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This paper proposes a d–q cross-coupling current controller for permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives. Slotting and cross-coupling effects in PMSMs cause the effective air-gap length to vary with the rotor angle and distort the distribution of the air-gap flux. Such distortions have a significant influence on the current control by changing the relationship between the stator currents and voltages. To investigate their effects, a d–q model is established in this paper, which is suitable for describing the voltage characteristics of the actual PMSMs. The model contains the angle-dependent parameters, the cross-coupling inductance between d–q axes, and the q-axis permanent magnet flux linkage, unlike the ideal d–q model. The transfer function matrix from the d–q currents to d–q voltages of PMSM is newly derived from the model. Based on that, the current controller with the feedback and feedforward terms of 2-by-2 matrix is proposed. It is designed so that the independent gains are in low-pass filter forms and the coupling control gains are zero with eliminating interference between d–q axes. The proposed controller contributes to providing the stable control performance by canceling the slotting and cross-coupling effects. The performance of the proposed current controller is verified by experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a droop control for a stable grid-integrated operation of doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) within microgrid. While the leakage inductances were neglected in the conventional control method, the proposed droop control uses the leakage inductances of DFIG as the output filter inductance by simply just changing the field orientation. This additional output filter inductor improves the system stability by adjusting the output impedance in the microgrid, of which the line impedance is mainly resistive. Also, the virtual impedance method, which is used for the power decoupling and the system stabilization in an inverter-based generator, is introduced to the proposed droop control of DFIG for the case that the leakage inductances are insufficient. To validate the proposed droop control method of DFIG, the simulation and experimental results in the resistive line impedance, where the conventional droop control of DFIG is unstable, are presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A double inverter fed wound machine (DFWM) needs two inverters on the rotor as well as the stator side. This scheme gives more freedom to operation of an electric machine and improves the output power capability and the efficiency, but its control method becomes more complex because the number of control variables and the operating constraints increase. This paper deals with a control method of DFWM for minimizing the copper loss in maximized operating area. The possible operation area considering all constraints of currents, voltages, and flux is analyzed on the stator currents plane to maximize the operating area. For the minimum copper loss operation in the operating area, different modes are defined and the optimal currents are determined in each mode. Also, the optimal current selection algorithm is proposed to achieve the torque control using the optimal currents. The simulation and experimental results about wound machines are presented to show the feasibility of the proposed control method. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper proposes a novel drive method for interior permanent magnet machines (IPMMs). In the proposed system, a two-phase IPMM is fed from a single-phase H-bridge inverter for low-cost applications. Its main winding in d -axis is connected to the inverter and the auxiliary winding in q-axis is inherently short circuited. This configuration enables the motor to operate in a wider speed range with higher energy efficiency than most other single-phase drive systems. Also, its torque capability in the high-speed range is as high as that of the three-phase IPMM drive despite the reduced power devices, drivers, and current sensors. Accordingly, the proposed system has benefits such as simple structure, low cost, high-power density, and improved efficiency. In this paper, the system is modeled with an equivalent three-phase machine. Based on the model, its torque characteristics and operating areas are analyzed and compared to those of the conventional IPMM drives. A speed control algorithm is also developed. It includes a maximum torque per ampere control to improve drive efficiency and a flux-weakening control to maximize the feasible inverter output voltage. The proposed system and control algorithm are verified by experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper analyzes the angle estimation errors for signal injection based sensorless control with an analog bandpass filter (BPF). The analog BPF has been used to reduce the level of the injection voltage. However, the frequency components of the current signal that have passed through the analog BPF have different phase delays. In addition, the injection voltage at the carrier frequency is distorted by the pulsewidth modulation. Because of these reasons, the angle estimation error includes the alternation at three or six times the rotating frequency and dc offset. The pattern of the angle estimation error depends on the quality factor of the analog BPF. In this paper, each cause of the angle estimation errors is studied and the experimental results verify these analyses. In addition, the filter design guide to reduce the angle estimation error is outlined. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper proposes a single-phase grid-connected wound rotor machine that has the single-phase stator and three-phase rotor windings. The machine has no auxiliary winding or capacitor unlike conventional single-phase machines. Nevertheless, it can operate in all four quadrants of the torque–speed plane with a three-phase inverter. For adjustable speed drives, an isolated three-phase inverter is applied to the rotor windings while the stator winding is directly connected to a single-phase source. The grid filter and rectifier of the conventional system are eliminated and the rotor-side slip rings can be also removed by the inverter integration. So the overall structure of the proposed drive system is simple and cost effective. In this paper, the proposed machine is modeled into a modified d–q model considering the absence of q-axis stator coil. Its characteristics are analyzed and vector control methods of the grid power factor, dc-link voltage, and speed are proposed. For more efficient control, the optimal rotor current set is calculated from the minimum copper loss condition. The system has wider operating areas than other single-phase drive systems. The feasibility of the proposed system is verified by experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, a synchronous motor with an inverter integrated rotor (SMIIR) is introduced, and its control scheme is proposed. This presents a new breed of synchronous motor in that it integrates an inverter inside the rotor. The basic operational principle and control strategies are discussed. Given these new strategies, the SMIIR can be considered as a synchronous motor which changes its field according to the harmonic voltage of the stator inverter. The feasibility of the proposed structure of the drive system and its operation principle are evaluated through experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The rotor position of an interior permanent-magnet synchronous machine (IPMSM) can be estimated without a position sensor by signal injection sensorless control at standstill and/or in very low speed rotating condition. In the signal injection sensorless control, however, the fundamental control performance is limited by the frequency of the injected signal, and no negligible acoustic noise is generated. If the frequency of the injected voltage signal would increase to pulsewidth modulation (PWM) switching frequency and if the switching frequency is near or above audible range, the dynamics of the sensorless control can be improved, and the acoustic noise can be remarkably reduced or totally eliminated. This paper describes how to extract the rotor position information of IPMSM using the voltage signal injection whose frequency is the same as the PWM switching frequency. Compared to the conventional heterodyning process, the proposed method is simple to implement and appropriate for PWM switching frequency signal injection. The high-frequency voltage signal can be injected in the stationary reference frame or in the estimated rotor reference frame. In this paper, the 5- and 16-kHz signal injections are proposed, implemented, and compared. The experimental results confirm the effectiveness of the proposed method. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Proposes a sensorless control scheme of a surface-mounted permanent-magnet motor using high-frequency voltage signal injection method based on the high-frequency impedance difference. Relationship between the high-frequency voltages and high-frequency currents; Types of the conventional sensorless control schemes of the permanent-magnet motor; Calculation of input signal to rotor position estimator.

Details a study which presented a position sensorless control scheme of a synchronous reluctance motor combining the high-frequency current injection method in the low-speed region and the flux estimation method based on the stator voltages in the high-speed region. Estimation of rotor position; Experimental results; Conclusions.