Inductance model-based sensorless control of the switched reluctance motor drive at low speed

A sensorless control scheme for the switched reluctance motor (SRM) drive at low speed is presented in this paper. The incremental inductance of each active phase is estimated using the terminal measurement of this phase. The estimated phase incremental inductance is compared to an analytical model, which represents the functional relationships between the phase incremental inductance, phase current, and rotor position, to estimate the rotor position. The presented sensorless control scheme requires neither extra hardware nor huge memory space for implementation. It can provide accurate rotor position information even as the magnetic characteristics of the SRM change due to aging. Combined with other inductance model-based sensorless control techniques, the proposed method can be used to develop an inductance model-based sensorless control scheme to run the SRM from standstill to high-speed. Simulation and experimental results are presented to verify the proposed scheme.     

Sensorless Maximum Power Point Tracking of Wind by DFIG Using Rotor Position Phase Lock Loop (PLL)

This paper presents an invention, the rotor position phase lock loop (PLL), which enables maximum power point (MPPT) tracking of wind by doubly-fed induction generators without needing a tachometer, an absolute position encoder, or an anemometer. The rotor position PLL is parameter variation insensitive, requiring only an estimate of the magnetization inductance for it to operate. It is also insensitive to noise in the electrical measurements. Proof of concept is by: (1) digital simulations and (2) experimental testing of a laboratory prototype.     

基于FPGA增量式编码器的接口设计与实现

光电增量式编码器,又称光电角位置传感器,是电气传动系统中用来测量电动机转速和转子位置的核心部件。分析了光电编码器4倍频原理,提出了一种基于可编程逻辑器件FPGA对光电增量式编码器输出信号4倍频、鉴相、计数的具体方法,它对提高编码器分辨率与实现高精度、高稳定性的信号检测及位置伺服控制具有一定的现实意义。经实际项目论证,该...     

Accurate rotor position detection and sensorless control of SRM for super-high speed operation

Based on the general nonlinear magnetizing model (GNMM) from our previous research work, an improved method of detecting rotor position for sensorless control of SRMs in super-high speed operation has been developed. With minimum input data, the approximated GNMM is obtained and the rotor speed estimated. Then the rotor position is detected by the motion equation. To remove rotor position error, the proposed scheme updates the reference at critical points using the flux observation. Further, the GNMM is adaptively tuned based on the updated information. The improved rotor position detection method has been implemented by fully exploring the computation power of the modern DSP. Laboratory verification on different types of SRMs with sensorless control up to 20000 rpm is accomplished.     

有源滤波器的三相四线制谐波检测新方法研究

基于瞬时无功理论的传统有源滤波器在三相四线制电路中不适用,文章针对这个问题,综合运用瞬时无功理论中的p-q方法和ipi-q方法,提出了一种新的基于瞬时无功理论的有效的三相四线制谐波检测新方法,将三相电流中的零序电流剔除,完善了p-q方法和ip-iq方法的不足,通过计算验证了该方法适用于任何三相电路,包括三相四线制电路,并且三相电压波形的畸变不影响检测结果的准确性。并用MATLAB仿真验证了该方法的准确性和有效性。该方法有效地解决了传统有源滤波器不适用于三相四线制电路的缺陷。     

Direct power control of grid-connected wound rotor inductionmachine without rotor position sensors

A method is presented for fast response control of the torque and flux of a grid connected wound rotor induction machine fed by back to back connected voltage source inverters on the rotor side. It is based on the measurement of active and reactive power on the grid side where voltages and currents are alternating at fixed frequency. The active and reactive powers are made to track references using hysteresis controllers. The method eliminates the need for rotor position sensing and gives excellent dynamic performance, as shown by simulation and experimental results from a variable speed constant frequency induction generator system. It is also capable of starting on the fly. It is thus an attractive sensorless control method for drive as well as generator applications     

一种改进型i_p-i_q谐波电流检测方法的研究

分析了以瞬时无功功率理论为基础的传统的ip-iq谐波电流检测方法,提出了一种改进型ip-iq谐波电流检测方法。该方法预设变换矩阵的频率代替锁相环(PLL),采用Chebyshev型陷波滤波器和Bessel型滤波器串联来构成低通滤波器部分。与传统的ip-iq谐波电流检测方法相比,该方法不仅能够保证较高的检测精度,而且电路结构更为简单,响应速度更快。理论分析及MATLAB仿真结果均验证了该改进设计的正确性和有效性。     

A novel, robust DSP-based indirect rotor position estimation for permanent magnet AC motors without rotor saliency

This paper proposes and implements a novel rotor position sensorless technique for PM AC motor drives, which allows acceleration from standstill and can operate under various practical operating conditions including transient speed changes. The technique developed here relies on the measurement of the phase voltages and currents of the motor. It uses the incremental values of flux linkage, and the back-EMF functions to estimate incremental rotor position. Using a phase-locked loop (PLL) algorithm, an internal closed-loop correction algorithm can correct rotor position estimation drift, which may be due to the motor parameter variations or measurement inaccuracies. The method is implemented in closed-loop using a digital signal processor (DSP), and details of the implementation are provided in the paper. To demonstrate accuracy, robustness and reliability of the position estimation scheme, the paper presents a number of real-time experimental results, including dynamic operating conditions.     

