The document discusses switched reluctance motors (SRM). It describes the construction of singly and doubly salient SRMs, with the rotor having no windings. The principle of operation is described as reluctance torque, where the rotating magnetic field is created through power electronics switching. Torque is produced as the rotor aligns itself to the minimum reluctance path as different stator phase windings are energized in sequence. The document discusses torque prediction, motor characteristics, power controllers, speed and current control, sensorless operation methods like inductance-based estimation, and applications of SRM.

1. AY 23-24 Roever Engineering College Electrical and Electronics V Semester
EE3009
SPECIAL ELECTRICAL MACHINES
UNIT II
SWITCHED RELUCTANCE
MOTORS
ANBALAGAN G
Assistant Professor
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Roever Engineering College

2. UNIT II SWITCHED RELUCTANCE MOTORS
Constructional features –Principle of operation- Torque prediction–Characteristics-Power
controllers – Control of SRM drive- Speed control-current control-design procedures-
Sensor less operation of SRM – Current sensing-rotor position measurement and estimation
methods- sensor less rotor position estimation-inductance based estimation –applications.
A singly salient construction SRM
comprises of a non-salient stator
and a salient two pole rotor. The
rotor do not have any winding
wound over it but the stator have
two phase winding as shown in
figure.
The stator of doubly salient Switched
Reluctance Motor is of salient construction and
consists of four poles as shown in figure. The
rotor do not carry any winding and is of salient
construction but have two poles. Thus this
type of SRM is a heteropolar motor where the
numbers of stator and rotor poles are not
same.
The switched reluctance motor (SRM) is an electric motor that runs by reluctance torque.
The rotating magnetic field is created with the help of power electronics switching circuit.

3. The magnetic flux have a tendency to flow through lowest reluctance path,
therefore rotor always tends to align along the minimum reluctance path.
This is the basic working principle of Switched Reluctance Motor or
Variable Reluctance Motor.
Therefore, when stator phase winding A is energized, the rotor align along
this phase as shown in figure below.
• When stator phase winding A is de-energized and winding B is energized, the rotor align
itself along B phase as shown in figure below.
• Similarly, the rotor occupies a position along phase winding C when this phase is
energized.
• Thus rotor rotation in clockwise direction is achieved by energizing the phase winding in a
ABC sequence. If rotor rotation in anti-clockwise direction is require, stator phase winding
must be energized in ACB sequence.
• It must also be noted that, a particular phase winding must be energized / de-energized in
synchronism with rotor position. This means as soon as the rotor align along the A phase,
B phase must be energized and A phase must be de-energized if clockwise rotor rotation
is required.
Principle of operation

4. Torque prediction