Performance of the Intermittent Control for Switched Reluctance Machine on Driving Cycle

The INtermittent Control (INC) aims to increase the global efficiency of the Switched Reluctance Machine (SRM) and its power converter in an electric vehicle. The applicable zone of the INC covers the medium-low torque zone of the torque-speed plane. In this zone, the INC can increase the global efficiency up to 22 % which corresponds to a loss reduction. However, the SRM in the electric vehicle operates only in certain torque-speed zones which correspond to various driving scenarios. For this reason, the INC is validated with a particular electric vehicle motorized by a traction scaled SRM on the Worldwide harmonized Light vehicles Test Cycle (WLTC). The simulation results show that the INC reduces the consumed energy up to 4.6% on the WTLC.