Novel switched reluctance machine configuration with higher number of rotor poles than stator poles: Concept to implementation

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 649-659

  Desai, Piyush C ^a   Krishnamurthy, Mahesh ^a   Schofield, Nigel ^b   Emadi, Ali ^a  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

High torque density; Low cost; Low torque ripple; Propulsion; Switched reluctance machine (SRM)

Indexed keywords

HIGH TORQUE DENSITY; LOW COSTS; LOW TORQUE RIPPLE; SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MACHINE; TORQUE RIPPLES;

AUTOMOBILES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC VEHICLES; POLES; RELUCTANCE MOTORS; RIGID ROTORS; RIGID STRUCTURES; SPACECRAFT PROPULSION; STATORS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; UNDERWATER ACOUSTICS;

TORQUE;

EID: 75449103752     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2009.2034678     Document Type: Conference Paper

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