Fuzzy logic rotor position estimation based switched reluctance motor DSP drive with accuracy enhancement

This paper describes a novel angle estimation scheme for a real time digital signal processor (DSP) based switched reluctance motor drive using fuzzy logic where several unique techniques are implemented to improve the estimation accuracy. First, an optimized fuzzy model of the motor was created using an adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) based on accurately measured flux linkage data. Secondly, an improved fuzzy optimal sensing phase selector was developed based on the analysis of both modeling error and measurement error. Lastly, a delayless polynomial predictive filter and an online phase winding resistance estimator are also implemented to further improve the position estimation accuracy. Both simulation and experiment results on a DSP based real time drive are presented to show the effectiveness of this scheme.     

A comparison of switched reluctance rotor structures

A theoretical comparison of torque production is made between a conventional switched reluctance motor having conventionally laminated salient rotor poles, and a novel structure that uses a cylindrical anisotropic rotor comprised of axially laminated layers of magnetic and nonmagnetic materials. By choosing identical conditions and dimensions in all respects other than the differing rotors and the consequential changes to the stators, and by including the influence of the available space for the windings, the torque production capabilities have been linked specifically to the rotor differences. The results, which are for identical maximum flux density and copper losses, show the salient rotor SR motor to be 20 percent better based on rotor volume and almost 100 percent better on stator plus endwinding volume     

Novel rotor position estimation technique for switched reluctance motor (SRM)

This article presents a new and novel method which is designed to detect the rotor position at standstill and at low speeds in switched reluctance motor. Since the inductance parameter plays a significant role both in the steady state and in the dynamic characteristics of an electromagnetic device, the rotor position can be determined using inductance bridge systems to measure unknown inductance and resistance values. In this method we use motor winding in Maxwell–Wien Bridge, with the standard capacitor and the resistor in parallel with it adjusted to achieve balance in an aligned position when the maximum inductance occurs. The supply voltage, in conjunction with the drive transistor, produces short pulses for this AC bridge. The condition of the balanced bridge v ₀?=?0 leads to the relation between the impedances of the bridge branches. The phase inductance varies with the rotor position. Therefore the motor goes into an unaligned position and the Maxwell–Wien Bridge goes into an unbalanced condition thus causing variation in the state of the bridge output. It then continues to sense the rotor position with the motor running by applying the same procedure, but only to the un-energised phases winding. The simulation and experimentally obtained results demonstrate the feasibility and practicability of this method.     

A novel switched reluctance motor drive with optical graphicalprogramming technology

Due to magnetic nonlinearities, switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive control is complicated and normally requires a microprocessor or a digital signal processor. This paper presents a simple and reliable SRM drive using an innovative encoder based on optical graphical programming technology. There is no microprocessor in the drive, no A/D or D/A circuitry, with a drive system that matches the simplicity of the motor construction. It features a simple and effective control capability. Current waveform optimization for the encoder is carried out offline, for high efficiency, and programmed directly into the encoder. Experimental results validate the concept     

Variable reluctance motor characterization

A technique to develop a simple, nonlinear dynamic model (from measurements of flux linkage) which captures all of the relevant dynamics of the motor over its entire operating regime is described. A least squares data reduction algorithm that handles the analyses in a natural way to generate bivariate polynomials to approximate the flux linkage is given. Comparisons with a theoretical method and other measurements are presented     

Variable reluctance rotor structures-their influence on torqueproduction

Switched reluctance (SR) motors with differing structures are compared in terms of their torque prediction capabilities. The first structure is doubly salient with conventional laminations, also referred to as the CRS motor. The second has semiclosed stator slots and a cylindrical rotor with anisotropic magnetic properties arising from axial laminations interleaved with nonmagnetic material, also referred to as the CRR motor. The second structure has been claimed, on theoretical grounds, to be the superior structure in terms of torque per stator volume. The present comparison, based on RMS currents, concludes that the torque produced by the conventionally laminated motor is approximately 2.5 times that of the anisotropic design when the two copper losses are equalized. However, when the CRR motor has been optimized in terms of magnetic and electric loading, the CRS motor is still twice as torque productive. These results reverse the benefits previously claimed for the anisotropic motor design     

