18. Implementation of Control Strategy for PV-Powered Switched Reluctance Motor Drive for Pumping Applications

The grail of this paper is to investigate the performance of solar-powered water pump using switched reluctance motor drive and also single-phase grid. The converter used is boost converter, and a rectifier is connected to the grid along with an input filter. The switched reluctance motor is 8/6 pole with a mid-point converter. There are three different controls used for each block in this system. The maximum power point tracking is used for generating pulses for solar-powered boost converter; the bidirectional power flow control is used for generating pulses to the rectifier and finally direct torque control for operating the motor in the closed loop. The interfacing of grid is important to ensure continuous water supply in the absence of solar energy. There is an input filter at the single-phase grid to reduce the ripples present in the system. The proposed system deals with the design, modelling and simulation using MATLAB/Simulink environment. The applicability of this system can be analysed by the simulated results.