Research progress of switched reluctance motor drive system

With the energy shortage and environmental problems in modern society, many developed countries pay attention to the research on the electric vehicle which can realize the energy-saving. The electric machine is a key part of the electric vehicle. And the switched reluctance motor takes a lot of merits comparing to the other motor so that it becomes the preferred machine. The switched reluctance motor drive system structure is simply introduced firstly in this paper, and then the research progress of it is summarized, including the switched reluctance motor design, the control strategy, the position detection technology and the vibration and noise. At the end of the paper, some attractive topics for further research are suggested.