A novel unipolar converter for switched reluctance motor

A configuration of a unipolar power converter with improved switching performance suitable for switched-reluctance motor supply is presented. The switched-reluctance motor operation principle is presented and its ideal characteristics are considered. The proposed converter is described and its operation is analyzed. The converter characteristics are studied with the aid of computer simulation. Current control of the proposed converter is considered. A prototype converter has been built to verify the analysis results and to validate the simulation. The design procedure is presented and experimental results which confirm the analysis are given and discussed     

Position control of a sensorless synchronous reluctance motor

This paper presents a novel position control for a sensorless synchronous reluctance drive system. By measuring the three-phase currents of the motor, a rotor position estimator is achieved. Then, a velocity estimator is derived from the estimated rotor position by using a state estimating technique. The estimated velocity tracks the real velocity well. Next, a robust position controller is designed to improve the transient and load disturbance responses. By using the proposed estimating techniques and control algorithm, a high-performance sensorless synchronous reluctance drive is obtained. A digital signal processor, TMS-320-C30, is used to execute the estimating and control algorithms. No hardware circuit or external signal is added as compared with the traditional drive system with an encoder or resolver. To evaluate the performance of the position control system, a moving table is connected with the drive system. The drive system can precisely control the moving table. Experimental results show that the proposed system has good performance. Several experimental results validate the theoretical analysis.     

High-precision position control of a novel planar switched reluctance motor

This paper presents the position control of a novel two-dimensional (2-D) switched reluctance (SR) planar motor. The planar motor consists of a six-coil moving platform and a flat stator base made from laminated mild steel blocks. Unlike conventional x-y tables, which stack two moving slides on top of each other, the proposed 2-D planar motor has the advantages of simple mechanical construction, high reliability, and the ability to withstand harsh operating conditions. Together with the two linear encoders attached to the x-axis and y-axis, the motor can be controlled under closed-loop mode. To combat the problem of force nonlinearity, this paper proposes a cascade controller with force linearization technique to implement the drive controller. Due to the unique structure of the planar motor's magnetic circuit, there is very little coupling between the x-axis and y-axis, and no decoupling compensation is needed. Preliminary results show that the proposed SR planar motor has a positional accuracy of 5 /spl mu/m and a maximum acceleration/deceleration rate of 2 G.     

Sensorless position measurement in synchronous reluctance motor

A new discrete position sensor elimination technique for a sinusoidally wound synchronous reluctance motor drive is presented. The proposed technique determines the rotor position at zero crossing of the phase currents. The rotor position between the zero crossings is determined by applying extrapolation. The proposed technique works well at all speeds, including zero speed. This technique can be used in both vector controlled and conventional constant volts/Hertz type of motor controllers     

A novel sliding-mode observer for indirect position sensing ofswitched reluctance motor drives

A switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive generally requires a rotor position sensor for commutation and current control. However, the use of this position sensor increases both cost and size of the motor drive and causes limitations for industrial applications. In this paper, a novel indirect position sensing technique, namely, the sliding-mode observer, is proposed for SRM drives. The corresponding design approach and operating performance are provided to illustrate the fast convergence and high robustness of the observer against disturbances and variations     

Highly dynamic torque control of synchronous reluctance motor

This paper presents a direct torque controller of a synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) based on the stator current vector. The stator direct and quadrature voltages, which can generate the desired torque, are directly calculated from the machine model. A simple model without the core loss and a modified model which includes the core loss are considered in the proposed method. The results show that the fast and highly dynamic torque response can be obtained by the proposed method. The simulation and experimental results are presented to show the validity of the proposed method using the prototype SynRM     

