paper, a novel Bearingless Switched Reluctance Motor(BLSRM) with the shoe rotor pole in order to minimize the torque ripple and the suspension force ripple at an overlap position is proposed. For reduction the torque ripple and the suspension force ripple at an overlap position, the fringing flux is used for the main flux. This configuration of the rotor pole results in more average torque with high suspension force. In addition, this paper is compared the transient characteristics using the inductance look-up table. The torque, radial force and flux density are analyzed by finite element method.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Illuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers
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• v.22 no.7
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• pp.22-27
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• 2008

A new excitation strategy for a Switched Reluctance Motor with Auxiliary Winding(SRMAW) is described and tested. The proposed scheme has auxiliary winding with one diode which is wound over all poles in one winding. In this scheme, auxiliary winding is used to reduce magnetic stress during commutations. The abrupt change of a phase excitation produces mechanical stresses resulting in vibration and noise. The acoustic noise is reduced remarkably through the 2-stage commutation. The operational principle and a characteristic comparison of the conventional SRM show that this scheme has some advantages including noise reduction as well as high drive efficiency.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07b
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• pp.901-903
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• 2001

This paper studies the influences of the magnetic radial forces on the vibrations of the Switched Reluctance Motor(SRM). The effects of changing the switching angle on the magnetic forces is analyzed by Finite Element Analysis. Theoretical and several experimental results explain clearly the origins of vibrations caused by radial magnetic forces and current.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07b
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• pp.702-704
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• 2001

This paper investigates efficiency and power factor of Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) using Finite Element Method considered driving circuit. The efficiency and power factor are calculated in Input terminal and Output terminal respectively. When calculating power factor, apparent power is obtained by effective voltage and current because SRM is operated by switching of driving circuit. Efficiency is calculated by mechanical output and active power. Finally, the characteristics of efficiency and power factor in three proposed models are compared due to the switching pattern.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2001.07b
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• pp.596-598
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• 2001

This paper presents an analysis of the characteristics in switched reluctance motor (SRM). 2D finite element method (FEM) considering the iron saturation and the actual switching circuit of the SRM drive is applied for the dynamic analysis. The influence of the rotor shape on the radial force and torque ripple is investigated and the optimal shape of rotor pole is proposed to enhance the torque. The radial force characteristics acting on the surface of teeth is investigated by using the Maxwell's magnetic stress tensor method.

• KIEE International Transaction on Electrical Machinery and Energy Conversion Systems
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• v.12B no.1
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• pp.31-36
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• 2002

In a switched reluctance motor drive, it is important to synchronize the stator phase excitation with the rotor position; therefore, the position of rotor is an essential information. Although optical encoders or resolvers are used to provide the position information, these sensors are expensive. Moreover, in the high-speed region, switching angles are fluctuated back and forth out of the preset value, which is caused by the sampling period of the microprocessor. In this paper, a low cost analog encoder suitable for practical applications is proposed. And the control algorithm to generate switching signals using a simple digital logic is presented. The validity of the proposed analog encoder with a proper logic controller is verified from the experiments.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Industry Convergence
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• v.6 no.4
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• pp.333-337
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• 2003

This paper proposed new techniques of rotor position detection for 8/6 pole Switched Reluctance Motor(SRM). This technique is very simple and easy to find out rotor position. The main idea uses the impulse responses which have different values between aligned and unaligned rotor position. In order to obtain the informations of the rotor position, the impulse applied to the unenergized phases and their responses are analyzed to control the speed of SRM without shaft sensor. Experimental results verify the feasibility of the proposed method.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2008.07a
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• pp.850-851
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• 2008

This paper compares and investigates the vibration and noise characteristics through simulations of 12/8 and 6/4 switched reluctance motors (SRMs). The radial force which is the main source of vibration is computed from two-dimensional(2D) transient magnetic finite element analysis (FEA) and compared in both time and frequency domain. At the same output power, the radial force of 6/4 SRM is found to be more than two times as that one of 12/8 SRM. Three-dimensional structural finite-element analysis (3D FEA) is used to study the mechanical characteristics. It can be concluded from static structural analysis that the maximum total deformation could be reduced to 1/26 if the motor is designed with 12/8 structure instead of 6/4. The dominant vibration modes are verified by modal analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of IIIuminating and Electrical Installation Engineers Conference
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• 2000.11a
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• pp.193-198
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• 2000

Switched reluctance motor drives have been finding their applications in the variable speed drives due to their relatively low cost, simple and robust structure, controllability and high efficiency. Fuzzy control does not need any model of plant. It is based on plant operator experience and heuristics. Fuzzy control is basically adaptive and gives robust performance for plant parameter variation. This paper deals with the sped control of switched reluctance motor using fuzzy controller with 7-rule based fuzzy logic. The proposed fuzzy controller is superior to the control performance of the conventional PI controller. The fuzzy controller is implemented by 80C196KC, 16 bit one-chip microcontroller.