Synchronized switching modulation to reduce the DC-link current in SRM drives

Switched Reluctance Machines (SRM) are emerging as a possible alternative in terms of cost and supply stability to rare earth based electric vehicle traction systems. However, because of the huge amounts of energy stored and transferred back and forth between the DC source and the SRM, large DC-link...

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Autores: Cabezuelo, David, Kortabarria, Iñigo, Andreu, Jon, Ugalde, Unai, Blanqué Molina, Balduino|||0000-0002-1399-2243, Andrada Gascón, Pedro|||0000-0002-9004-3076
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/191532
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/191532
https://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2982269
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Reluctance motors
Electric machinery
Switched reluctance motors
Motor current control
Inverter modulation
Capacitor current reduction
Vehicles elèctrics
Motors de reluctància
Motors elèctrics de corrent continu
Maquinària elèctrica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria mecànica::Motors::Motors elèctrics
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria elèctrica
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Sumario:Switched Reluctance Machines (SRM) are emerging as a possible alternative in terms of cost and supply stability to rare earth based electric vehicle traction systems. However, because of the huge amounts of energy stored and transferred back and forth between the DC source and the SRM, large DC-link capacitors must be used as buffers, which increases overall costs and size. This paper proposes a novel modulation technique which forces the exchange of energy between phases while decreasing the energy transfer between the DC bus and the SRM. This means lower DC bus currents (capacitor size and cost reduction) and lower Joule-effect conduction losses (better efficiency). The proposed modulation has been validated experimentally in a test bench and compared with the conventional torque-sharing function.