Robust Nonlinear Current Sensorless Control of the Boost Converter with Constant Power Load

The boost converter feeding a constant power load (CPL) is a non-minimum phase system that is prone to the destabilizing effects of the negative incremental resistance of the CPL and presents a major challenge in the design of stabilizing controllers. A PWM-based current-sensorless robust sliding mode controller is developed that requires only the measurement of the output voltage. An extended state observer is developed to estimate a lumped uncertainty signal that comprises the uncertain load power and the input voltage, the converter parasitics, the component uncertainties and the estimation of the derivative of the output voltage needed in the implementation of the controller. A linear sliding surface is used to derive the controller, which is simple in its design and yet exhibits excellent features in terms of robustness to external disturbances, parameter uncertainties, and parasitics despite the absence of the inductor’s current feedback. The robustness of the controller is validated by computer simulations.

Position Sensorless Control for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Using Sliding Mode Observer

An approach of position sensorless control for permanent magnet synchronous motor （ PMSM ） is put forward based on a sliding mode observer. The mathematical model of PMSM in a stationary αβ reference frame is adopted, and the system is controlled by the digital signal processor （ DSP; TMS320LF2407 according to the control achieve closed loop operation of the motor, the stator theory of sliding mode observer. In order to magnetic field should be vertical with the rotor magnetic field and be synchronous with rotor rotating, so the position and speed of PMSM is estimated in real time and the estimated position is modified continuously. The simulation results indicate that the proposed observer has high precision is more robust to the parametric variation and load in estimation of PMSM position and speed, and torque disturbance.

A Review of Nonlinear Kalman Filter Appling to Sensorless Control for AC Motor Drives

Sensorless control of AC motor drives,which takes the advantages of cost saving,higher reliability,and less hardware,has been developed for several decades.Among the existing speed sensorless control methods,nonlinear Kalman filter-based one has attached widespread attention due to its superb estimation accuracy and inherent resistibility to noise.However,the determination of noise covariance matrix and robustness of model uncertainties are still open issues in practice.A great number of studies try to solve these problems in resent years.This paper reviews the application of extended Kalman filter(EKF),unscented Kalman filter(UKF),and cubature Kalman filter(CKF)in speed sensorless control for AC motor drives.As an iterative algorithm,EKF has advantages in processor implementation.However,EKF suffers from the linearization error and model uncertainties when applying to sensorless control system.This paper presents the predominant improvements of EKF which is also applicative in UKF and CKF mostly.

Improved Rotor Flux Observer for Sensorless Control of PMSM with Adaptive Harmonic Elimination and Phase Compensation

In this paper,a sensorless control strategy of a permanent magnet synchronous machine(PMSM)based on an improved rotor flux observer(IFO)is proposed.Due to the unknown integral initial value and the high harmonics caused by current sampling and inverter nonlinearities,the flux linkage estimated by traditional rotor flux observer may be inaccurate.In order to address these issues,a self-adaptive band-pass filter(SABPF)is designed to eliminate the DC component and high-frequency harmonics of the estimated equivalent rotor flux linkage.Furthermore,in order to avoid that the design of PI parameter is influenced by the amplitude of equivalent rotor flux linkage,an improved phase-locked loop(IPLL)is employed to obtain the rotor speed and to normalize the estimated equivalent rotor flux linkage.In addition,angle shift caused by an SABPF is compensated to improve the accuracy of the estimated flux linkage angle.Besides,the parameter robustness of this method is analyzed in detail.Finally,simulation and experimental results demonstrate the effectiveness and parameter robustness of the proposed method.

A Review of Sensorless Control Methods for AC Motor Drives

In recent years,the application of sensorless AC motor drives is expanding in areas ranging from industrial applications to household electrical appliances.As is well known,the advantages of sensorless motor drives include lower cost,increased reliability,reduced hardware complexity,better noise immunity,and less maintenance requirements.With the development of modern industrial automation,more advanced sensorless control strategies are needed to meet the requirements of applications.For sensorless motor drives at low-and zero-speed operation,inverter nonlinearities and motor parameter variation have significant impact on the stability of control system.Meanwhile,high observer’s bandwidth is required in high-speed region.This paper introduces the state of art of recent progress in sensorless AC motor drives.In addition,this paper presents the sensorless control strategies we investigated for practical industrial and household applications.Both advanced sensorless drives of induction motor(IM)and permanent magnet synchronous motor(PMSM)are presented in this paper.

