Abstract
This paper presents a novel strategy for torque ripple minimization with instantaneous current feedback compensation for switched reluctance motors (SRMs). The authors have already proposed suitable reference current profiles and a control algorithm to obtain an instantaneously flat torque of an SRM and confirmed the effectiveness of the algorithm by performing experiment in the low-speed range. In the high-speed range, however, the winding current cannot track the reference current owing to the lack of necessary voltage. In this study, mathematical analyses on the inability to trace the current profiles are performed. A new current control with compensation of the current profiles with instantaneous feedback is proposed. The validity of the proposed control is demonstrated by the experimental results.
