Reduced Switch Count Converter For Switched Reluctance Generators

A. V. S. Fleury; F. S. Silva; W. R. H. de Araújo; D. A. de Andrade; A. W. F. V  da Silveira

doi:10.18618/REP.2008.3.177183

Authors

A. V. S. Fleury Laboratório de Física da Universidade Estadual de Goiás Br 153, Anápolis – GO, Brasil
F. S. Silva Laboratório de Máquinas e Acionamentos Elétricos da Universidade Católica de Goiás Praça Universitária, 1440, Goiânia – GO, Brasil
W. R. H. de Araújo Laboratório de Máquinas e Acionamentos Elétricos da Universidade Católica de Goiás Praça Universitária, 1440, Goiânia – GO, Brasil felippe@ucg.br; wanderson.senai@sistemafieg.org.br
D. A. de Andrade Laboratório de Acionamentos Elétricos da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Campus Santa Mônica, Uberlândia – MG, Brasil
A. W. F. V da Silveira Laboratório de Acionamentos Elétricos da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Campus Santa Mônica, Uberlândia – MG, Brasil

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18618/REP.2008.3.177183

Keywords:

Reduced switch count converter, switched reluctance generator

Abstract

This paper deals with electronic converters to drive the switched reluctance generator – SRG. An alternative reduced switch count converter is compared with the conventional asymmetric half bridge converter. The SRG is driven with constant speed and excited with DC power from a three-phase rectifier bridge and supplies pulsed DC power to the load at the output. Mathematical and computing models for the SRG are presented, as well as simulation and experimental results. The aim is to show that the alternative converter, which is cheaper, works better than the half bridge converter commonly used to drive these machines.

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Author Biographies

A. V. S. Fleury, Laboratório de Física da Universidade Estadual de Goiás Br 153, Anápolis – GO, Brasil

was born in Goiânia – Brazil, on August 30, 1953. He received the BSc. degree in physics and in electrical engineering both from the Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil, both in 1977. He also received the MSc degree in physics from the Universidade Federal de Goias, in 2001, and the Doctorate degree in electrical engineering from the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil, in 2008. Nowadays he is going on ahead with researches on Switched Reluctance Machines. From 1978 to 1985, he was a Lecturer with the Universidade Católica de Goiás. After this he was a Senior Consultant Engineer with the Engevix Engenharia S/C Ltda and later as a Senior Engineer with the Centrais Elétricas do Norte do Brasil S/A – Eletronorte. Presently he is with the Universidade Estadual de Goiás and again with the Universidade Católica de Goiás, in both as a Senior Lecturer. His teaching, research, and consulting interests and activities are related to design, simulation, and control techniques associated with electrical machines and drives, and with alternative power sources. He has authored and coauthored papers published in these areas. He also deals with Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

F. S. Silva, Laboratório de Máquinas e Acionamentos Elétricos da Universidade Católica de Goiás Praça Universitária, 1440, Goiânia – GO, Brasil

was born in Anápolis - Brazil, on July 28, 1979. He received his technologic degree in electrotechnics and in telecommunications both from the Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil, both in 2001. He also received the BSc. degree in electrical engineering from the Universidade Católica de Goiás, Brazil, in 2008, where he carried out research on Switched Reluctance Machines. Presently he is with the Laboratório de Engenharia Elétrica da Universidade Católica de Goiás and he is working towards the MSc degree in electrical engineering at the Universidade Federal de Goiás, Brazil.

W. R. H. de Araújo, Laboratório de Máquinas e Acionamentos Elétricos da Universidade Católica de Goiás Praça Universitária, 1440, Goiânia – GO, Brasil felippe@ucg.br; wanderson.senai@sistemafieg.org.br

was born in Goiânia – Brazil, on January 15, 1981. He received the technological degree in Communication Networks from the Centro Federal de Educação Tecnológica de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil, in 2002. He also received the BSc. degree in electrical engineering from the Universidade Católica de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil, and the MSc. degree in electrical engineering from the Universidade Federal de Goiás, Goiânia, Brazil, in 2003 and in 2006, respectively. He is now working towards the Doctorate degree in electrical engineering at the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, Brazil. Since 2006 he is with Serviço Nacional de Aprendizagem Industrial and with the Universidade Católica de Goiás as lecturer and researcher. His teaching and research interests and activities are related to power electronics applied to machines driving and control.

D. A. de Andrade, Laboratório de Acionamentos Elétricos da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Campus Santa Mônica, Uberlândia – MG, Brasil

(M’87) was born in Monte Alegre de Minas – Brazil, on June 23, 1956. He received the BSc. and MSc. degrees from the Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU), Uberlândia, Brazil, and the PhD. degree from the University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., in 1980, 1987, and 1994, respectively, all in electrical engineering. During the year 2000, he was a Visiting Scholar with the Motion Control Group, Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA where he carried out research on new strategies for modeling SRMs. From 1980 to 1985, he was a Lecturer with the Faculdade de Engenharia de Ituiutaba, Ituiutaba, Brazil. In 1985, he joined the Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica, UFU, where he is currently a Senior Lecturer. His teaching, research, and consulting interests and activities are related to design, simulation, and control techniques associated with motion control of electromechanical energy converter devices and new developments in quality of power. He has authored and coauthored several papers in these areas.

A. W. F. V da Silveira, Laboratório de Acionamentos Elétricos da Universidade Federal de Uberlândia Campus Santa Mônica, Uberlândia – MG, Brasil

was born in Goiânia – Brazil, on August 27, 1981. He received the BSc. degree in computer engineering from Universidade Católica de Goiás and received his MSc. degree in electrical engineering from Universidade Federal de Uberlândia (UFU). He is currently working toward the Doctorate degree in electrical engineering at Universidade Federal de Uberlândia. His main areas of interest are electrical machines and drives.

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