Patent ID: 11929697
Assignee: TURNTIDE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for reliable control of a high rotor pole switched reluctance machine (HRSRM) utilizing a sensorless reliable control system, the method comprising:
providing an HRSRM with a rotor and a stator with plurality of stator phases each having a winding;
energizing at least one of the plurality of stator phases;
measuring a current value through the at least one energized stator phase and time taken by the current value to reach a peak value of current, wherein each of the windings of the rest of the plurality of stator phases is in an open circuit state;
determining and storing a self-inductance related value for the at least one energized stator phase;
estimating a rotor position utilizing stored self-inductance value; and
controlling the HRSRM based on the estimated rotor position.