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Design of Switched Reluctance motor using Ansys Maxwell

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DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.2.28684.10881

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Switched Reluctance Motor Design Using Ansys Maxwell
by siva0375
The switched reluctance motor (SRM) is a type of a
stepper motor, an electric motor that runs by
reluctance torque. Unlike common DC motor types,
power is delivered to windings in the stator (case)
rather than the rotor. This greatly simplifies
mechanical design as power does not have to be
delivered to a moving part, but it complicates the
electrical design as some sort of switching system
needs to be used to deliver power to the different
windings. With modern electronic devices, precisely
timed switching is not a problem, and the SRM is a
popular design for modern stepper motors. Its main
drawback is torque ripple. However, motor company
Striatech developed controller technology that limits
torque ripple with the same high torque at low speeds
shown in switched reluctance.
Step 1: Maxwell 3D Design
Open Ansoft Maxwell and click Insert Maxwell 3D Design
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An alternate use of the same mechanical design is as
a generator when driven mechanically, and the load
is switched to the coils in sequence to synchronize
the current flow with the rotation. Such generators
can be run at much higher speeds than conventional
types as the armature can be made as one piece of
magnetizable material, a simple slotted cylinder.[2]In
this case use of the abbreviation SRM is extended to
mean Switched Reluctance Machine, although SRG,
Switched Reluctance Generator is also used. A
topology that is both motor and generator is useful for
starting the prime mover, as it saves a dedicated
starter motor.
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Step 2: Rotor Design

Click Tool->edit configurated Libraries->Material and select steel_1008

Click Draw->User-defined primitives->SysLib->RMxprt->SRMCoreTo Design Rotor,.

Enter the value shown in the image(These are Example Value,You can enter your own Calculated Values Also)

Rename SRMCORE1 to Rotor

Step 3: Stator Design

click Draw->User-defined primitives->SysLib->RMxprt->SRMCore.

Enter the value shown in the image(These are Example Value,You can enter your own Calculated Values Also)

Rename SRMCORE1 to Stator

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Step 4: Separating Coils and Creating Terminal

To separate coils in stator,select Stator in Branch
Tree,click modeler->Boolean->separateBodies
Rename Stator_Separate1 to CoilA1 and delete
Stator_Separate2 to 8 and click CoilA1 and change
its material to copper (Other Coils are deleted
because we can create terminal in a single coil
and duplicate it later)
To Create Terminal, Click CoilA1.Click Modeler-
>Surface->Section,Type as XY and click terminal
and rename to TerminalA1
Click TerminalA1, click modeler->Boolean-
>separateBodies and delete the separated terminal.

Step 5: Excitation,Duplicating Coils & Terminals

Right Click TerminalA1,Assign Excitation->Current.Value as 3750 and type as Stranded.

Select CoilA1 and TerminalA1 in branch tree and click duplicate around axis. Axis as Z,Angle as 45,Total
Number as 8

Rename the Coils and terminal and then Change the colour(As shown in the image)

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Step 6: Creating Region and Calculating B(Tesla)

Click Draw->Regular Polyhedron.Enter X:0,Y:0,Z:-100 and dX:150,dY:0,dZ:200 and rename as region

Right Click on Result and click solution data

Select Rotor and Stator,right click->field->B->Mag_B and select lastadaptive and plot in surface only

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