Improvement of power factor in switched reluctance motor drives through optimizing the switching angles

Electric Power Components and Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1225-1238

  Xue, X D ^a   Cheng, K W E ^a   Ho, S L ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Optimization; Power factor; Switched reluctance motor (SRM) drives

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTROL SYSTEMS; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; OPTIMIZATION; RELUCTANCE MOTORS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

CURRENT CONTROLLED CONVERTERS; SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTORS (SRM); TURN-OFF ANGLES; TURN-ON ANGLES;

ELECTRIC DRIVES;

EID: 9144237642     PISSN: 15325008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15325000490446629     Document Type: Article

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