Torque ripple reduction of a switched reluctance motor including mutual inductances

Switched reluctance motor (SRM) drives offer the advantages of simple and robust motor construction, high speeds, high overall efficiencies over a wide operating range of torque and speed, simple power converter circuits with a reduced number of switches, and excellent controllability. However, SRM has drawback too. It generates acoustic noise. This study aims to minimize torque ripple of a SRM in the linear region and in presence of mutual inductances. Model proposes simulation based a simple technique for the solution. The proposed technique is based on the control of the sum of the square of the phase currents. The proposed control technique has been applied to SRM in this study and successful results has been obtained. Mathematical model of a 8/6 SRM, simulation results and a proposed method are given in this paper.