Investigations on Novel Hybrid Reluctance Motor for Electric Vehicle Applications

The switched reluctance motor (SRM) has more salient features such as high starting torque, isolation of phase windings, and no rotor windings. Similarly, a permanent magnet brushless direct current (BLDC) motor possesses numerous merits such as high power density, and low torque ripple. However, this SRM and permanent magnet BLDC motor suffer from torque ripple and cogging torque, respectively. Therefore, this research article enriches the design procedure and characteristics of a 3-kW, 60-V hybrid reluctance motor with minimum torque ripple and vibration. Furthermore, this proposed motor is modeled and analyzed with various laminating core materials such as 47F165, Arnon 7, M420-50D, M300-35A, 36F155, and M-27 24Ga for identifying the superior material by considering the relevant parameters such as losses and torque. In the proposed doubly salient motor, a vibration analysis is also performed to predict its natural frequency. A laboratory arrangement is implemented to examine the proposed motor at no-load conditions. Then no-load current and vibration frequency were measured by a digital storage oscilloscope and accelerometer, respectively. These experimental outcomes are compared with finite-element analysis and analytical equations to validate findings.