Date of Award
Fall 1995
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Electrical and Computer Engineering
First Advisor
Feng, Xin
Second Advisor
Arkadan, Abdul-Rahman A.
Third Advisor
Brown, Ronald H.
Abstract
This thesis presents a new technique for the control of switched reluctance motors (SRM). Although, SRMs were originally built in the 19th century, their use was not widespread due to their high nonlinearity. SRMs are considered more desirable for certain applications due to their extremely simple construction and fault tolerant operation. Unfortunately, the high nonlinearities make it difficult to derive tractable mathematical models and hence conventional control algorithms. Fuzzy logic control is ideally suited to the control of systems with uncertain characteristics. In this thesis fuzzy logic control is applied to the design of a SRM velocity controller. Also, an adaptive algorithm is presented that minimizes the torque and speed ripple even in the presence of unknown systems nonlinearities and changes in system parameters.
Recommended Citation
Bradford, J. Neal, "Fuzzy Adaptive Control with Applications to Switched Reluctance Motors" (1995). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 3972.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/3972