Speed Control of Electric Car Using Field Oriented Controlled Switched Reluctance Motor

Abstract

Nowadays, global warming caused by carbon emission threatens the lives of human beings and living organisms. The problem of reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) has become urgent. Therefore, in the vehicle world, electric vehicles (EV) are being used instead in order for reducing the fuel consumption. The using of electric motor plays a significant role in the performance of electric cars. In most recent research, the application of switched reluctance motor (SRM) can be seen to improve the performance of electric cars. Thus, this research focuses on the testing the performance of SRM. Among the many benefits of SRM, torque ripple is a drawback. For reducing the torque ripple, the closed-loop vector control is applied to motor control. In this research, field oriented control (FOC) to SRM is used for NEVERA TECH EV car. The scenarios for Speed acceleration, deceleration, and torque change are considered for the performance analysis using MATLAB/Simulink.