Improved control for high power static var compensator using novel vector product phase locked loop (VP-PLL)

This paper presents a new dual loop control using novel vector product phase locked loop (VP-PLL) for a high power static var compensator (SVC) with three-level GTO voltage source inverter (VSI). From a simple dq-axis equivalent circuit obtained by circuit DQ-transformation method, steady-state analysis is achieved for maximum controllable phase angle α_max per unit current between AC source and switching function of inverter. In addition, the system parameters L and C are designed and thus transient analysis is made for open-loop transfer function. This paper proposes software VP-PLL for more accurate α control than conventional hardware PLL because α_max becomes very small in high power SVC. Therefore, the overall controller has dual loop structure of inner VP-PLL for synchronizing the phase angle with AC source and outer Q-loop for compensating reactive power of load. Finally, the usability of the proposed control method is verified through the experiment of 100kvar power capacity with both stand alone and load linked operation.     

UPQC检测控制方法研究

介绍了一种综合型的电能质量补偿装置UPQC的功能和结构,分析了它的检测控制策略.并在此基础上,提出利用瞬时无功功率理论中的同步坐标变换来提取电网电压基波正序相位的检测方法,它简单易行,实时性好,避免了大量对三的相量计算,且无须相不对称且畸变电压进行锁相和滤波.并介绍了根据UPQC内部功率平衡来实现的串连和并联有源滤波器的综合控制方法.仿真结果验证了上述检测控制方法的正确性.     

DFIG-Based Power Generation System With UPS Function for Variable-Speed Applications

The power generation system with a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG), which can be used as an autonomous power system after the loss of mains in a distributed generation network, is described. After the mains outage, a fixed frequency and an amplitude of the output voltage are obtained, despite the variable rotor speed. For this reason, it can be successfully applied in the variable-speed wind turbines, adjustable speed water plants, or diesel engines. Moreover, the stand-alone operation of DFIG is useful in a flywheel-based high-energy rotary uninterruptible power supply system. An output voltage is controlled directly by the synchronization of an actual voltage vector with the reference vector represented in a synchronously rotating polar frame. The rotor current angular speed is obtained as a result of vectorial phase-locked loop operation. Any sensors or estimators of the rotor speed or position are unnecessary. Both amplitude and angle control loops are linear. The use of stand-alone operation in grid-connected systems requires mains outage detection. Also, the grid voltage recovery requires a method of synchronization and soft connection of a generator to the grid. The proposed methods of output voltage control, synchronization, and detection of mains loss were tested in a laboratory system.      

Model Reference Adaptive Controller-Based Rotor Resistance and Speed Estimation Techniques for Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drive Utilizing Reactive Power

In this paper, a detailed study on the model reference adaptive controller (MRAC) utilizing the reactive power is presented for the online estimation of rotor resistance to maintain proper flux orientation in an indirect vector controlled induction motor drive. Selection of reactive power as the functional candidate in the MRAC automatically makes the system immune to the variation of stator resistance. Moreover, the unique formation of the MRAC with the instantaneous and steady-state reactive power completely eliminates the requirement of any flux estimation in the process of computation. Thus, the method is less sensitive to integrator-related problems like drift and saturation (requiring no integration). This also makes the estimation at or near zero speed quite accurate. Adding flux estimators to the MRAC, a speed sensorless scheme is developed. Simulation and experimental results have been presented to confirm the effectiveness of the technique.     

选择性有源滤波器治理12脉波整流器的谐波

文章介绍12脉波整流器应用选择性有源滤波器抑制谐波电流和补偿无功,采用基于瞬时功率理论的谐波和无功电流检测方法。对有源滤波器和负荷系统进行仿真,并对仿真结果进行详细分析。仿真结果表明：基于瞬时功率理论的谐波和无功电流检测方法可以准确、实时地检测出三相电流中的任意次谐波及无功电流,有源滤波器抑制11次和13次谐波电流,并补偿无功。     

应用锁相环技术判别混沌相变的方法

针对经典的李氏指数法(Lyapunov Exponential Method)等混沌相变判别方法复杂度高的问题,提出了一种应用锁相环技术判别混沌相变的新方法.首先,理论推导了混沌系统的解析特性,分析了系统在不同相态下含有的频率成分;然后,构建了针对混沌系统的数字锁相环模型,研究锁相环下混沌态和大周期态呈现的频率特性;最后,提出了一种基于锁相环技术的混沌相变判别新方法.仿真实验显示,相比于李氏指数法,所提方法判别速度快一个数量级,检测差错率为0时,性能提高近2 dB.新方法应用锁相环技术,简便易行,判别速度快,为混沌相变判别的工程应用提供了新的手段.     

