Design, Optimization, and Performance Enhancement of Switched Reluctance Motor for Pollution-Free Electric Vehicle Application

Recent years have seen an increase in global air pollution, and citizens in urban areas suffer grave health problems. In India, transportation accounts for 24% of India’s carbon emissions, exacerbated by the use of motor vehicles and petroleum consumption. Research and development on new propulsion systems have resulted from the need for clean energy and carbon emissions reduction. Greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by using electric vehicles. Furthermore, it promotes the use of renewable energy on a large scale, thereby reducing dependence on fossil fuels. The majority of electric vehicles with two or three wheels utilize BLDC motors. Electric cars use several kinds of three-phase induction motors. Using less magnets reduces our dependence on China, which is the largest exporter of rare Earth magnets. In the electric vehicle market, SRM will facilitate “MAKE IN INDIA”. A magnet-free design, high speed, fault tolerance, and reliable structure make SRMS ideal for electric vehicles. This paper proposes 0.5 kW, 2000 rpm and an 8/6 topology for designing and optimizing an efficient SRM configuration parameter of the stator and rotor. In EV-SRM material simulation, Ansys Maxwell software (RMxprt tool) is used for analysis and optimization of power, torque density, losses, efficiency, and torque ripple.