Sensorless Control of IPMSM for Last 10 Years and Next 5 Years

This paper presents the developments of sensorless control of interior permanent magnet synchronous machine(IPMSM)for last 10 years,which could be divided into the past and the present for each 5 years.Several popular methods developed for last 10 years would be described and evaluated,and the limitations with the methods are discussed.In the past a concept extended EMF(EEMF)was introduced and it can model IPMSM as a non-salient motor,meaning that the representation of IPMSM in the estimated rotor reference frame would be much simpler and accurate.However,because it still relied on back EMF,standstill operation was impossible.And,the position control of IPMSM could not be achieved with EEMF concept.For sensorless drive,the high-frequency signal injection method exploiting inherent saliency of IPMSM has been continuously developed for last 10 years and applied to various industry fields,where torque control at standstill is essential.Its performance has been improved but there are still many problems to be solved.In the present,the square-wave signal injection at estimated d-axis has improved the control performance conspicuously.However,there are strong demands to improve the control performance of sensorless drive,yet.Based on the problems in the present,in this paper the possible developments of sensorless drive of IPMSM in next 5 years are enlightened as the future of sensorless control.

An Enhanced Sensorless Control Scheme for PMSM Drives Considering Self-inductance Asymmetry

Inductance asymmetry,which is brought by inherent asymmetric parameters,manufacture tolerance,winding fault,cables with unequal lengths,etc.,of permanent-magnet synchronous machines(PMSMs)can cause current harmonics and inaccurate position estimation.This paper proposes an enhanced fundamental model based sensorless control strategy for PMSMs with asymmetric inductances.The proportional-integral-resonant current regulator is introduced to reduce the second-order harmonics of currents,but there are still negative sequence components in the estimated back-electromotive forces(EMFs),which can cause the position estimated error.Differing from conventional methods in which negative sequences are filtered out before the phase-locked loop(PLL)module,the proposed method directly applies the estimated back-EMF with negative sequences as the reference input of PLL.An improved PLL with a bi-quad filter is proposed to attenuate the arising second harmonic position error and heighten the steady-state accuracy.Then,this position error is used for asymmetric inductance identification and its result is utilized to update the observer model.Furthermore,the dynamic performance is improved by the output limitation on the bi-quad filter as well as the implementation of a fast-locking technique in the PLL.The effectiveness of the proposed scheme is verified by experimental results.

Magnetic Sensorless Control of Plasma Position and Shape in a Tokamak

Magnetic sensorless sensing and control experiments with the plasma horizontal position have been carried out in the superconducting tokamak HT-7. The sensing is made to focus on the ripple frequency component of the power supply with thyristor and directly from them without time integration. There is no drift problem with the integrator of wagnetic sensors. Two kinds of control experiments have been carried out： to keep the position constant and swing the position in a triangular waveform, And magnetic sensorless sensing of plasma shape is discussed.

Sensorless Control on a Dual-Fed Flux Modulated Electric Motor

This paper proposes the operation principle and a new flux estimation method for sensorless control strategy for the dual-fed flux modulated electric motor(DFFM).The DFFM is designed based on the flux modulation theory,it includes two stator windings and one rotor which simplify the mechanical structure.The rotor has only modulation iron and no permanent magnets on it,so there is no cogging torque problem in this motor.With adjustment of the outer and inner stator flux rotating frequency and amplitude,different rotation speed and torque of the sandwiched rotor can be gained for the DFFM.Furthermore,an improved flux estimation based sensorless control strategy is performed on the proposed machine to fit the two winding set control situation.The startup and performance of the proposed control strategy is verified by the simulation and experiments.

