A magnetic model of a three-phase switched-reluctance machine using cubic spline interpolation technique

Abstract

This paper presents a simple model of three phase switched reluctance machine by using polynomial flux linkage equation. The nonlinear function of flux linkage depends on phase current and the rotor position. The model requires pre-calculated or measured input data therefore Finite Element Analysis (FEA) has been used for data collection. Curve fitting method is implemented to model the magnetizing curves. Since the magnetizing curves are smooth and continuous then flux linkage at particular position and phase current can be estimated by using cubic spline interpolation technique. Moreover, this technique can be used to model torque of the SRM. The comparison between proposed model and FEA reveals the model accuracy. © 2005 IEEE.