Power Convertor Circuits for Switched Reluctance Motors with the Minimum Number of Switches

IEE Proceedings B: Electric Power Applications

Volumn 137, Issue 6, 1990, Pages 373-384

  Pollock, C ^a   Williams, B W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convenors; Reluctance motors; switches and switching theory

Indexed keywords

CONTROL, MECHANICAL VARIABLES - TORQUES; ELECTRIC CONVERTERS, POWER TYPE - APPLICATIONS; MATHEMATICAL TECHNIQUES - ALGORITHMS; ROTORS;

IDEAL ROTOR ANGLES; PHASE WINDINGS; POWER CONVERTER CIRCUITS; SPEED CONTROL; SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTORS; SWITCHING ALGORITHM;

ELECTRIC MOTORS, RELUCTANCE TYPE;

EID: 0025517370     PISSN: 01437038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/ip-b.1990.0046     Document Type: Article

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