ANALYSIS OF IN-WHEEL SWITCHED

RELUCTANCE MOTOR

REVIEW-I
BY
SURESH KUMAR R
RRN NO:131232601007
M.Tech -PED-FINAL YEAR
Under the guidance of
Dr .K.N .SRINIVAS
PROFESSOR/EEE
AIM
To design an in-wheel switched reluctance motor and
analyzing its static and dynamic characteristics.
To interface the modelled machine with MATLAB simulink
and predicting its perfomance for electric vehicle operation.
ABSTRACT
In this era of electrified transportation, in-wheel switched
reluctance motor (SRM) is emerging as a prospective
replacement to traditional electric motors especially for large
heavy duty vehicles.
The integration of the motor housing inside the wheel rim
saves significant space and eliminates the need for additional
mechanical parts used in the centralized drive.
It is desired that electric motors for EVs have high torque, high
efficiency, and high torque density.
In-wheel SRM offer up to 65% improvement in specific torque
over the conventional SRM.
INTRODUCTION
An in-wheel switched reluctance motor (SRM) with high
power density and torque is a special stator-rotor designed by
the Power and Drive Systems Group (PADS) at Cranfield
University in the year 2006.
However , the emerging trends in the electrical propolution
made it as a better one.
Because the rotor decides the torque of the machine. Due to
large diameter of rotor, the torque density is high.
STRUCTURE OF IN-WHEEL SRM

CONSTRUCTION
The motor consists of two parts. Namely,
Stator
Rotor
Stator is made up of silicon-steel stamping with outward
projected poles.
Stator poles carry the field winding.
Stator is mounted on a shaft which is capable of withstanding
vibration and stress.
The stator terminals are connected to the output of the semi-
conductor switches.

ROTOR
Rotor also made up of same material with inward projected
poles.
Rotor carries no winding or magnet.
Due to this construction , the motor has the high thermal
stability and fault tolerance.
Hence the rotor needs the Rotor Position Sensor(RPS) because
the machine operates with the position feedback.

AXIAL-GAP AND RADIAL-GAP MOTORS

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION
The motor works on the principle of variable
reluctance.
When the voltage is applied to the stator phase , the
motor creates torque in the direction of increased
inductance.
The rotor moves to the forth coming position of the
maximum inductance.

BLOCK DIAGRAM OF IN-WHEEL SRM

POWER CIRCUIT

ACTIVATION SEQUENCE

ROTOR POSITION

DIMENSIONS OF PROPOSED IN-WHEEL
SRM
Number of phases Nph 4 Air-gap length g 0.9mm
Stator-rotor configuration 16/18 Motor axial length l
m
180mm
Rotor pole pitch
r
20
0
Stator outer radius ros 134.1mm
In-pair stator pole pitch
s
20
0

Rotor inner radius r
ir
135mm
Stator pair-pair pitch spp 45
0
Rotor outer radius r
or
180mm
Stator pole arc
s
8
0
Number of turns N 160
Rotor pole arc
r
8
0
Step angle 5
0
RATING OF IN-WHEEL SRM
PARAMETERS VALUES PARAMETERS VALUES
Output Power 24 kW Maximum Power 40 kW
Rated Power 120 N-m Maximum Torque 200 N-m
Rated Current 35A Base Speed 2000 rpm

FEATURES OF PROPOSED TOPOLOGY

Overcomes the disadvantages of permanent magnet motor
vehicles.
Small in size compared to brushed and pm motors.
The segmented rotor improves the torque over the
conventional SRM.
Reduction in copper loss due to full-pitch winding.
Capable of operating in high temperature
Flux path is independent of the radius of rotor.
.
STATOR ASSEMBLY
ROTOR ASSEMBLY
IN-WHEEL ASSEMBLY

PRACTICAL EXAMPLE

WORK PLAN
Review II
Analysing the static characteristics.
Review III
Analyzing the dynamic characteristics.

REFERENCES
Luk, P.C.K.; Jinupun, P. A Novel In-wheel Switched Reluctance
Motor Vehicle Power and Propulsion Conference, 2006. VPPC
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Jiongkang Lin ; Cheng, E.K.W. ; Zhu Zhang ; Xiangdang Xue
Experimental investigation of in-wheel switched reluctance motor
driving system for future electric vehicles PESA 2009. 3rd
International Conference on Power Electronics Systems and
Applications, 2009.

Ng, T.W. ; Cheng, K.W.E. ; Xue, X.D Computation of the In-
wheel Switched Reluctance Motor inductance using Finite Element
Method 3rd International Conference on Power Electronics
Systems and Applications, 2009. PESA 2009
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