paper 150204052544

Abstract

The paper deals with the investigation of a 30 kW switched reluctance machine (SRM) designed to be used in the automotive industry, as propulsion unit for electrical vehicles (EV). The paper details the most important steps when designing such an electrical machine, and validates the structure using advanced co-simulation techniques, coupling finite element analysis software (Cedrat Flux 2D) with software used to implement the controller (Matlab/Simulink). As the advantages of the SRM are known, its main drawback, the torque ripples, are reduced as much as possible using a dedicated control strategy, the torque sharing functions (TSF). The solution offered by the paper highlights the possibility of using a cheap, reliable and robust electrical machine for propulsion unit.

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Daniel Fodorean

Mircea Ruba