Noise reduction in switched reluctance motor with selective radial force harmonics reduction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2023253904-A1
Application number	US-202217665548-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 6, 2022
Priority date	Feb 6, 2022
Publication date	Aug 10, 2023
Grant date	—

Abstract

An SR drive with an acoustic noise reduction system for reducing vibration and acoustic noise in a switched reluctance motor (SRM). The vibration and acoustic noise at specific harmonics of current excitation in SRM are in a proportional relationship with the radial force harmonics acting at SRM stator teeth. The acoustic noise reduction system includes a processor on which is installed an acoustic noise reduction application designed to derive an optimum current waveform for generating an average torque satisfying an optimum torque condition and creating radial force with minimum amplitude at the desired order of harmonics of current excitation. A reduction in the amplitude of the specific radial force harmonics utilizing the optimum current waveform minimizes the vibration and acoustic noise in the SRM. The acoustic noise reduction system applies turn-on and turn-off angles at the optimum current waveform to improve the system efficiency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An SR drive with an acoustic noise reduction system comprising:
a switched reluctance motor (SRM) having at least one stator pole and at least one rotor pole; a SRM inverter connected to the SRM; and a processor on which is installed an acoustic noise reduction application, the processor including:
a reference current generation module to generate a plurality of reference currents, i ref , utilizing a Fourier series equation expressed as

i
ref

=

i
0

+

∑

n
=
1

n
=
∞

i
n

⁢

sin
⁢

(

n
⁢
θ

+

φ
n

)

where n=1, 2, . . . , i 0 and i n are the amplitudes of current components and φ n are the phase shifts.
a maximum current rate calculation module to calculate a maximum rate of change of current

di
max

d
⁢
θ

by considering the influence of back electromotive force V emf and limited input dc voltage V dc towards the current waveform, the maximum rate of change of current being expressed as

di
max

d
⁢
θ

=

V

d
⁢
c

-

R
i

-

V
emf

ω
n

⁢

L
⁡
(

θ
,
i

)

where R denotes the coil resistance, ω n represents shaft rotational angular speed, θ denotes electrical rotor position and L(θ, i) denotes nonlinear inductance of SRM;
a current profile calculation module to generate at least one current profile i cal (θ) affected by the influence of the back electromotive force V emf and the limited input dc voltage V dc ;
a torque generation module to determine an average torque of the SRM;
a torque checking module to check whether the average torque satisfies an optimum torque condition;
a radial force calculation module to calculate the radial force at one stator tooth if the calculated average torque satisfies the optimum torque condition;
a radial force harmonics calculation module to calculate radial force harmonics; and
an optimum current waveform selection module to select the at least one current profile as an optimum current waveform I cal if the at least one current profile generates the average torque satisfying the optimum torque condition and creates the radial force with minimum amplitude at the desired harmonics of current excitation to be reduced, these modules carry out the calculation at off line, the radial force harmonics acting at the stator teeth being in a proportional relationship with the vibration and acoustic noise at the specific harmonics of current excitation wherein a reduction in the amplitude of the specific radial force harmonics utilizing the optimum current waveform minimizes the vibration and acoustic noise in the SRM.

2 . The SR drive with the acoustic noise reduction system of claim 1 wherein the optimum current waveform is applied with turn-on and turn-off angles to improve system efficiency.

3 . The SR drive with the acoustic noise reduction system of claim 1 wherein the optimum current waveform is adaptable to achieve a maximum reduction of the acoustic noise.

4 . The SR drive with the acoustic noise reduction system of claim 1 wherein the optimum torque condition is satisfied when the average torque attains an optimum value.

5 . A method for reducing vibration and acoustic noise in a switched reluctance motor (SRM) utilizing an acoustic noise reduction system, the method comprising the steps of:
a. providing the acoustic noise reduction system having the SRM with at least one stator pole and at least one rotor pole, a SRM inverter connected to the SRM and a processor installed with an acoustic noise reduction application; b. generating a plurality of reference currents, i ref , utilizing a reference current generation module, at the processor, the reference currents being generated utilizing a Fourier series equation expressed as below,

i
ref

=

i
0

+

∑

n
=
1

n
=
∞

i
n

⁢

sin
⁢

(

n
⁢
θ

+

φ
n

)

where n=1, 2, . . . , i 0 and i n are the amplitudes of current components and φ n are the phase shifts;
c. calculating maximum rate of change of current

Assignees

• Tokyo Inst Tech
• Turntide Tech Inc

Inventors

• Chiba Akira
• Wiguna Candra Adi
• Furqani Jihad
• Desai Piyush

Classifications

• H02P25/098 Primary

  Arrangements for reducing torque ripple · CPC title

• H02P25/08

  Reluctance motors · CPC title