Two-step commutation control of switched reluctance motor based on PWM

• Main Authors: Chuan Yu, Zhiyao Xiao, Yongming Huang, Yesheng Zhu
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2019-11-01
• Series: The Journal of Engineering
• Subjects: commutation; reluctance motor drives; pulse width modulation; switching convertors; electric vehicles; reluctance motors; machine control; noise suppression; switched reluctance machine; srm; two-step commutation control method; pwm; optimisation problem; switching angle; turn-on angle; zero-voltage turn-off angle; negative bus voltage online; experimental prototype platform; variable angle control; operating noise; switched reluctance motor-type electric vehicle development
• Online Access: https://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/10.1049/joe.2019.1106

Aiming at the noise suppression of switched reluctance machine (SRM), the two-step commutation control method is improved. Combining this with pulse width modulation (PWM), the optimisation problem of the switching angle is studied and analysed and given a method to determine the turn-on angle, the zero-voltage turn-off angle and the turn-off angle of the negative bus voltage online. The control method is verified by MATLAB/Simulink simulation and experimental prototype platform. The results show that this method is simple and effective. It can achieve variable angle control, and can reduce the operating noise of the motor under different speed and load conditions. It has a high application value in the field of switched reluctance motor-type electric vehicle development.