Examination of a sensorless rotor-position-measurement method for switched reluctance drive

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 288-295

  Al Bahadly, Ibrahim H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Sensorless position measurement; Stability and accuracy; Switched reluctance (SR) drive

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC MOTORS; ERRORS; POSITION MEASUREMENT;

SENSORLESS POSITION MEASUREMENT; SWITCHED RELUCTANCE (SR) MOTOR DRIVES;

ROTORS;

EID: 38349036393     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.909055     Document Type: Article

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