Nowadays
s
witched
reluctance
m
o
to
r
(SRM)
drives
h
ave
been
w
idel
y
used
i
n
t
h
e
fi
el
d
of
c
ont
rol
l
e
d
el
ect
ri
c
m
o
t
o
r
dri
v
es.
The
paper
proposes
a
m
odel
reference
adapt
i
v
e
cont
rol
m
e
t
hod
for
SR
M
dri
v
es.
The
m
a
i
n
goal
of
t
he
d
r
iv
e
co
n
t
ro
l
is
t
o
i
m
prove dy
n
am
i
cal
perform
ance by
com
pensat
i
ng for t
h
e m
o
t
o
r non
lin
earities. Th
e
ripple
free
operation
can
b
e
rea
lize
only
with
a
n
current
w
avef
orm
dependi
ng
on
t
h
e
angl
e,
s
peed
a
nd
t
o
rque.
The
proposed
r
i
ppl
e
reduced
m
et
hod
c
hanges
onl
y
t
h
e
t
u
rn-on
and
t
h
e
t
u
rn-off
angl
e
i
n
f
unct
i
on
of
t
he
s
peed
a
nd
cur
rent
r
eference.
O
ne
of
t
he
a
dvant
ages
o
f
usi
ng
t
h
e
ri
ppl
e
reduced
m
et
hod
t
h
at
i
t
do
es
not
n
eed
t
he
r
eal-
tim
e
calcu
latio
n
o
r
m
easu
r
in
g
th
e
m
o
to
r
to
rq
u
e
.
So
it
can
b
e
im
pl
em
ent
e
d
on
a
cheap
m
i
c
rocont
rol
l
e
r.
T
he
t
est
of
t
hi
s
cont
rol
m
e
t
hod
was
perf
orm
e
d
i
n
a
n
experi
m
e
nt
al
d
ri
ve
s
y
s
t
e
m
.
A
S
R
M
o
f
6/
8
pol
e
and
4
kW
r
at
ed
pow
er
w
as
u
sed.
Si
m
u
l
a
t
i
on and experi
m
e
nt
al
resul
t
s
are present
ed