Multi Quadrant Operated Speed and Torque Control of Switched

Reluctance Motor

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

GUDLAVALLERU ENGINEERING COLLEGE
GUDLAVALLERU
2017-2018

Presented By Under the guidance of

G. Dhana Raju B.Mahesh Babu
16481D5404 Asst Professor, EEE Department
 Contents
 Introduction

 Objective

 Construction

 Principle of operation

 Multi-Quadrant Operation Of SRM

 Converter Logic Operation for SRM

 Block Diagram

 Circuit diagram

 Output wave forms for Motor and Generator

 Merits and Demerits of SRM

 Applications of SRM

 References
Introduction:
• The SRM is a single-excited machine with phase coils wound around
diametrically opposite stator poles.

• Therefore, the phase excitation makes the rotor poles to be aligned with the
produced flux-lines along that phase in order to minimize the reluctance of
the magnetic path and generate the reluctance torque.

• Continuous rotor position information is needed to control phase excitation

in a suitable way to achieve smooth, continuous torque and high efficiency.
 SRM INDUCTANCE PROFILE AND MACHINE
OPERATION
• The shape of the inductance profile of a SRM along the
air-gap between stator and rotor poles depends on the
reluctance along the gap and pole-widths of stator and
rotor as shown in Figure
• The control algorithm is developed based on this
inductance profile with respect to rotor position.
• Motoring can be achieved between unaligned to aligned
pole positions, because of the positive slope of
inductance.
• Similarly, along the negative slope from aligned to
unaligned pole positions, generating torque can be
produced.
 Construction

6/4 ,8/4, 10/6, 4/2 ,2/2 etc configurations are

possible, but 6/4 & 8/4 are most commonly used

Higher the no. of stator/rotor pole combination,

higher no. of phase which aide to torque ripple
reduction
Principle of operation
Periodic change of inductance with
rotor position
 Multi-Quadrant Operation Of SRM

• The SRMs can operate in any quadrant, with in

the region of constant torque or constant
power
• The operation at constant torque is assured by
using the current control or instantaneous
torque control.
• The operation at constant power can be
achieved by controlling the turn-on θon and
turn-off θoff angle above the base speed.
Motoring and generating operation of the
SRM
Multi-quadrant classic converter for a 3-phase
SRM
 Converter Logic Operation For Motoring And
Generating
• There are three modes of converter operation
in each phase: magnetization, freewheeling
and demagnetization.
• Magnetization
• Freewheeling • Demagnetization
 Motoring operation

• The switched reluctance machine generates

the driving torque if only it is supplied in the
region of rising inductance
 Generating operation

• Generating operation can occur, when the

machine is controlled within the region of
falling inductance
Block diagram of analytical SRM model
Circuit diagram
Subsystem
Super subsystem
Output wave forms for motoring mode for forward
direction
Motoring operation of phase-A with hysteresis
current control
Output wave forms for Generating mode
for Forward Direction
Generating operation of phase-A with hysteresis
current control
Active phase determination for motoring and
generating
Closed loop Speed Responce
Merits and Demerits of SRM

Merits of SRM
 Construction is simple and robust, as there is no brush.
 Rotor carries no windings, no slip rings and brush-less
maintenance.
 It is a self-starting machine.
 Power semiconductor switching circuitry is simpler.
Demerits of SRM
 For high speed operations, the developed torque has
undesirable ripples. As a result it develops undesirable
acoustic losses (noise).
 For high speeds, current waveform also has undesirable
harmonics.
Applications of SRM

Washing machines
 Vacuum cleaners
 Fans
Future automobile applications
 Robotic control applications
References

 T. J. E. Miller, “Electronic Control of Switched

Reluctance Machines”, Oxford: Newness, pp. 272,
2001.
 I. Husain, “Minimization of torque ripple in SRM
drives”, IEEE Trans. on Industrial Electronics, vol. 49,
No. 1, pp. 28–39, February 2002
 J. Ye, B. Bilgin and A. Emadi,“An Extended-Speed
Low-Ripple Torque Control of Switched Reluctance
Motor Drives”, IEEE Trans. on Power Electronics, Vol.
30, No. 3, pp. 1457 -1470, 2015.