Design Assistant Tool for Switched Reluctance Motor Drives

Switched Reluctance Motors have gained considerable attention in various applications such as vehicle electrification due to its advantages such as simplicity, robustness, compactness, and low-cost. The proper, and efficient operation of the SRM triggers the requirement for an optimal motor drive design. Traditional converter design in power electronics has some limitations such as slow time to market, high development costs, and non-optimal final design, which is a major challenge for manufacturing in the industry. The main goal of this project is to facilitate the design of the SRM drive, and overcome the challenges regarding traditional inverter design by developing a platform that helps to the optimal design of a power converter for switch reluctance motors. The research will focus on multi-domain models and multi-objective optimization routines. Due to the high complexity of developing such a tool, the component models will include loss, thermal, cost, and power density aspects, and the optimization routine will aim to optimize the efficiency, power density, and cost of the motor drive.

Faculty Supervisor:

Mehdi Narimani

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Partner:

Enedym

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

McMaster University

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