Performance of induction motor with free-rotating magnets insideits rotor

This paper presents a new induction motor that has free-rotating magnets inside a rotor. The magnets can revolve freely against the rotor with the shaft. In this motor, the airgap flux is provided by both rotating permanent magnets and the stator coil current. A prototype motor was fabricated by modifying the rotor of a conventional three-phase four-pole 400 W squirrel-cage induction motor. The experimental results of a prototype motor showed superior performance in comparison to conventional motors in terms of the power factor, efficiency and torque characteristics. The power factor can be controlled to be unity, leading or lagging by changing the supply frequency and/or source voltage. The efficiency of the motor, over a wide output power range, is remarkably higher than that of the same size conventional induction motor. A high torque can be obtained in a high speed area     

A startup control algorithm for the split-link converter for aswitched reluctance motor drive

This letter analyzes and presents the motor startup problem when a split-link converter is used for switched reluctance motor drives. A new control algorithm to solve this problem is presented in this paper, as well as the calculation of the split-link capacitance required during normal operation     

Indirect angle estimation in switched reluctance motor drive usingfuzzy logic based motor model

In this paper, a novel rotor position estimation scheme is described that was developed to overcome the drawbacks of the previous sensorless techniques, which were proposed for switched reluctance (SR) motor drives. It is based on fuzzy-logic, and does not require complex mathematical models or large look up tables. The scheme was implemented by using a digital signal processor. The real-time experimental results given in this paper show that the position estimation method proposed can provide accurate and continual position data over a wide range of speeds (zero/low/high), and can also function accurately at different operating conditions (chopping/single pulse mode and steady state/transient operation)     

Dual-decay converter for switched reluctance motor drives inlow-voltage applications

A modified converter topology for star-connected switched reluctance motors suitable for low-voltage applications is proposed. A dual-time-constant freewheeling circuit has been designed to improve the drive performance and efficiency over a wide range of speeds. The different modes of operation of the converter are discussed, and a comparison is made with other converter configurations     

4相8/6开关磁阻电机建模与仿真

由于开关磁阻电机的双凸极结构特点和开关性供电特点,使其难以简单地用传统电机的分析方法解析计算。在开关磁阻电机数学模型基础上,借助离线堵转实验得到的数据,分析得到了SRM的电感模型,并对该模型进行傅里叶分析,建立基于MATLAB/SIMULINK的开关磁阻电机非线性动态模型。仿真与实验结果证实模型的正确性、控制策略的有效性和系统运行可靠,为将来开关磁阻电机调速系统的优化改进提供了参照。     

获取大范围均匀散射狭缝光场的新方法

提出采用简单器件,将高斯分布光场经再扩展,获得大范围均匀的理想光场的方法;设计了对高斯分布光场再扩展光路,并提高散射光场光能的利用率,取得良好的实验效果。     

单绕组磁悬浮开关磁阻电机结构优化设计

针对单绕组磁悬浮开关磁阻电机结构参数的优化问题,提出了基于相关向量机与混合粒子群优化的方法。通过有限元分析计算了电机悬浮力和转矩与结构参数的关系,构建基于相关向量机非参数模型。以电机平均悬浮力和平均转矩最大输出为优化目标,采用混合粒子群优化算法获取最优结构参数,通过对比仿真实验说明了该算法的准确性与优越性,电机性能得到明显提升。     

无轴承异步电机无速度传感器控制

为解决无轴承异步电机运行中转速辨识问题,提出了一种可以同时在线估计转子电阻和转速的方法。该方法首先通过电压型转子磁链模型估计出转子磁链,然后根据静止坐标系下的无轴承异步电机模型和电压型转子磁链模型推出包含转子电阻和转速的表达式,再将这两个表达式看作一个二元一次方程组并求解,最终得到转子电阻跟转速的解析表达式。最后应用这种转速估计方法构建无轴承异步电机无速度传感器控制系统,并开展仿真研究。仿真结果表明:所提方法能够实现无轴承异步电机转子电阻和转速的准确估计,并保证无轴承异步电机的稳定悬浮运行。