New Integrated Multilevel Converter for Switched Reluctance Motor Drives in Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles With Flexible Energy Conversion

• Published in: IEEE transactions on power electronics Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 3754 - 3766
• Main Authors: Chun Gan, Jianhua Wu, Yihua Hu, Shiyou Yang, Wenping Cao, Guerrero, Josep M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.05.2017; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Alternating current; Batteries; Battery chargers; Braking; Capacitors; Charging; Converters; Demagnetization; Electric motors; Electric potential; Electric vehicles; Energy conversion; Energy storage; Fast excitation and demagnetization; flexible battery charging; front-end circuit; Generators; Hybrid electric vehicles; Multilevel; multilevel voltage; Phase current; plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV); Power flow; Reluctance; Reluctance motors; switched reluctance motor (SRM); Switches; Torque

This paper presents an integrated multilevel converter of switched reluctance motors (SRMs) fed by a modular front-end circuit for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) applications. Several operating modes can be achieved by changing the ON-OFF states of the switches in the front-end circuit. In g...