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Design Aspects for Efficiency Improvement of Switched Reluctance Motor Cover

Design Aspects for Efficiency Improvement of Switched Reluctance Motor

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|Aug 2026

Figures & Tables

Figure 1.

The motor cross-section.

Table 1.

Ranges of parameter variation in optometric analysis.

ParameterRange of variationStep
ML (mm)220–2401
WT (/)16–221
EMBS (/)0.45–0.520.1
EMBR (/)0.35–0.420.1

[i] EMBR, rotor pole embrace; EMBS, stator pole embrace; ML, machine length; WT, number of turns per phase winding.

Table 2.

Comparison of M1 and SRKM-10T-15N.

ParameterM1SRKM-10T-15N
Power supply (V)400400
Rated current (A)22.716
Rated speed (rpm)10,00010,000
Nominal torque (Nm)9.59.6
Nominal power (kW)1010
Efficiency (%)93.09/
Table 3.

Comparison of models M1, M2 and M3.

ParameterM1M2M3
ML (mm)233240232
WT (/)222216
EMBS (/)0.450.490.51
EMBR (/)0.350.350.41
Power supply (V)400400400
Rated current (A)22.722.924.1
Rated speed (rpm)10,0008,30310,000
Nominal torque (Nm)9.511.499.5
Nominal power (kW)9.959.9910
Winding resistance per phase (Ω)0.0310.0320.018
Frictional and windage losses (W)129.9412
Iron core loss (W)6115921,104
Winding copper loss (W)485031
Diode loss (W)7.489.5
Transistor loss (W)60.861.665.3
Total loss (W)739.5721.11,222.2
Input power (kW)10.710.711.2
Efficiency (%)93.0993.389.05

[i] EMBR, rotor pole embrace; EMBS, stator pole embrace; ML, machine length; WT, number of turns per phase winding.

Figure 2.

The flux density distribution of model M1.

Table 4.

Ranges of parameter variation in GA analysis.

ParameterRange of variation
ML (mm)115–346
WT (/)9–26
EMBS (/)0.25–0.75
EMBR (/)0.2–0.55

[i] EMBR, rotor pole embrace; EMBS, stator pole embrace; GA, genetic algorithm; ML, machine length; WT, number of turns per phase winding.

Table 5.

Model GA-M from GA optimisation.

ParameterGA-M
ML (mm)328.7
WT (/)24.6
EMBS (/)0.395
EMBR (/)0.358
Power supply (V)400
Rated current (A)22.4
Rated speed (rpm)7,134
Nominal torque (Nm)13.35
Nominal power (kW)10
Efficiency (%)94.9

[i] EMBR, rotor pole embrace; EMBS, stator pole embrace; GA, genetic algorithm; ML, machine length; WT, number of turns per phase winding.

Figure 3.

Efficiency of model GA-M.

Figure 4.

Inductance profiles of models M1 to M3.

Figure 5.

Efficiency of models M1 to M3.

Figure 6.

Impact of EMBS on efficiency. EMBS, stator pole embrace.

Figure 7.

Impact of EMBR on efficiency. EMBR, rotor pole embrace.

Figure 8.

Impact of winding turns on efficiency.

Figure 9.

Impact of ML on efficiency. ML, machine length.

Figure 10.

Magnetisation characteristics of M1.

Figure 11.

Transient characteristic of speed.

Figure 12.

Transient characteristic of currents.

Figure 13.

Enlarged detail of currents.

Figure 14.

Transient characteristic of torque.

Figure 15.

Transient characteristic of torque with increased dwell angle of control circuit.

Figure 16.

Enlarged detail view of flux in phase windings.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pead-2026-0026 | Journal eISSN: 2543-4292 | Journal ISSN: 2451-0262
Language: English
Page range: 402 - 417
Submitted on: Apr 20, 2026
Accepted on: Jun 9, 2026
Published on: Aug 15, 2026
Published by: Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2026 Vasilija Sarac, Dragan Minovski, Sara Aneva, Peter Janiga, Miroslava Farkas Smitkova, Ana Atanasova, published by Wroclaw University of Science and Technology
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