Date of Award
Summer 1999
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Mechanical Engineering
First Advisor
Arkadan, A. A.
Second Advisor
Heinen, James A.
Third Advisor
Hock, Jeffery L.
Abstract
Switched reluctance motors (SRMs) are of interest for high performance applications because of their reliability and high torque to weight ratio, but the major drawback is that the system identification has proven difficult because of its highly nonlinear properties. More advanced control techniques can be developed if an identifier can be utilized. The main goal of this work is to model the switched reluctance motor and drive system using the method of artificial intelligence (AI). In the first part of the work, a traditional finite element and state space model is developed. Based on the results from the simulation, in the second part, an artificial neural network (ANN) is applied in order to obtain a fast and accurate prediction of the performance of the motor and drive system at both normal and fault conditions. In further research as described in the third part, the ANN parameters are optimized using genetic algorithms (GA) that find an optimal ANN rather than train a random selected one. Thus a more systematic method is given to perform even better predictions.
Recommended Citation
Du, Ping, "Characterization of Switched Reluctance Motor Drives Using ANN Based Models" (1999). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 4523.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/4523