International Journal of Communications and Engineering Volume 01 No.

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SIMULATION OF 8/6 AND 8/14 SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTOR BASED ON MATLAB/SIMULINK ENVIRONMENT
R.Jothilakshmi
II MEAE,Department of EEE Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology

G.Muthuram
Assistant Professor-EEE, Hindusthan College of Engineering and Technology

jothys1027@gmail.com

Abstract
Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) has become a competitive selection for many applications of electric machine drive systems recently due to its relative simple construction and its robustness. The major drawbacks of the SRM are the torque ripple. The purpose of the thesis is to design and implement a soft switching converter topology using Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) suitable for Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM). The topology is verified through MATLAB simulation. Simulation results for new SRM 8/14 and conventional SRM 8/6 with same number of phases and outer dimensions are presented and compared. This new configuration shows that it will stabilize torque and ripples are reduced.Therefore, new design approach should be considered to make this type of machines a more attractive for high performance HEVs (Hybrid Electric Vehicles) drives.

1. INTRODUCTION
The applications of Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) under special environments have being increased day by day, because they have several inherent advantageous features such as rug, low cost, robustness and possible operation in high temperatures. To analyze the operating performance of SRM, lots of modeling methods were presented. The circuit simulation program SPICE, it has certain limitations. It is very flexible, but it is difficult to actualize, because it needs the complete mathematical model of the system. To introduce some modules and M-file in MATLAB to build the nonlinear mathematical model of the magnetization curves, it is accurate, but the simulation speed is slow. A novel method for nonlinear modeling based on circuit simulation 2. DEVELOPMENT OF TORQUE The most general expression for the torque produced by one phase at any rotor position is, T = [ W`/ ] i = Const.(1.1)

is built by self defining M-functions and basic modules matlab/simulink library. The model built in this paper is very flexible and visual; its simulation speed is very fast. This paper presents a novel modeling for Nonlinear Modeling and closed loop control of Excitation parameters for high speed switched reluctance Motor (SRM). In this simulation model, the bridge inverter and design of each phase model are simulated. The turn-on and turn-off angles are the two parameters through which we can control the simulation results. The torque will stabilize and ripples are reduced. The model requires a minimum of pre-calculated or measured input data. A matlab/Simulink environment to simulate 8/6 SRM and 8/14 SRM is presented and compared. Since W`=Co-energy = F = N I..(1.2) This equation shows that input electrical power goes partly to increase the stored magnetic energy (L*i2) and partly to provide

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mechanical output power ( i2/2 x dL/d x ), the latter being associated with the rotational e.m.f. in the stator circuit. Neglecting saturation non-linearity L = Inductance = N/ I..(1.3) T = i2 dL/d...(1.4) This equation shows that the developed torque is independent of direction of current but only depends on magnitude of current & direction of dL/d. 3. GENERALIZED EQUATION OF MOTOR: The voltage equation is, V= r i +d / dt ..(1.5) =Li=N.........................................(1.6) For r = 0 V = L di/dt + i (dL /d) (d/dt) V = L di/dt + i (dL/d)(1.7) Fig 2 Four-phase converter block (Expansion of fig 1)

4.MODELLING AND SIMULATION RESULTS OF 8/6 SRM USING MATLAB

Fig 3 Single phase converter block (Expansion of fig 2)

From Above equations of SRM the model for simulation is developed

Fig 1 SRM Simulation Model for 8/6

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Fig 4 Current response of 8/6 SRM

Fig 7 SRM Simulation model for 8/14

Fig 5 Speed response of SRM 8/6 SRM

Fig 6 Torque response of 8/6 SRM

5. MODELLING AND SIMULATION RESULTS OF 8/14 SRM USING MATLAB Fig 8 SRM Model for 8/14 (Expansion of fig 4)

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Fig 9 Expansion of fig 2

Fig 12 Torque response of 8/14 SRM

6.CONCLUSION This paper has described and discussed in detail how from Matlab-Simulink one can achieve the simulation environment for a switched reluctance motor. Here Four-phase conventional SRM 8/6 and novel configuration SRM 8/14 are presented. Inherent advantages of the SRM 8/14 over 8/6 are additional winding space and higher number of rotor poles. Also SRM 8/14 has low production cost than that of SRM 8/6. Several simulations have been achieved in order to study the dynamic behavior of the SRM. We mainly verified the influence of the turn-off angle in its dynamic behavior. It was proved dependent of the machine's operating point and that exists a turn off value, which allow torque ripple reduction. The new configuration enjoys all other advantages of the SRMs, such as simple construction, mechanical robustness and reliability.SRM 8/14 can improve usability of the SRMs for high performance HEVs propulsion systems. 7.REFERENCES Fig 11 Speed response of 8/14 SRM 1.Bilgin.B,Comparative Evaluation of 6/8 and 6/10 Switched Reluctance Machines for Traction Application in Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles,IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications,Vol.38,no.4,pp.1061071,February/March 2011.

Fig 10 Current response of 8/14 SRM

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