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Reduced--cost Permanent Magnet mottor drives: a comprehensive design procedure and a universall approach to the magnettiic modell identification and conttol
Full text linkThis research deals with the design, identification and control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous motor drives. Throughout the project, motor and control designs have been straightly integrated in order to meet the challenging requirements, typically coming from the industrial world. Namely, the purposes leading this research activity are: cost-reduction and standardization of both design and control tasks into straightforward and universal procedures. As a deeper insight, this work proposes a comprehensive procedure for the design of reduced-cost Permanent Magnet based electrical machines and a universal control technique, requiring minimum calibration and a simplified preliminary commissioning stage. The recent price volatility of rare earth raw materials has been compelling designers and manufacturers of electric motors to find out or re-evaluate alternative machine topologies, using either a reduced amount of such rare-earth magnets or lower energy density magnetic materials, such as hard ferrites, still providing for high-performance technologies. This thesis is about facing this issue, while enhancing general approaches to the optimal design of Permanent Magnet Synchronous machines via fully-analytical models showing a twofold purpos
Model Based, Direct Flux Vector Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives
Full text linkThis paper proposes a direct flux vector control strategy with no need for regulators tuning, suitable for permanent-magnet (PM) synchronous machine drives. The controller operates in stator flux coordinates and calculates the inverter reference voltages in a model-based fashion, taking advantage of a novel equation for the explicit evaluation of the torque angle error. The inverter current and voltage limits are exploited in a parameter-independent way. The method segregates the machine parameters into a single block, to make it very easy to switch from one machine to another. Experimental results are reported for a PM-assisted synchronous reluctance motor drive example, characterized by significant saturation and cross-saturation. State-of-the-art control techniques such as current vector control and non-model-based direct flux vector control are also considered, for the sake of comparison, in simulations and experiment
Predictive direct flux vector control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives
Full text linkThis paper investigates a direct flux vector control strategy with minimum need of calibration, suitable for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor drives. The proposed controller operates in stator flux coordinates, guaranteeing the full exploitation of the inverter current and voltage limits via compact on-line computations. The reference voltage vector is obtained by means of explicit equations coming from the magnetic model of the machine, and the algorithm is insensitive to motor parameter variations, since the stator inductances are adaptively evaluated at each sample time from the observed flux components. Thus, the proposed algorithm applies to all PM machines, more or less salient or saturated, with no need of regulators tuning. Experimental tests are presented for a PM-Assisted Synchronous motor drive. Results with standard control techniques, based on proportional-integral regulators, are also reported, for the sake of comparison
Comparison of Induction and PM Synchronous motor drives for EV application including design examples
Full text linkThree different motor drives for electric traction are compared, in terms of output power and efficiency at the same stack dimensions and inverter size. Induction motor (IM), surface-mounted permanent-magnet (PM) (SPM), and interior PM (IPM) synchronous motor drives are investigated, with reference to a common vehicle specification. The IM is penalized by the cage loss, but it is less expensive and inherently safe in case of inverter unwilled turnoff due to natural de-excitation. The SPM motor has a simple construction and shorter end connections, but it is penalized by eddy-current loss at high speed, has a very limited transient overload power, and has a high uncontrolled generator voltage. The IPM motor shows the better performance compromise, but it might be more complicated to be manufactured. Analytical relationships are first introduced and then validated on three example designs and finite element calculated, accounting for core saturation, harmonic losses, the effects of skewing, and operating temperature. The merits and limitations of the three solutions are quantified comprehensively and summarized by the calculation of the energy consumption over the standard New European Driving Cycl
Plug-in, Direct Flux Vector Control of PM Synchronous Machine Drives
Full text linkA general-purpose control algorithm is proposed for permanent-magnet (PM) synchronous machine drives based on the principle of direct-flux vector control. The algorithm does not require regulator tuning, and it is tailored to different machines automatically via identification of the stator resistance and flux linkage tables. The model parameters are identified via a preliminary self-commissioning procedure that can be integrated into the standard drive firmware with no need for extra hardware or offline manipulation. The combination of the control and self-commissioning algorithms forms a "plug-in" controller, which pertains to a controller that is capable of exploiting the full drive capabilities with no prior knowledge of the PM machine in use. Experimental results are reported for two prototype concentrated-winding PM machines designed for traction applications, i.e., one with a surface-mounted PM rotor and another with an interior PM roto
Plug-in, direct flux vector control of PM synchronous machine drives2014 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE)
No full textDesign of Ferrite Assisted Synchronous Reluctance machines robust towards demagnetization
Full text linkThe design of ferrite-assisted synchronous reluctance machines is investigated, with particular attention to the pivotal aspect of avoiding irreversible de-magnetization. Geometric rules for obtaining a robust design are proposed and described analytically. The safe operating area is quantified in terms of the corresponding maximum electrical loading. Such demagnetization limit shows to be depending on the operating temperature and the machine size. Furthermore, the comparison between the continuous load and de-magnetization conditions shows that low and medium size machines can be stiffer against demagnetization, with respect to larger machines, and have room for transient overload. The analysis is validated by finite-elements and a design example is given, namely a twelve poles direct-drive machine, rated 910 Nm, 200 rp
Multipolar SPM machines for direct drive application: a comprehensive design approach
Full text linkA closed-form, per-unit formulation is proposed, for the design of surface mounted permanent magnet motors with high number of poles. The model evaluates the shear stress, the power factor and the specific Joule loss as the indicators of the machine performance, and demonstrates that this is determined by the correct choice of a very limited set of key-geometrical parameters. The design criteria are described analytically and then applied to example designs, FEA validated. Distributed- and concentrated-winding configurations are considered. The conclusions of the paper are consistent with the literature and aim to give a roadmap for designers of PM machines in modern applications, such as wind power synchronous generator
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