Current Source Inverter Based Grid Connected Hybrid PV-Wind Power Generation Unit

ABSTRACT

This paper presents a current source inverter (CSI)-based hybrid power generation system, which uses wind turbine and photovoltaic cells (PVs). A permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) is connected to the CSI using a diode rectifier and a buck converter that is used to control the speed of the rotor. Another buck converter is used to control the maximum power point tracking of PVs. The operation of proposed system is studied under normal and grid voltage dip conditions. According to new grid codes, most power generating units are supposed to remain connected to the grid during voltage sag conditions and inject reactive current to grid as defined by grid codes. The CSI has fault current limiting capability that makes it appropriate to use in grid-connected applications and during voltage sag conditions in particular. The proposed system tracks the maximum power point of wind turbine and PVs under normal mode and injects required reactive current to the grid during voltage drop. However, incorporation of CSI with the inherent behaviour of wind turbine and PVs causes fault current to be within the tolerable range for power electronic devices. Simulations are carried out by using PSCAD/EMTDC software to verify the proposed system.     

Parallel processing inverter system

A novel method of instantaneous voltage and power balance control of a parallel processing inverter system is proposed. It consists of a high-speed switching PWM (pulsewidth modulated) inverter with an instantaneous current minor loop controller, a voltage major loop controller, and a power balance controller. This system realizes the following functions with only one inverter: constant AC output voltage control with reactive power control, active filtering to absorb load current harmonics, DC voltage and current control as AC-to-DC converter, and uninterruptible power supply (UPS) for stand-alone operation. This system covers a wide application range, including UPS systems, new energy systems, and active filters with voltage control functions     

一种带锁相环的多模式时钟发生电路设计

为提高开关电源控制芯片使用灵活性,优化对开关电源效率、纹波等性能的控制,并方便噪声滤除,提出一种带锁相环的多模式时钟发生电路芯片的设计。该电路可提供选择1.7MHz或2.6MHz的固定频率模式或锁相范围500kHz～3MHz的外部输入模式,应用于开关电源控制芯片时,可根据开关电源的应用情况设置工作频率,达到性能最佳化。该芯片已在1.5μmBCD(Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS)工艺下设计完成。测试结果表明芯片工作正常,预期的功能均已实现,可作为模拟电路IP使用。     

变速恒频双馈风力发电系统最优风能捕获控制

从分析风力机运行特性出发，研究实现最优风能捕获的系统控制方法。并采用定子磁场定向的矢量控制技术，对双馈发电机转子进行交流励磁，实现发电机有功、无功及转速的独立控制，从而获得最大风能捕获的高效发电运行。仿真结果验证了文中所提出控制策略的正确性和有效性。     

Direct frequency changer operation under a new scalar controlalgorithm

A thorough analysis of a scalar control method for the operation of direct frequency changers (DFC) using bidirectional switches operating at high switching frequencies is proposed. The method allows full control over voltage and frequency at the output port and the input side power displacement factor, with little effect on the frequency spectrum of either the output voltage or input currents. The method uses the instantaneous voltage ratio of specific input phase voltages to generate the active and zero states of the various switches. A voltage transfer ratio as high as 0.87 is obtained under synchronous and asynchronous operation with a conventionally connected three-phase load. Analysis shows that the input power displacement factor is independent of load characteristics. The power displacement can be precisely controlled by proper adjustments of the timing sequence. Synchronization error in the timing sequence affects both the input power displacement and the voltage transfer ratio     

Systematic error cancellations and fault detection of resolver angular sensors using a DSP based system

Resolver sensor based angular position and speed sensing are extensively used in safety critical servo applications that demands accurate as well as high-resolution position and speed information for feedback control. In this paper, a novel scheme for position and speed sensing along with fault detection and identifications of a resolver sensor with systematic errors like magnitude imbalance, imperfect quadrature, and inductive harmonics is presented. The proposed scheme of resolver-to-digital (R/D) conversion mitigates the errors in position and speed estimate due to these common resolver imperfections and provides fault indicators such as good resolver signal, degradation of signal, and loss of signal for fault tolerant operation and diagnosis of malfunctions in the sensor system for safety critical systems. The proposed method incorporates software generation of the resolver carrier using a digital filter for synchronous demodulation without unintended time delay of the processed outputs, in such a way that there is substantial saving in hardware, for instance, carrier oscillator and associated digital and analog circuits for amplitude demodulators. The R/D converter incorporates an adaptive phase-locked loop (APLL) that accurately estimates the angular position and speed for a large range of operation along with superior tracking performance under dynamic conditions. Also, it provides the estimate of the magnitudes of the resolver outputs, estimate of the imperfect quadrature, and indication of harmonic distortion in the sensing angle, which can be used to directly access the quality of the resolver sensor system. Computer simulations and experimental results demonstrate an accurate R/D converter with adaptive capabilities to mitigate all the major systematic disturbances with reduced hardware complexity.