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74 (pp1-7) Performance Analysis of a Four Switch Three Phase Inverter Fed Synchronous Reluctance Motor Drive Kalyan Kumar Halder1, Md. Abdur Rafiq1, and B. C. Ghosh2 1Dept. of EEE, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna-9203, Bangladesh. 2Dept. of EEE, American International University-Bangladesh, Dhaka-1213, Bangladesh. bcgkuet@, mdabdurrafiq2003@, kalyan_kuet@ Abstract -- This paper proposes a cost-effective vector control strategy for four switch three phase inverter fed synchronous reluctance motor drive. The reduction of the number of power switches from six to four improves the cost-effectiveness, volume-compactness and reliability of the three phase inverters. In this paper, a simulation model of the drive system is developed and analyzed in order to verify the effectiveness of the approach. A PI controller is used to process the speed error. Two independent hysteresis current controllers with a suitable hysteresis band are utilized for inverter switching. A comparison of performances of the FSTP inverter fed SynRM drive with SSTP inverter fed drive is also made. The effectiveness of the drive system is tested for different operating conditions. Simulation results show that the proposed drive system provides a fast speed response and good disturbance rejection capability. Keywords: Cost-effectiveness, four switch three phase inverter, hysteresis current controller, PI controller, synchronous reluctance motor, and vector control. I. INTRODUCTION SYNCHRONOUS reluctance motors (SynRM) are AC machines that feature salient poles without any winding or permanent magnet on the rotor. The flux linkage of the SynRM is directly proportional to the stator currents since the rotor circuit of the motor is opened. Thus, the torque of a SynRM can be controlled by controlling the stator currents [1]. Besides, the motors operate at synchronous speed so they need simple controller than any other AC machines [2]. The SynRM are capable of opera