Original scientific paper

https://doi.org/10.1080/00051144.2022.2140388

Design, analysis and comparison of switched reluctance motors for electric vehicle application

L. Ananda Padmanaban ; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu, India *
P. Saravanan ; Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Sivasubramaniya Nadar College of Engineering, Kalavakkam, Tamil Nadu, India

* Corresponding author.

Abstract

This paper presents the design, analysis and comparative study of three different configurations
of Switched Reluctance Motor (SRM) suitable for In-wheel application in Electric Vehicles. C-core
stator with dual rotor SRM, C-core stator with disk-type segmented rotor SRM and Dual gap inner
segmented rotor SRM are designed and compared for the same stator/rotor pole, supply current,
current density and outer diameter. The significant performance indices of an electric motor for
an in-wheel application, such as torque ripple, torque per unit active weight and torque per unit
active volume, are considered for analysis. 3D Finite Element Analysis (FEA) of the machines is
performed using the software MagNet 7.5 due to the axial field distribution of the configurations.
The best among the three configurations is fabricated and experimental results are presented.

Keywords

Axial flux switched reluctance motor; electric vehicles; finite element analysis; in-wheel motors

Hrčak ID:

315745

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/315745

Publication date:

6.11.2022.

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