Affiliations: [a] LGEC, Department of Electrical Engineering, University
of Mentouri, Constantine, Algeria | [b] LGEC, Department of Electrical Engineering, University
of Skikda, Skikda, Algeria
Correspondence:
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Corresponding author: Ilhem Bouchareb, LGEC, Department of
Electrical Engineering, University of Mentouri, Constantine, Algeria. Tel./Fax:
+213 31819013; E-mail: ilhembouchareb@yahoo.fr
Abstract: In this paper, a new power converter with redundant topology is
proposed to compare the fault tolerance capability in terms of the torque
density of a 6/4 conventional switched reluctance motor (SRM) and a synchronous
reluctance motor (SynRM) that uses an axially laminated rotor. The simulation
of the converter is achieved through an equivalent electrical circuit built
into the circuit editor, CIRFLU, coupled to the finite elements model (FEM) of
the machine using FLUX 2D software package. A numerical approach by FEM allows
a finer analysis of the phenomena in transient and non-linear mode. Simulations
of various defects were used to compare the performance of two machines for
fault-tolerant applications. The theoretical results compared with the
experimental ones existing in the literature prove the effectiveness of this
study.