Sensorless Control for Surface Mounted PM Machine with a High Inertial Load

􀃼PM machine or Permanent magnet synchronous motor􀋄PMSM􀋅is a nonlinear system with multivariable couplings.To achieve the sensorless control of a PMSM with high inertial load,a modified current observer,using PI regulator instead of sliding mode switching function,is proposed in this paper.The modified current observer can solve the chattering and phase delay problem while still maintaining the robust advantages of sliding mode system in position estimation.In addition,a new phase-locked loop(PLL)based angle switching strategy is designed to ensure the motor can smoothly switch from I-F control to closed-loop sensorless vector control in startup stage with a high inertial load.The simulation and experimental results show that the control system of PMSM with proposed ideas has fast response speed,accurate rotor position estimation,stable state switching and good system robustness under high inertia load.

Sensorless Control of Four-Switch Inverter for Brushless DC Motor Drive and Its Simulation

The major function of this proposed research is to control the speed of the brushless DC motor with sensor less control for four-switch three phase inverter. This proposed system is simplified the topological structure of the conventional six-switch three phase inverter. In this proposed method, a new structure of four-switch three phase inverter [1] with reduced number of switches for system is introduced to reduce the mechanical commutation, switching losses that occur in the six-switch method. The proposed inverter fed brushless DC motor used in sensorless control schemes which is used for sensing positioning signals. To improve sensor less control performance, four-switch electronic commutation modes based proportional intergral controller scheme is implemented. In this four-switch three phase inverter reduction of switches, low cost control and saving of hall sensor were incorporated. The feasibility of the proposed sensor less control four-switch three phase inverter fed brushless DC motor drive is implemented, analysed using MATLAB/SIMULINK, effective simulation results have been validated out successfully.

The Least Order Observer Based Sensorless Control of PMSG in Direct-Drive Wind Turbines

Permanent magnet synchronous Generator （PMSG） based direct-drive wind energy conversion system （WECS） has been attracting wide attentions. For the special application, sensorless control for PMSG is desired. By widely studying the previous contributes, a novel estimator based on back-EMF is proposed. The estimator is composed of back-EMF observer and a phase-lock-loop （PLL） control to get the rotor-flux speed and position. The estimator not only can be used for interior and surface permanent magnet synchronous generators, but also has a compact and symmetrical structure, which makes it be beneficial for implementation. Compared with previous strategies, the EMF observer is independent of the PLL control, which would simplify the observer design. Meanwhile, the proposed estimator is less sensitive to parameter variations. Based on mathematic models of PMSG, the proposed estimator was analyzed in detail, and the realizing process was also presented. To validate the proposed estimator, the important experiment results are reported.

Direct Torque and Adaptive Flux Sensorless Control of Novel Transverse Flux Permanent Magnet Motors

横向磁通永磁电机在开环无刷直流驱动模式下不可避免存在转矩脉动,但可以通过采用直接转矩控制加以改善。首先分析无刷直流驱动中＂花瓣＂状定子磁链轨迹的形成机理,然后针对传统转矩和磁链双闭环直接转矩控制中的定子磁链给定难的问题,提出了无位置传感器磁链自适应直接转矩控制方案。该方案仅利用定子磁链位置和转矩滞环比较器决定电压矢量,并配合换相补偿以修正定、转子磁链夹角与最佳提前换相角之间的偏差以兼顾高转矩电流比和低转矩脉动。仿真和实验结果证实了该方案的有效性和可行性。

Design and implementation of a position sensorless control method for brushless DC motors

Because brushless direct current(BLDC) motors have the advantages of a compact size, high power density, high efficiency, and long operating life time, they are widely used in many industrial products and electric traction systems. It is known that the BLDC motors have no brushes for commutation. They are commutated with electronically commutation. So, the rotor position information of the BLDC motors must be known to understand which winding will be energized according to the energizing sequence. In most of the existing BLDC motor drivers, rotor position information is detected by Hall effect sensors. This kind of mechanical position sensors will bring additional connections and costs, reliability decrease and noise increase. In order to improve the control performance and extend the range of speed regulation for BLDC motors, a position sensorless control method is proposed in this paper. In the proposed control method, rotor position information of the BLDC motors is detected from the back electromagnetic forces(back-EMFs) which are estimated by an unknown-input observer with line to line currents and line to line voltages. For the purpose of verifying the effectiveness of the proposed control method, a model is built and simulated on the Matlab/Simulink platform. The simulation results show that the speed regulation performance of BLDC motors is improved compared with using Hall effect sensors. At the same time, the reliability of the BLDC motors is improved and the costs of them are reduced because the position sensor is eliminated.

Speed Sensorless Vector Control of Induction Motor Based on Reduced Order Extended Kalman Filter

A speed sensorless vector control system of induction motor with estimated rotor speed and rotor flux using a new reduced order extended Kalman filter is proposed. With this method, two rotor flux components are selected as the state variables, and the rotor speed as an estimated parameter is regarded as an augmented state variable. The algorithm with reduced order decreases the computational complexity and makes the proposed estimator feasible to be implemented in real time. The simulation results show high accuracy of the estimation algorithm and good performance of speed control, and verify the usefulness of the proposed algorithm.

Low-cost sensorless control of four-switch,brushless DC motor drive with direct back-EMF detection

We propose a position sensorless control scheme for a four-switch,three-phase brushless DC motor drive,based on the zero crossing point detection of phase back-EMF voltages using newly defined error functions(EFs). The commutation in-stants are 30° after detected zero crossing points of the EFs. Developed EFs have greater magnitude rather than phase or line voltages so that the sensorless control can work at a lower speed range. Moreover,EFs have smooth transitions around zero voltage level that reduces the commutation errors. EFs are derived from the filtered terminal voltages vao and vbo of two low-pass filters,which are used to eliminate high frequency noises for calculation of the average terminal voltages. The feasibility of the proposed sensorless control is demonstrated by simulation and experimental results.

An MRAS method for sensorless control of induction motor over a wide speed range

This paper addresses the problem of wide speed range sensorless control of induction motor.The proposed method is based on model reference adaptive system (MRAS),in which the current model serves as the adjustable model,and a novel hybrid model integrating the modified voltage model (MVM) and high-frequency signal injection method (HFSIM) are established to serve as the reference model.The HFSIM works together with MVM to improve the performance of the rotor speed and rotor flux position estimation at low speed,whereas at high speed,the MVM acts alone.In addition,a rotor resistance online estimation scheme is proposed to update the rotor resistance contained in the adjustable model and to ensure the estimation accuracy further.Experimental results show that the proposed MRAS method is very effective from low to high speed range,including zero speed.

Review of Parameter Identification and Sensorless Control Methods for Synchronous Reluctance Machines

Synchronous reluctance machines(SynRMs)have drawn increasing attention in recent years owing to their advantages such as low cost,simple structure,ease of manufacture,and high robustness.The main obstacle to the promotion of SynRMs is severe parameter nonlinearity,which deteriorates drive performance.Sensorless control methods for SynRMs are critical technologies that can broaden the industrial applications of SynRMs.Various methods of parameter identification and sensorless control strategies are reviewed and discussed,including self-commissioning,which is analyzed in detail.Furthermore,sensorless control strategies that can improve the industrial application of SynRMs are described.Finally,future research trends concerning SynRMs are analyzed and discussed.

A 2-D Fuzzy Logic Based MRAS Scheme for Sensorless Control of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Drives with Cyclic Fluctuating Loads

Model reference adaptive system(MRAS)is typically employed for rotor position/speed estimation in sensorless interior permanent magnet motor(IPMSM)drives.The adjustment of control parameters in MRAS is a key issue for IPMSM drive systems with cyclic fluctuating loads.In order to avoid the difficulties involved with manual tuning of the control parameters,a new MRAS scheme based on fuzzy logic is proposed in this paper in which a fuzzy controller replaces the conventional PI regulator.To implement this new MRAS scheme,a two-dimensional(2-D)fuzzy rule is designed.The proposed control scheme is employed in the IPMSM drives with cyclic fluctuating loads such as compressors.In order to lower the motor speed ripple caused by the cyclic fluctuating load,a feed-forward compensation strategy with the load-matching motor output torque pattern is developed.Experimental results demonstrate the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed fuzzy logic based MRAS scheme with minimal rotor position estimation error.