Research Article
Implementation Challenges: Universal R-Dump Converter for Switched Reluctance Motor
Table 4
Comparison of various converters for SRM.
| | Comparison feature | R-dump | C-dump | Asymmetric bridge | URD |
| | Bidirectional current flow | No | No | No | Yes | | Freewheeling | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | | Performance | Fair | Good | Very good | Good | | No. of devices | Low (N) | Low (N + 1) | High (2 N) | High (4 N) | | Efficiency | Low | High | High | Moderate | | Fault tolerance | Low | Low | High | High | | Control | Easy | Complex | Easy | Complex | | Phase impedance | Complete | Partial | Complete | Complete |
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