Switched Reluctance Motor Drives: Modeling, Simulation, Analysis, Design, and Applications / Edition 1

by R. Krishnan

Overview

The switched reluctance machine (SRM) is the least expensive electrical machine to produce, yet one of the most reliable. As such, research has blossomed during the last decade, and the SRM and variable drive systems using SRMs are receiving considerable attention from industry. Because they require a power electronic converter and controller to function, however, successful realization of an SRM variable drive system demands an understanding of the converter and controller subsystems and their integration with the machine.

Switched Reluctance Motor Drives provides that understanding. It presents a unified view of the machine and its drive system from all of its system and subsystem aspects. With a careful balance of theory and implementation, the author develops the analysis and design of SRMs from first principles, introduces a wide variety of power converters available for driving the SRM, and systematically presents both low- and high-performance controllers. The book includes an in-depth study of acoustic noise and its minimization along with application examples that include comparisons between ac and dc drives and SRM drive.

The result is the first book that provides a state-of-the-art knowledge of SRMs, power converters, and their use with both sensor-based and sensorless controllers. Switched Reluctance Motor Drives enables both students and engineers to learn all aspects of SRM drive systems and appreciate the interdependence of the various subsystems in performance optimization.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849308383
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/28/2001
Series:	Industrial Electronics
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	430
Product dimensions:	6.20(w) x 9.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Krishnan, R.

Table of Contents

Principle of Operation of The Switch Reluctance Motor (SRM). Steady-State Performance of the SRM, Design of SRM, Converters for SRM Drives, Control of SRM Drive, Modeling and Simulation of SRM Drive System, Acoustic Noise and its Control in SRM, Sensorless Operation of SRM Drives, Application Considerations and Applications,

Editorial Reviews

This reference provides an understanding of the converter and controller subsystems of switched reluctance machines (SRMs) and their integration with the machine. Balancing theory and implementation, the book covers the analysis and design of SRMs from first principles, introduces a variety of power converters for driving the SRM, and presents both low- and high-performance controllers. There is an in- depth case study of acoustic noise and its minimization, along with application examples that include comparisons between AC and DC drives and the SRM drive, and discussion of the use of SRMs and power converters with both sensor-based and sensorless controllers. Krishnan is a fellow of the IEEE and the Center for Organizational and Technological Advancement. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR