Дисертації з теми "AC electric drive"

This work demonstrates the capability of a power electronic based power hardware-inthe- loop (PHIL) platform to emulate electric machines for the purpose of a motor drive testbench with a particular focus on induction machine emulation. PHIL presents advantages over full-hardware testing of motor drives as the PHIL platform can save space and cost that comes from the physical construction of multiple electric machine test configurations. This thesis presents real-time models that were developed for the purpose of PHIL emulation. Additionally, real-time modeling considerations are presented as well as the modeling considerations that stem from implementing the model in a PHIL testbench. Next, the design and implementation of the PHIL testbench is detailed. This thesis describes the design of the interface inductor between the motor drive and the emulation platform. Additionally, practical implementation challenges such as common mode and ground loop noise are discussed and solutions are presented. Finally, experimental validation of the modeling and emulation of the induction machine is presented and the performance of the machine emulation testbench is discussed.
Master of Science
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), electric power usage is increasing across all sectors, and particularly in the transportation sector [1]. This increase is apparent in one's daily life through the increase of electric vehicles on the road. Power electronics convert electricity in one form to electricity in another form. This conversion of power is playing an increasingly important role in society because examples of this conversion include converting the dc voltage of a battery to ac voltage in an electric car or the conversion of the ac power grid to dc to power a laptop. Additionally, even within an electric car, power converters transform the battery's electric power from a higher dc voltage into lower voltage dc power to supply the entertainment system and into ac power to drive the car's motor. The electrification of the transportation sector is leading to an increase in the amount of electric energy that is being consumed and processed through power electronics. As was illustrated in the previous examples of electric cars, the application of power electronics is very wide and thus requires different testbenches for the many different applications. While some industries are used to power electronics and testing converters, transportation electrification is increasing the number of companies and industries that are using power electronics and electric machines. As industry is shifting towards these new technologies, it is a prime opportunity to change the way that high power testing is done for electric machines and power converters. Traditional testing methods are potentially dangerous and lack the flexibility that is required to test a wide variety of machines and drives. Power hardware-in-the-loop (PHIL) testing presents a safe and adaptable solution to high power testing of electric machines. Traditionally, electric machines were primarily used in heavy industry such as milling, processing, and pumping applications. These applications, and other applications such as an electric motor in a car or plane are called motor drive systems. Regardless of the particular application of the motor drive system, there are generally three parts: a dc source, an inverter, and the electric machine. In most applications, other than cars which have a dc battery, the dc source is a power electronic converter called a rectifier which converts ac electricity from the grid to dc for the motor drive. Next, the motor drive converts the dc electricity from the first stage to a controlled ac output to drive the electric machine. Finally, the electric machine itself is the final piece of the electrical system and converts the electrical energy to mechanical energy which can drive a fan, belt, or axle. The fact that this motor drive system can be generalized and applied to a wide range of applications makes its study particularly interesting. PHIL simplifies testing of these motor drive systems by allowing the inverter to connect directly to a machine emulator which is able to replicate a variety of loads. Furthermore, this work demonstrates the capability of PHIL to emulate both the induction machine load as well as the dc source by considering several rectifier topologies without any significant adjustments from the machine emulation platform. This thesis demonstrates the capabilities of the EGSTON Power Electronics GmbH COMPISO System Unit to emulate motor drive systems to allow for safer, more flexible motor drive system testing. The main goal of this thesis is to demonstrate an accurate PHIL emulation of a induction machine and to provide validation of the emulation results through comparison with an induction machine.

Sommario La seguente tesi si basa sulla modellizzazione di un generico motore elettrico trifase, nel corso della trattazione è stata svolta un’analisi unificata di questo problema in modo da poter includere nel modello motori asincroni e brushless anche molto diversi tra loro semplicemente cambiando i parametri iniziali. Considerato un veicolo elettrico, quando si agisce sul pedale dell’ acceleratore viene generato un riferimento di coppia per soddisfare le richieste del guidatore, in genere la coppia di riferimento viene soddisfatta per mezzo di regolatori PI, tuttavia questo modello può andare a compensare i ritardi o le oscillazioni dei regolatori e ipoteticamente migliorare il comportamento del sistema. Il modello in questione ha diversi ingressi, i principali sono il numero di giri del motore e la coppia di riferimento, a questo punto esso è in grado di fornire in modo analitico la corrente necessaria a soddisfare quella coppia e la coppia effettivamente erogata nel punto di lavoro calcolato. Per il calcolo del punto di lavoro vengono utilizzati degli algoritmi basati sul metodo di Ferrari per la risoluzione delle quartiche; infatti man mano che il numero di giri aumenta bisogna spostarsi lungo diverse curve i cui punti sono soluzioni di equazioni di quarto grado. Per ogni istante quindi il modello calcola le soluzioni di queste equazioni e in seguito sceglie il punto di lavoro ottimale rispettando i limiti di corrente e di velocità; anche se si utilizza un altro tipo di motore non cambia il metodo di risoluzione delle quartiche, cambia però il sistema di scelta del punto di lavoro ottimale perché per ogni motore variano le curve che lo caratterizzano.

Дипломний проект містить: сторінок – 72, рисунків – 18, таблиць – 5 В даному дипломному проекті було досліджено тяговий асинхронний електропривід садового міні-трактора. Був проведений аналітичний огляд. Здійснено вибір двигуна. Розроблена функціональна схема системи а також виконано синтез регуляторів для векторного керування. Результати моделювання підтвердили працездатність і ефективність спроектованої системи. Виконання даного дипломного проекту забезпечувались за допомогою використання наступних програм: Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Visio, Matlab.
The diploma project contains: pages – 72, figures - 18, tables - 5 In this diploma project the traction asynchronous electric drive of a garden mini-tractor was investigated. An analytical review was conducted. The engine is selected. The functional scheme of the system is developed and the synthesis of regulators for vector control is performed. The simulation results confirmed the efficiency and effectiveness of the designed system. Execution of this diploma project was provided by using the following programs: Microsoft Office Word, Microsoft Office Visio, Matlab.

In the last twenty years, industrial and academic research has produced over one hundred new converter topologies for drives applications. Regrettably, most of the published work has been directed towards a single topology, giving an overall impression of a large number of unconnected, competing techniques. To provide insight into this wide ranging subject area, an overview of converter topologies is presented. Each topology is classified according to its mode of operation and a family tree is derived encompassing all converter types. Selected converters in each class are analysed, simulated and key operational characteristics identified. Issues associated with the practical implementation of analysed topologies are discussed in detail. Of all AC-AC conversion techniques, it is concluded that softswitching converter topologies offer the most attractive alternative to the standard hard switched converter in the power range up to 100kW because of their high performance to cost ratio. Of the softswitching converters, resonant dc-link topologies are shown to produce the poorest output performance although they offer the cheapest solution. Auxiliary pole commutated inverters, on the other hand, can achieve levels of performance approaching those of the hard switched topology while retaining the benefits of softswitching. It is concluded that the auxiliary commutated resonant pole inverter (ACPI) topology offers the greatest potential for exploitation in spite of its relatively high capital cost. Experimental results are presented for a 20kW hard switched inverter and an equivalent 20kW ACPI. In each case the converter controller is implanted using a digital signal processor. For the ACPI, a new control scheme, which eliminates the need for switch current and voltage sensors, is implemented. Results show that the ACPI produces lower overall losses when compared to its hardswitching counterpart. In addition, device voltage stress, output dv/dt and levels of high frequency output harmonics are all reduced. Finally, it is concluded that modularisation of the active devices, optimisation of semiconductor design and a reduction in the number of additional sensors through the use of novel control methods, such as those presented, will all play a part in the realisation of an economically viable system.

Field oriented control (FOC) and direct torque control (DTC) are the two most important control strategies for modern advanced machine drives. Field oriented control (FOC) has been widely used as the industrial motor drives. The direct torque control has been recently developed by Takashi and has shown great potential in machine drive applications. This thesis discusses the performances of direct torque control on AC machine drives including the industrial workhorse induction machines (IM) and permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSM). Both of the IM and PMSM dynamics models are derived in details in the thesis. By applying nonlinear filtering techniques, the sensorless direct torque control of AC machine drives are studied. MATLAB simulations have shown the efficacy and superior performance of the resilient extended Kalman filter over the traditional extended Kalman filter for direct torque control applications.

Pulse width modulation (PWM) strategies for multilevel multiphase ac drives have been analysed in this thesis. The large amount of published work in the area of multiphase drives recognises their advantages compared to the standard three-phase solutions. Some of them arc improved power sharing capabilities, increased reliability and fault tolerance. However, in the most of these works two-level inverters were used for supply of multiphase machine. Also, huge amount of research has been done in the area of multi level inverters. Nowadays, three-phase multilevel inverters are in use in high-power applications. However. the ideal scenario for high-power applications is supply of a multi phase machine from the multilevel inverters. So far no negative consequences of combination of these two topologies, apart from increased complexity of the system, have been identified, and this topology is the subject of this thesis.

This project explores the rapidly expanding area of AC direct drive for LED lighting. AC LED driving does not use typical DC-DC converter-based driving but uses semiconductor switches and a linear regulator to activate a number of LEDs proportional to the input voltage at any given time. This allows bulky, expensive magnetics to be eliminated from the system. The goal of this project was to design a scaled-down physical AC LED direct drive system to validate the conclusions of methods for improving efficiency from a previous investigation that found minimizing voltage across the linear regulating MOSFET led to higher efficiency at the cost of increased input current THD. This project found that this conclusion is physically realizable, with a final efficiency of 94.46% and an input current THD of 58.9%. This result was achieved by taking the previous investigation’s final design as a starting point and replacing ideal switches and control signals with discrete components. The final version uses a set of comparators and sense resistors to determine when a given LED stack should be on for a simple, analog control solution. Once the system was simulated this way, the assembled version was used to measure efficiency, power factor, current THD, flicker index, and DC supply power. Additional plots of the stack voltages and control signals were collected to verify proper operation and compare to simulation. The final measurements aligned with trends from simulation and result in a simple AC direct drive solution that requires no specialty ICs.

This thesis focuses on controller design and analysis for induction motor (IM) drives, flux control for electrically excited synchronous motors with damper windings (EESMs), and to enhance voltage sag ride-through ability and analysis for a wind turbine application with a full-power grid-connected active rectifier. The goal is to be able to use the existing equipment, without altering the hardware. Further, design and analysis of the stabilization of DC-link voltage oscillations for DC systems and inverter drives is studied, for example traction drives with voltage sags in focus.

The proposed IM controller is based on the field-weakening controller of Kim and Sul [31], which is further developed. Applying the proposed controller to voltage sag ride-through gives a cheap and simple ride-through system.

The EESM controller is based on setpoint adjustment for the field current controller. The analysis also concerns stability for the proposed flux controller.

The DC-link stabilization algorithm is designed following Mosskull [38], where a component is added to the current controller. The algorithm is further developed.

Analysis is the main focus, and concerns the impact of the different parameters involved. Proper parameter selection for the controller, switching frequency, and DC-link capacitor is given.

The impact of voltage sags is investigated for a power-grid-connected rectifier. Here, we analyze the impact of different types of voltage sags and phase-angle jumps. The analysis gives design rules for the DC-link capacitor and the switching frequency.

Experimental results and simulations verify the theoretical results.

The advancement of sophisticated power electronics technology and high expectation of sensing reliability attribute to the rapid deployment of sensorless-control of AC motor drives. The purpose of this thesis is to provide the comparative studies of the extended Kalman filter (EKF), the fault tolerant extended Kalman filter (FTEKF), and the unscented Kalman filter (UKF)-based sensorless direct torque control approaches for permanent magnet AC motor (PMAC) and induction motor (IM) drives to improve Kalman filtering based state-estimation performances during external disturbances, noise and measurement failures. The proposed fault tolerant Kalman filtering control algorithm is robust to modeling uncertainties and sensing failures. Comparative of computer simulation studies and hardware implementations results have shown that the proposed second-order fault tolerant Kalman filter (SOFTEKF) provide superior state-estimation performance improvements in comparison with the unscented Kalman filter and traditional extended Kalman filter for sensorless direct torque control applications of AC motor drives.

A voltage source inverter is commonly used to supply a variable frequency variable voltage to a three phase induction motor in a variable speed application. A suitable pulse width modulation (PWM) technique is employed to obtain the required output voltage in the line side of the inverter. Real-time methods for PWM generation can be broadly classified into triangle comparison based PWM (TCPWM) and space vector based PWM (SVPWM). In TCPWM methods such as sine-triangle PWM, three phase reference modulating signals are compared against a common triangular carrier to generate the PWM signals for the three phases. In SVPWM methods, a revolving reference voltage vector is provided as voltage reference instead of three phase modulating waves. The magnitude and frequency of the fundamental component in the line side are controlled by the magnitude and frequency, respectively, of the reference vector. The fundamental line side voltage is proportional to the reference magnitude during linear modulation. With sine-triangle PWM, the highest possible peak phase fundamental voltage is 0.5Vdc, where Vdc is the DC bus voltage, in the linear modulation zone. With techniques such as third harmonic injection PWM and space vector based PWM, the peak phase fundamental voltage can be as high as (formula) (i.e., 0:577Vdc)during linear modulation. To increase the line side voltage further, the operation of the VSI must be extended into the overmodulation region. The overmodulation region extends upto the six-step mode, which gives the highest possible ac voltage for a given (formula). In TCPWM based methods, increasing the reference magnitude beyond a certain level leads to pulse dropping, and gradually leads to six-step operation. However, in SVPWM methods, an overmodulation algorithm is required for controlling the line-side voltage during overmodulation and to achieve a smooth transition from PWM to six-step mode. Numerous overmodulation algorithms have been proposed in the literature for space vector modulated inverter. A well known algorithm among these divides the overmodulation zone into two zones, namely zone-I and zone-II. This is termed as the 'existing overmodulation algorithm' here. This algorithm is modified in the present work to reduce computational burden without much increase in the line current distortion. During overmodulation, the fundamental line side voltage and the reference magnitude are not proportional, which is undesirable from the control point of view. The present work ensures a linear relationship between the two. Apart from the fundamental component, the inverter output voltage mainly consists of harmonic components at high frequencies (around switching frequency and the integral multiples) during linear modulation. However, during overmodulation, low order harmonic components such as 5th, 7th, 11th, 13th etc., are also present in the output voltage. These low order harmonic voltages lead to low order harmonic currents in the motor. The sum of the lower order harmonic currents is termed as 'lower order current ripple'. The present thesis proposes a method for estimation of lower order current ripple in real-time. In closed loop current control, the motor current is fed back to the current controller. During overmodulation, the motor current contains low order harmonics, which appear in the current error fed to the controller. These harmonic currents are amplified by the current error amplifier deteriorating the performance of the drive. It is possible to filter the lower order harmonic currents before being fed back. However, filtering introduces delay in the current loop, and reduces the bandwidth even during linear modulation. In the present work, the estimated lower order current ripple is subtracted from the measured current before the latter is fed back to the controller. The estimation of lower order current ripple and the proposed current control are verified through simulation using MATLAB/SIMULINK and also experimentally on a laboratory prototype. The experimental setup comprises of a field programmable gate arrays (FPGA) based digital controller, an IGBT based inverter and a four-pole squirrel cage induction motor. (Pl refer the original document for formula)

Solar Bora AB is a Linköping based company that provides end to end solution for clean and reliable energy. System developed by them generates high power 230V AC to run electrical appliances. The system consist of string of batteries which are charged by rooftop solar cells and the energy stored in the batteries is converted to AC to provide a grid voltage like experience even though the system is not connected to a grid. Energy stored in the batteries need to be converted from DC to AC efficiently. Inverter used for conversion should be efficient enough to reduce losses. This master thesis deals with optimization and Up-gradation of Half-Bridge inverter board so that switching loss can be minimized to increase efficiency. Initial part of the thesis involves investigation of different parameters which contribute to losses in inverter. Based on that some improvements were suggested in existing design of half-bridge board. Another task involved in the thesis was complete re-design of half-bridge. More efficient and robust components were selected for complete re-design. Based on new components and its specifications a new circuit and PCB was designed in Altium Designer. Lab testing was performed to verify the functionality of new Half-bridge.

The main tasks of power electronics in power transmission and distribution systems is to process and control the flow of electric energy by supplying voltages and currents in a form that is suitable for user loads. In recent years, the field of power electronics has experienced a large growth. Electric utilities expected that by the year 2000 over half of the electrical load may be supplied through power electronic systems. In order to take advantage of this highly developed technology a number of detailed modelling procedures and simulation facilities are needed. The work in this thesis is concentrated on modelling, control and design of various power electronic based models for use within transmission and distribution systems. The overall objective is to provide effective methods and tools for assessing the impact of the latest technology based on power electronic devices in the reinforcement of power system networks. The thesis clarifies modelling and control of various variable speed drive models, such as the six-step, PWM and vector control and gives a detailed account of the systematic derivation of equations that are necessary for the dynamic and transient analysis of a multi-machine multi-node power system with associated adjustable speed drives. Simulation of Flexible AC Transmission Systems (FACTS) models has also been developed for a number of devices including: the SVC (Static Var Compensator), the STATCON (Static Condenser) and the UPFC (Unified Power Flow Controller). The methodologies for development of the models are described and a number of case studies are included in order to give a broad overview of the applications and to prove the usefulness of the results. The last part of the thesis includes simulation, control and design of Custom Power Devices for use within distribution system architectures. It starts with a complete control system strategy for the modelling of a solid-state switch and continues with the modelling of a Dynamic Voltage Restorer model, using an innovative control system. The creation of the power electronics models library provides several opportunities for future developments, which are discussed in the concluding sections of the thesis.

Advanced pulse width modulation (PWM) techniques such as space vector PWM, active zero state PWM, discontinuous PWM, and near state PWM methods are used in three-phase AC motor drives for the purpose of obtaining low PWM current ripple, wide voltage linearity range, and reduced common mode voltage (CMV). In some applications, a filter is inserted between the inverter and the motor for the purpose of reducing the stresses in the motor. The motor current PWM ripple components, terminal voltage overshoots, shaft voltage, and bearing currents, etc. can all be reduced by means of PWM techniques and passive filters. Various PWM techniques and passive filter types exist. This thesis studies the combinations of PWM techniques and filters and evaluates the performance of the motor drive in terms of the discussed stresses in the motor. PWM techniques are reviewed, a generalized algorithm for the implementation of PWM techniques is developed, and implementation on a 4 kW rated drive is demonstrated. Filter types are studied, among them the common mode inductor and the pure sine filter (PSF) configurations are investigated in detail. Filters are designed and their laboratory performance is evaluated. In the final stage the advanced PWM techniques and filters are combined, the incompatibility problem of discontinuous PWM methods with the PSF is illustrated. A cure based on rate of change limiter is proposed and its feasibility proven in the laboratory experiments. With the use of the proposed PWM algorithm and PSF, a motor drive with ideal DC to AC conversion stage (DC to pure sine) is achieved and its performance is demonstrated in the laboratory.

In this thesis the design, control, stability, input power quality, and motor drive performance of ac motor drives with front end three phase diode rectifiers utilizing low capacitance dc bus capacitor are investigated. Detailed computer simulations of conventional motor drives with diode rectifier front end utilizing high capacitance dc bus capacitor and the drives with low capacitance dc bus capacitor are conducted and the performances are compared. Performance evaluation of various active control methods found in previous studies aiming to provide the dc bus stability of drives with low capacitance dc bus capacitor are done at various load levels and types. Design recommendations are provided for the drives utilizing low capacitance dc bus capacitor.

In high power induction motor drives, the switching frequency of the inverter is quite low due to the high losses in the power devices. Real-time PWM strategies, which result in reduced harmonic distortion under low switching frequencies and have maximum possible DC bus utilisation, are developed for such drives in the present work. The space vector approach is taken up for the generation of synchronised PWM waveforms with 3-Phase Symmetry, Half Wave Symmetry and Quarter Wave Symmetry, required for high-power drives. Rules for synchronisation and the waveform symmetries are brought out. These rules are applied to the conventional and modified forms of space vector modulation, leading to the synchronised conventional space vector strategy and the Basic Bus Clamping Strategy-I, respectively. Further, four new synchronised, bus-clamping PWM strategies, namely Asymmetric Zero-Changing Strategy, Boundary Sampling Strategy-I, Basic Bus Clamping Strategy-II and Boundary Sampling Strategy-II, are proposed. These strategies exploit the flexibilities offered by the space vector approach like double-switching of a phase within a subcycle, clamping of two phases within a subcycle etc. It is shown that the PWM waveforms generated by these strategies cannot be generated by comparing suitable 3-phase modulating waves with a triangular carrier wave. A modified two-zone approach to overmodulation is proposed. This is applied to the six synchronised PWM strategies, dealt with in the present work, to extend the operation of these strategies upto the six-step mode. Linearity is ensured between the magnitude of the reference and the fundamental voltage generated in the whole range of modulation upto the six-step mode. This is verified experimentally. A suitable combination of these strategies leads to a significant reduction in the harmonic distortion of the drive at medium and high speed ranges over the conventional space vector strategy. This reduction in harmonic distortion is demonstrated, theoretically as well as experimentally, on a constant V/F drive of base frequency 50Hz for three values of maximum switching frequency of the inverter, namely 450Hz, 350Hz and 250Hz. Based on the notion of stator flux ripple, analytical closed-form expressions are derived for the harmonic distortion due to the different PWM strategies. The values of harmonic distortion, computed based on these analytical expressions, compare well with those calculated based on Fourier analysis and those measured experimentally.

The topic of this diploma thesis is a traction drive of electrocar with fuel cell. The drive is supplied with hydrogen fuel cell with power of 2 kW. The traction drive consists of the three-phase DC/AC converter and the asynchronous machine. The main part of this work is a creation of the mathematical model of the traction drive in program Matlab–Simulink.

Les stratégies de commande avancée des machines électriques nécessitent une connaissance précise de la position et/ou de la vitesse du rotor. Ces grandeurs mécaniques sont traditionnellement mesurées par des capteurs, ce qui augmente le coût et diminue la fiabilité et la robustesse du système. D’où l’importance de la commande sans capteurs mécaniques, dite commande sensorless : elle consiste à remplacer les capteurs physiques par un observateur d’état, qui estime les grandeurs mécaniques en se basant sur un modèle de la machine et à partir de ses entrées (tensions) et ses sorties (courants mesurés). Toutefois, avant d’entamer la synthèse d’un observateur, il faut examiner l’observabilité du système, c.à.d. vérifier si les grandeurs à estimer peuvent être reconstruites à partir des mesures et des entrées du système.Ce travail de thèse concerne la modélisation et l’étude d’observabilité des machines électriques en vue de la commande sensorless. Dans un premier temps, les modèles des machines électriques sont établis, et il est montré qu’une modélisation unifiée des machines à courant alternatif est possible. Ensuite, en se basant sur ces modèles, l’observabilité des machines électriques est étudiée en vue de la commande sensorless. La théorie d’observabilité instantanée locale est appliquée, ce qui permet de formuler des conditions analytiques, faciles à interpréter et à vérifier en temps-réel, et qui font le lien avec les phénomènes physiques dans les machines. La validité des conditions d’observabilité est confirmée par des simulations et sur des données expérimentales, en appliquant un observateur de type Kalman étendu.Cette thèse contribue à une nouvelle vision des machines à courant alternatif commandées sans capteurs mécaniques, et à une compréhension plus profonde de leurs propriétés. Elle contribue ainsi à la synthèse de stratégies d’observation plus performantes dans les régimes de fonctionnement critiques (à vitesse nulle et/ou à fréquence d’entrée nulle).Les nouveaux concepts proposés dans cette thèse, tels que le flux équivalent et le vecteur d’observabilité, avec les résultats obtenus, ouvrent de nouveaux horizons dans un domaine qui paraît devenir assez mature
High-performance control of electric drives requires an accurate knowledge of the rotor position and/or speed. These mechanical variables are traditionally measured using sensors, which increases the cost and reduces both the robustness and the reliability of the system. This emphasizes the importance of electric drives control without shaft sensors, often referred to as sensorless control : it consists of replacing sensors with a state observer algorithm, that estimates the desired mechanical variables from currents and voltages sensing and based on the system’s model. Nevertheless, before designing a state observer, the observability ofthe system should be examined, that is, it should be checked whether the states to be estimated can be reconstructed, unambiguously, from the input/output signalsof the system.This work addresses the modeling and the observability analysis of electric drives in the view of mechanical sensors removal. Firstly, electrical machines models areelaborated, and it is shown that a unified modeling of alternating current machines is feasible, for the purpose of designing unified control and estimation strategies.The observability of the machines’ models is next studied in the view of sensorless control. The local instantaneous observability theory is applied, which enables us to formulate physically insightful analytic conditions that can be easily interpreted and tested in real time. The validity of the observability conditions is confirmed by numerical simulations and experimental data, using an extended Kalman observer.This work contributes to novel outlooks on the sensorless alternating current drives and to a deeper understanding of its properties, in order to develop higher performance estimation techniques in the critical operating conditions (mainly at standstill and/or zero-stator-frequency).The concepts introduced throughout this thesis, such as the equivalent flux and the observability vector, with the obtained results, open new horizons in a domainthat seems to become mature enough

The induction machine with a squirrel cage is a workhorse of the industry. The main advantage of an induction machine is the low manufacturing price, simple and robust construction, low maintenance requirements. However, for high-speed applications, induction machine with a squirrel cage requires design modification due to the mechanical restrictions. The objective of this thesis is to show design process, methodology and assembly of the induction machine for high-speed applications. In this thesis, the rotor dimensioning data are presented. The results are demonstrated on the design of the 6 kW, 120 000 rpm solid rotor squirrel cage induction machine. This thesis also contains calculation and design of three different electrical machine topologies for a turbo circulator application. The electrical machines are designed with 6 kW output power at 120 000 rpm. The machines are estimated by using electromagnetic, thermal, and mechanical calculations. The drawbacks and advantages of each topology under study are described. For other high-speed applications, a comparative method helps in choosing the suitable electrical machine topology by examinations of discussed criteria. Rotor design effect on the electromagnetic performance of the induction machine is shown. Mechanical stresses are calculated with Finite Element Method analysis. Various assembly technologies to produce solid rotor with squirrel cage are discuss and compare. Describe approach enables high electromagnetic performance and durable construction of the high-speed induction machine. Work is confirmed by measurement on the manufactured prototype.

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Este trabalho tem o objetivo de estudar, projetar, simular e obter resultados experimentais, a partir de um conversor flyback operando no modo descontínuo (DCM), para acionar uma luminária de diodos emissores de luz (LEDs). Além disso, deseja-se que o conversor possua elevado fator de potência, alta eficiência, baixa distorção harmônica da corrente de entrada, vida útil elevada (através da possibilidade de substituir de capacitores eletrolíticos por capacitores de filme metálico) e baixo custo. Inicialmente, o trabalho apresenta um breve estudo da iluminação a LEDs, o modelo elétrico simplificado dos LEDs, bem como uma revisão de alguns conversores aplicados ao acionamento deste tipo de fonte luminosa. Em seguida é analisada a operação do conversor flyback em modo DCM alimentado a partir da retificação (em ponte) da tensão da rede elétrica. Além do estudo teórico, a simulação do conversor é apresentada de modo a validar o projeto do conversor e servir de base de comparação com os resultados experimentais. O projeto do transformador (indutores acoplados) do conversor flyback tem destaque especial neste trabalho, pois, este elemento é fundamental para elevar a eficiência do conversor. Portanto, parte deste trabalho é dedicada ao estudo de perdas do transformador. Isto é feito através de uma adaptação de técnicas consagradas nesta área por meio de uma compilação didática visando a repetitividade do estudo. A partir do estudo teórico sobre as perdas no transformador, programas elaborados no MATLAB e no MICROSOFT EXCEL auxiliam o projeto do elemento magnético do conversor flyback. Estes dois programas, visam facilitar o exaustivo equacionamento das perdas e auxiliam no desenvolvimento de um projeto com elevada eficiência do transformador flyback elevando, consequentemente, a eficiência global do conversor. Empregando os programas elaborados, o projeto é calculado e resultados experimentais são obtidos a partir de medições realizadas em um protótipo em escala. Estes resultados são analisados e comparados com os resultados teóricos e de simulação. Ao final, é realizada uma análise simplificada do custo dos componentes do conversor e também são apresentadas as principais conclusões deste trabalho.
This work aims to study, design, simulate and obtain experimental results from a flyback converter operating in discontinuous mode (DCM), to trigger a fixture of light emitting diodes (LEDs). Furthermore, it is desired that the converter has high power factor, high efficiency, low harmonic distortion of input current, high life (through the possibility of replacing the electrolytic capacitors for metal film capacitors) and low cost. Initially, the paper presents a brief study of lighting LEDs, LEDs for simplified electrical model, as well as a review of some converters used to drive this type of light source. Then it analyzed the operation of the flyback converter in DCM mode fed from the rectification (bridged) the utility voltage. Besides the theoretical study, the simulation of the converter is presented in order to validate the design of the converter as a basis for comparison with experimental results. The transformer design (coupled inductors) flyback converter has special emphasis in this work, because this element is essential to raise the efficiency of the converter. So part of this work is devoted to the study of transformer losses. This is done by an adaptation of standard techniques in this area via a teaching order to build repeatability study. From the theoretical study on the losses in the transformer, programs developed in MATLAB and MICROSOFT EXCEL aid the design of the magnetic element of the flyback converter. These two programs are designed to facilitate the comprehensive equating of losses and assist in developing a project with high efficiency flyback transformer raising therefore the overall efficiency of the converter. Employing the programs drawn up, the project is calculated and experimental results are obtained from measurements performed on a prototype scale. These results are analyzed and compared with the theoretical results and simulation. At the end we provide a simplified analysis of the cost of the converter components and also presents the main conclusions of this work.

Environmental concerns have renewed the interest in electric vehicles. To gain widespread use, electric vehicles will also have to offer good performance and be reasonably priced. AC drive systems using modern semiconductors can provide efficient operation at the required power levels, but their cost at present is still too high. This paper discusses the development of an AC induction motor drive system which potentially lowers cost by using a digital controller. The controller is shown to implement a high performance field-oriented control, while keeping a low parts count by maximizing use of interface circuits which are integrated onto the microprocessor chip. Cost is further reduced by designing the system to reuse motor control components for battery charging and eliminate the need for external circuits. Experimental results are presented for a low power prototype system.
Graduation date: 1994

MULTILEVEL inverters are the preferred choice of converters for electronic power conversion for high power applications. They are gaining popularity in variety of industrial applications including electric motor drives, transportation, energy management, transmission and distribution of power. A large portion of energy conversion systems comprises of multilevel inverter fed induction motor drives. The multilevel inverters are ideal for such applications, since the switching frequency of the devices can be kept low. In conventional two level inverters, to get nearly sinusoidal phase current waveform, the switching frequency of the inverter is increased and the harmonics in the currents are pushed higher in the frequency spectrum to reduce the size and cost of the filters. But higher switching frequency has its own drawbacks – in particular for medium voltage, high power applications. They cause large dv_/ dt stresses on the motor terminals and the switching devices, leading to increased electromagnetic interference (EMI) problems and higher switching losses. Harmonics in the motor currents can further be minimized by adopting dodecagonal voltage space vector (SV) switching (12-sided polygon). In case of dodecagonal SV switching, the fifth and seventh order (6n , 1, n = odd) harmonics are completely eliminated for the full modulation range including over modulation and twelve step operation in the motor phase voltages and currents. In addition to low order harmonic current suppression, the linear modulation range for dodecagonal SV switching is also more by 6% when compared to that of the conventional hexagonal SV switching. The dodecagonal voltage SV structure is made possible by connecting two inverters with DC-link voltages Vd and 0:366Vd on either side of an open-end winding induction motor. The dodecagonal space vector switching can be used to produce better quality phase voltage and current waveforms and overcome the problem of low order fifth and seventh harmonic currents and to improve the range for linear modulation while reducing the switching frequency of the inverters when compared to that of the conventional hexagonal space vector based inverters. This thesis focuses on three aspects of multilevel dodecagonal space vector structures (i) Two new power circuit topologies that generate a multilevel dodecagonal voltage space vector structure with symmetric triangles, (ii) A multilevel dodecagonal SV structure with nineteen concentric dodecagons, (iii) Pulse width modulation (PWM) timing calculation methods for a general N-level dodecagonal SV structure. (i) Two new power circuit topologies capable of generating multilevel dodecagonal voltage space vector structure with symmetric triangles with minimum number of DC link power supplies and floating capacitor H-bridges are proposed. The first power topology is composed of two hybrid cascaded five level inverters connected to either side of an open end winding induction machine. Each inverter consists of a three level neutral point clamped (NPC) inverter, cascaded with an isolated capacitor fed H-bridge making it a five level inverter. The second topology is a hybrid topology for a normal induction motor (star or delta connected), where the power is fed to the motor only from one side. The proposed scheme retains all the advantages of multilevel topologies as well the advantages of the dodecagonal voltage space vector structure. Both topologies have inherent capacitor balancing for floating H-bridges for all modulation indices including transient operations. The proposed topologies do not require any pre-charging circuitry for startup. PWM timing calculation method for space vector modulation is also explored in this chapter. Due to the symmetric arrangement of congruent triangles within the voltage space vector structure, the timing computation requires only the sampled reference values and does not require any iterative searching, off-line computation, look-up tables or angle estimation. Experimental results for steady state operation and transient operation are also presented to validate the proposed concept. (ii) A multilevel dodecagonal voltage space vector structure with nineteen concentric do-decagons is proposed for the first time. This space vector structure is achieved by connecting two sets of asymmetric hybrid five level inverters on either side of an open-end winding induction motor. The dodecagonal structure is made possible by proper selection of DC-link voltages and switching states of the inverters. In addition to that, a generic and simple method for calculation of PWM timings using only sampled reference values (v and v ) is proposed. This enables the scheme to be used for any closed loop application like vector control. Also, a new switching technique is proposed which ensures minimum switching while eliminating the fifth and seventh order harmonics and suppressing the eleventh and thirteenth harmonics, eliminating the need for bulky filters. The motor phase voltage is a 24-stepped waveform for the entire modulation range thereby reducing the number of switchings of the individual inverter modules. Experimental results for steady state operation, transient operation including start-up have been presented and the results of Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) analysis is also presented for validating the proposed concept. (iii) A method to obtain PWM timings for a general N-level dodecagonal voltage space vector structure using only sampled reference values is proposed. Typical methods that are used to find PWM timings for dodecagonal SV structures use modulation index and the reference vector angle, to get the timings T1 and T2 using trigonometric calculations. This method requires look-up tables and is difficult to implement in closed loop systems. The proposed method requires only two additions to compute these timings. For multilevel case, typical iterative methods need timing calculations (matrix multiplications) to be performed for each triangle. The proposed method is generic and can be extended to any number of levels with symmetric structures and does not require any iterative searching for locating the triangle in which the tip of the reference vector lies. The algorithm outputs the triangle number and the PWM timing values of T0, T1 and T2 which can be set as the compare values for any carrier based PWM module to obtain space vector PWM like switching sequences. Simulation and experimental results for steady state and transient conditions have been presented to validate the proposed method. A 3.7 kW, 415 V, 50 Hz, 4-pole open-end winding induction motor was used for the experimental studies. The semiconductor switches that were used to realize the power circuit for the experiment were 75 A, 1200 V insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) half-bridge modules (SKM75GB12T4). Opto-isolated gate drivers with desaturation protection (M57962L) were used to drive the IGBTs. For the speed control and PWM timing computation a digital signal processor (DSP-TMS320F28335) with a clock frequency of 150 MHz was used. For modulation frequencies 10 Hz and below, a constant sampling frequency of 1 kHz was used as the frequency modulation ratio is high. For modulation frequencies above 10 Hz, synchronous PWM strategy was used. The time duration Ts is the sampling interval for which the timings T1 , T2 and T0 are calculated. As in the case of any synchronous PWM method, the duration of sampling time (Ts) is a function of the fundamental frequency of the modulating signal. In this case, Ts = 1_.fm • 12n) sec. where fm is fundamental frequency in Hertz and ‘n’ is the number of samples per 30ý dodecagonal sector. The PWM timings and the triangle data (from the DSP) is fed to field programmable gate array (FPGA) (SPARTAN XC3S200) clocked at 50 MHz where the actual gating pulses are generated. The capacitor balancing algorithm and the dead-time modules were implemented within FPGA. No external hardware was used for generation of dead-time. The dead-time block generates a constant dead-time of 2 s for all the switches. Extensive testing was done for steady state operations and transient operations including quick acceleration and start-up to validate the proposed concepts. With the advantages like extension of linear modulation range, elimination of fifth and seventh harmonics in phase voltages and currents for the full modulation range, suppression of eleventh and thirteenth harmonics in phase voltages and currents, reduced device voltage ratings, lesser dv_dt stresses on devices and motor phase windings, lower switching frequency, inherent cascaded H-bridge (CHB) capacitor balancing, the proposed space vector structures, the inverter power circuit topologies, the switching techniques and the PWM timing calculation methods can be considered as viable schemes for medium voltage, high power motor drive applications.

碩士
國立臺北科技大學
電機工程系
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The purpose of this paper is to propose an automatic electrical parameters identification method and setting of current controller gain for servo motor drives. Current controllers are required in prior for electrical parameters identification as comparing to previous method as shown in reference for example. Since the electrical parameters are required for current controller gain setting. In previous approach, the inaccurate current controller gains setting during electrical parameters identification may result in inaccurate parameter identification results. In contrast, the proposed electrical parameter identification improves the accuracy concern for not using current controller during identification process. Moreover, the current controller gains are set automatically once the electrical parameters are derived using the proposed method. Experimental results are derived using an RZ/T1-based platform. As confirmed the tested bandwidth of current loop is different from its designed value when the electrical parameters error exists. In contrast, the measured results show the bandwidth of current control for test agrees with that of its design using the proposed method using the proposed method and thereby confirming the effectiveness of the proposed automatic electrical parameters identification method and setting of current controller gain for servo motor drives.

IGBT based power converters acts as front end in the present day Adjustable Speed Drive (ASD). This offers many advantages and makes regenerative action possible. PWM rectifier operation produces electrically noisy DC bus on common mode basis. This results in higher ground current as compared to three phase diode bridge rectifier. Due to fast turn-ON and turn-OFF time of IGBT, the inverter output voltage dv/dt is high during switching transients and voltage waveform is rich in harmonics. As a result, in applications involving long cable the motor terminal voltage during the switching transient is as high as twice the applied voltage. This voltage stress reduces the life of insulation in motors. The high dv/dt output voltage applied at the motor terminal excites the parasitic capacitive coupling resulting in increased ground currents and causes Electric Discharge Machining (EDM) which reduces the life of motor bearings. The common mode voltage due to PWM rectifier and the inverter appear at the motor terminals exacerbating these problems. The common mode voltage due to PWM inverter with PWM rectifier is analyzed. An integrated approach for filter design is proposed wherein the adverse effects due to common mode voltage of both AFE converter and the inverter is addressed. The proposed topology addresses the problems of common mode voltage, common mode current and voltage doubling due to ASD. The design procedure for proposed filter topology is discussed with experimental results that validate the effectiveness of the filter. Inclusion of such higher order filter in the converter topology leads to problems such as resonance. Passive methods are investigated for damping the line resonance due to LCL filter and common mode resonance due to common mode filter. The need for active damping technique for resonance due to common mode filter is presented. State space based damping technique is proposed to effectively damp the resonance due to line filter and the common mode filter. Experimental results are presented that validate the effectiveness of active damping both on the line basis (differential mode) and line to ground basis (common mode) of the filter.