Initial rotor position estimation of a SRM drive installed in an electric vehicle

In this paper an estimation method of the initial rotor position at a stand still condition for switched reluctance motor (SRM) drives is proposed. In the SRM, a rotor shaft is connected to an incremental encoder, thus, only an initial position should be detected to realize smooth start up operation. The proposed method is injecting voltage pulses to all windings and detecting the current and estimating the position based on a simple relation between inductance profile and phase current. With an accurate estimated rotor position, the motor can start smoothly under heavy load. The proposed method is implemented in a 6‐stator‐pole and 4‐rotor‐pole, 1.5 kW switched reluctance motor installed in an electric vehicle. © 2011 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Test Results of an SRM Made From a Layered Block of Heat-Treated Amorphous Alloys

In order to produce high-efficiency motors at relatively low production costs, a layered block is made from amorphous iron sheets. From the block, stator and rotor cores of a test switched reluctance motor (SRM) are fabricated. The experimental results of the test machine are compared to another test machine made from low iron loss silicon steel type 35A300 in JIS standard. This silicon steel is equivalent to M-22, 300, and V300-35A in ANSI, BS601, and DIN46400, respectively. The validity of the test results is compared and verified through use of an analytical simulation software package. Approximately 6% improvement in efficiency is observed for the prototype SRM with the layered amorphous core material. The SRM test motor has an efficiency of 95.1% at a speed of 8500 r/min with an output of 2.4 kW.     

Robust vector control of induction motor without using stator androtor circuit time constants

To solve the problem of performance degradation due to parameter variations in an indirect vector control of an induction motor, a novel and simple estimation method for the rotor circuit time constant is presented. The proposed method is based on regulating the energy stored in the magnetizing inductance, which can be calculated from the terminal voltages and currents. From theoretical and experimental results, it is verified that the proposed method can overcome the problem of performance degradation due to parameter variations without the necessity of knowing the values of stator resistance and rotor circuit time constant at all