Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2019, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (1): 155-161.doi: 10.12028/j.issn.2095-4239.2018.0156

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Charge and discharge control of a switched reluctance motor based flywheel

ZHU Yanbo1, SHI Pengfei2, LI Guangjun1   

  1. 1 College of Mechanical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100089, China;
    2 Beijing Honghui International Energy Technology Development Co. Ltd., Beijing 101300, China
  • Received:2018-08-28 Revised:2018-09-30 Online:2019-01-01 Published:2018-10-25

Abstract: A mathematical model was developed for a flywheel system based on the characteristics of a switched reluctance motor (SRM) and simulated under a Matlab/Simulink environment. The influence of the maximum permissible current and the breaking angle on the system performance was analyzed. Based on the analyses, a control mode of charging and discharging of the system was designed. During charging, the current chopper control and angle position control were adopted; whereas in discharging, the current chopper control was adopted. The simulation results showed that the charging and discharging processes had the characteristics of a fast response speed and a high steady state precision with the proposed control method. Finally, the feasibility of using SRM based flywheel as an uninterruptible power supply was verified by simulation.

Key words: switched reluctance motor, flywheel, charge and discharge

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