Enhancing Endurance Mileage in Electric Vehicles Through in-Wheel Switched Reluctance Motor Design

The role of special electric machines is very essential and crucial for the development of Electric Vehicle (EV) applications. Therefore, the design and development of various electric motors need to be considered effectively. Optimum design and development of motor geometries should be followed to improve the overall performance of electric vehicles. In this paper, Electromagnetic analysis was done on a novel in-wheel switched reluctance motor (IWSRM) that could be implemented in electric automobile applications. The main advantage of IWSRM in automotive propulsion systems due to its wide speed control, direct driving mode, high torque and power density and robustness. A 4-phase 12/16 outer rotor dimension configuration was considered for the performance analysis in e-vehicle systems. The various overall characteristics of the selected IWSRM design under different operating conditions such as mileage improvement and adaptable controllability in order to improve performance efficiency. The FEA model was developed in the software platform tool to analyse overall performance characteristics like electromagnetic torque, distribution of flux and efficiency in EV applications under various driving modes.