| PhD Seminar

Name of the Speaker: Arun Chithrabhanu (EE15D212)
Guide: Dr. Krishna Vasudevan
Online meeting link: ESB-244 (Seminar Hall)
Date/Time: 12th October 2022, 12.00pm
Title: Quantification of Noise Benefits in Torque Control Strategies of SRM Drives.

Abstract

The switched reluctance motor (SRM) is being actively explored as a viable alternative for permanent magnet-based motors for the use in automotive applications, by virtue of its favourable characteristics such as permanent magnet-free construction, high fault tolerance, ruggedness, low manufacturing cost, etc. However, the very principle of operation of SRM introduces two serious drawbacks in its performance, which are torque ripple and acoustic noise. Torque Sharing Function (TSF) based control is a well-established method for the reduction of torque ripple in Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) drives. There have not been much investigations carried out in the literature on the noise benefits of TSF based control and on the impact of the commutation angles of TSF definition on the acoustic noise in SRM. In this talk, the advantages of TSF based control in noise reduction of SRM are presented, in detail. A new TSF profile, which is characterized by a slower variation of the radial force and hence reduced vibration on the stator, is proposed. Further, the effects of variation of turn-on and overlap angles of TSF definition on the vibration and torque ripple in a closed loop control are analysed, using