Multi-stage adaptive speed control with torque ripple optimization for a switched reluctance motor in electric vehicle applications

This work addresses the problem of speed control for switched reluctance motors (SRM) used in electric vehicles, with a focus on minimizing torque ripple by optimizing the current reference shape. This issue is formulated as a constrained optimization problem, particularly difficult due to the nonli...

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Main Authors: Youness Boumaalif, Hamid Ouadi, Fouad Giri
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123025003317
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description This work addresses the problem of speed control for switched reluctance motors (SRM) used in electric vehicles, with a focus on minimizing torque ripple by optimizing the current reference shape. This issue is formulated as a constrained optimization problem, particularly difficult due to the nonlinear and nonconvex relationship between currents and torque. In this context, a two-stage optimization strategy is proposed. Using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique, the first stage computes in offline mode, a first estimate of the optimal parameters of the SRM current reference signal. The second stage refines, in real time, this estimate using the extremum seeking (ES) technique. The speed controller is designed with the backstepping approach based on a SRM nonlinear model taking into account the magnetic saturation phenomenon of this machine. This ensures good control performance across a wide operating range. The effectiveness of the proposed control strategy is demonstrated through simulations conducted in MATLAB-Simulink. Results indicate that the proposed strategy achieves a 48% reduction in torque ripple compared to a non-adaptive controller and a 12% reduction compared to a strategy based on single-stage optimization performed in offline mode.
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spelling doaj-art-980687d602d04a2b8a4256680eb2cba22025-02-09T05:01:05ZengElsevierResults in Engineering2590-12302025-03-0125104245Multi-stage adaptive speed control with torque ripple optimization for a switched reluctance motor in electric vehicle applicationsYouness Boumaalif0Hamid Ouadi1Fouad Giri2ENSAM Rabat, Mohammed V University, Rabat, 6207, Rabat, Morocco; Corresponding author.ENSAM Rabat, Mohammed V University, Rabat, 6207, Rabat, MoroccoDepartment of Electrical Engineering, University of Caen Normandy, Caen, 14032, Normandy, FranceThis work addresses the problem of speed control for switched reluctance motors (SRM) used in electric vehicles, with a focus on minimizing torque ripple by optimizing the current reference shape. This issue is formulated as a constrained optimization problem, particularly difficult due to the nonlinear and nonconvex relationship between currents and torque. In this context, a two-stage optimization strategy is proposed. Using the particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique, the first stage computes in offline mode, a first estimate of the optimal parameters of the SRM current reference signal. The second stage refines, in real time, this estimate using the extremum seeking (ES) technique. The speed controller is designed with the backstepping approach based on a SRM nonlinear model taking into account the magnetic saturation phenomenon of this machine. This ensures good control performance across a wide operating range. The effectiveness of the proposed control strategy is demonstrated through simulations conducted in MATLAB-Simulink. Results indicate that the proposed strategy achieves a 48% reduction in torque ripple compared to a non-adaptive controller and a 12% reduction compared to a strategy based on single-stage optimization performed in offline mode.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123025003317Multi-stage adaptive speed controlSwitched reluctance motor (SRM)Electric vehiclePSO algorithmExtremum seeking (ES)Backstepping nonlinear controller
spellingShingle Youness Boumaalif
Hamid Ouadi
Fouad Giri
Multi-stage adaptive speed control with torque ripple optimization for a switched reluctance motor in electric vehicle applications
Results in Engineering
Multi-stage adaptive speed control
Switched reluctance motor (SRM)
Electric vehicle
PSO algorithm
Extremum seeking (ES)
Backstepping nonlinear controller
title Multi-stage adaptive speed control with torque ripple optimization for a switched reluctance motor in electric vehicle applications
title_full Multi-stage adaptive speed control with torque ripple optimization for a switched reluctance motor in electric vehicle applications
title_fullStr Multi-stage adaptive speed control with torque ripple optimization for a switched reluctance motor in electric vehicle applications
title_full_unstemmed Multi-stage adaptive speed control with torque ripple optimization for a switched reluctance motor in electric vehicle applications
title_short Multi-stage adaptive speed control with torque ripple optimization for a switched reluctance motor in electric vehicle applications
title_sort multi stage adaptive speed control with torque ripple optimization for a switched reluctance motor in electric vehicle applications
topic Multi-stage adaptive speed control
Switched reluctance motor (SRM)
Electric vehicle
PSO algorithm
Extremum seeking (ES)
Backstepping nonlinear controller
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590123025003317
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