Power-Assisted Cart Control Method with Motor Torque Limiter Based on Prediction of Torque Saturation

In this article, a method to control power-assisted carts with motor torque limiter that achieves the desired load-reduction ratio even if torque saturation occurs, is proposed to reduce the size and power consumption of power-assist systems. This method uses the ratio of the assist-force impulse to the operator-force impulse as an indicator for evaluating proposed method. Proposed method predicts the needs of the operator and delivers the desired load-reduction ratio by predicting operation. The results show that the target load-reduction ratio can be obtained with proposed control method and indicate that the target load-reduction ratio can be obtained with 80% force. By applying our proposed method, short available time of power-assisted carts will be improved.

Direct Torque Control System and Sensorless Technique of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor

The direct torque control theory has achieved great success in the control ofinduction motors. However, in the DTC drive system of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM)proposed a few years ago, there are many basic theoretical problems that must be clarified. Thispaper describes an investigation about the effect of the zero voltage space vectors in the DTCsystem of PMSM and points out that if using the zero voltage space vectors rationally, not only canthe DTC system be driven successfully but also the torque ripple is reduced and the performance ofthe system is improved. This paper also studies the sensorless technique in the DTC system of PMSMand configures the DTC system of PMSM with sensorless technique including zero voltage spacevectors. Numerical simulations and experimental tests have proved the theory correct. In thecondition of sensor-less, the DTC system of PMSM is wide-rangely speed adjusting, and the ratio ofspeed adjustment is 1: 100.

Numerical simulation of the flow field of a flat torque converter

A flexible flat torque converter was proposed to fulfill the requirement of miniaturization and power density maximization for automobiles.Constructed by two arcs joined by lines,the torus was designed directly from design path.The influence of flatness on the performance of the torque converter was evaluated.The software CFX and standard k-ε model were adopted to simulate the internal flow fields of the torque converter under different flatness ratios.The results indicated that the performance of the torque converter got worse as the flatness declined,but the capacity of pump increased.The efficiency and the torque ratio dropped slightly as the flatness ratio decreased.So the torque converter could be squashed appropriately to get high power density without too much efficiency sacrifice.But when the flatness ratio was below 0.2,there was a significant drop in the efficiency.

Detection of the Critical Duration of Different Types of Voltage Sags for Synchronous Machine Torque Oscillation

Voltage sages are classified in seven types that in each type, the voltage amplitude and angle of phase voltages are different. We demonstrated that voltage sag types have different effects on synchronous motor, especially on its torque pulsations. Torque pulsations are different in shape of oscillations and moreover, peak torque when voltage magnitude is restored has different correlation with sag duration, as sag type varies. By flux trajectory analysis, we mathematically extracted the critical durations for different types of voltage sags, in the case that the sag begins at the zero angle of the voltage wave. In order to observe the validity of the results, we simulated a synchronous motor subjected to different types of voltage sags. The simulation results confirmed the claim.

Mathematical modeling and analysis of gas torque in twin-rotor piston engine

The gas torque in a twin-rotor piston engine(TRPE) was modeled using adiabatic approximation with instantaneous combustion. The first prototype of TRPE was manufactured. This prototype is intended for high power density engines and can produce 36 power strokes per shaft revolution. Compared with the conventional engines, the vector sum of combustion gas forces acting on each rotor piston in TRPE is a pure torque, and the combustion gas rotates the rotors while compresses the gas in the compression chamber at the same time. Mathematical modeling of gas force transmission was built. Expression for gas torque on each rotor was derived. Different variation patterns of the volume change of working chamber were introduced. The analytical and numerical results is presented to demonstrate the main characteristics of gas torque. The results show that the value of gas torque in TRPE falls to be less than zero before the combustion phase is finished; the time for one stroke is 30° in terms of the rotating angle of the output shaft; gas torque in one complete revolution of the output shaft has a period which is equal to 60° and it is necessary to put off the moment when gas torque becomes zero in order to export the maximum energy.

Dependency of Torque on Aerofoilcamber Variation in Vertical Axis Wind Turbine

The advancements in the wind turbine technology specially associated with Vertical Axis Wind Turbines (VAWT), has been improved for last couple of years. This is due to extensive use of computational techniques. This paper investigates dependency of torque on aerofoil geometry by performing numerical simulation on Darrieustype VAWT with fix pitch blades. Coordinate points for aerofoil was generated using Java Foil software. Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes (RANS) turbulence modelling was used for predicting the flow and efficiency of the three blades VAWT. The unsteady flow condition was considered to make simulation as realistic as possible. In order to visualize high strain flow and separation, we used two equation models i.e. k-ε with RNG. NACA 0012 aerofoil was used and camber variations were carried out for developing samples of aerofoil to check the enhancement in performance of VAWT. Results demonstrate the torque and power along with its coefficients. It has been investigated that the performance efficiency was significantly improved by changing the aerofoil camber, demonstrating highest torque with camber (C3) aerofoil and the least performance was observed using camber (C0).

Mode-based Damping Torque Analysis in Power System Low-frequency Oscillations

The mode-based damping torque analysis(M-DTA)method for studying the effect of an external controller on power system low-frequency oscillations is proposed in this paper.First,based on the interconnection model between the system and the controller in the frequency domain,the oscillation loop corresponding to the electromechanical oscillation mode is built,and then the mode-based damping torque of the controller can be calculated.Then,the application of the M-DTA method in the power system is illustrated.The derivation shows that in the single-machine infinite-bus power system,the M-DTA method is completely equivalent to the classical damping torque analysis(C-DTA)method.In the multi-machine power system,the mode-based damping torque directily reflects the effect of the controller on the oscillation mode,overcoming the shortcomings of the C-DTA method in which there is no direct correspondence between the damping torque and the oscillation mode.By deriving the relationship with the residue index,the M-DTA method shows higher accuracy than the residue method in applications,such as controller parameter adjustment.Finally,two example power systems are presented to demonstrate the application of the proposed M-DTA method.Index Terms-Electromechanical oscillation mode,FACTS,interconnection model in the frequency domain,mode-based damping torque analysis(M-DTA),power system low-frequency oscillation,PSS,residue method.

Open-circuit Fault-tolerant Control Strategy Based on Five-level Power Converter for SRM System

Switched reluctance motor power converters are prone to open-circuit faults because it need to withstand large voltages and currents.Due to the small number of traditional asymmetrical half bridge topology switches,it is difficult to carry out fault tolerant control when power converters has an open-circuit fault,resulting in larger output torque ripple.This paper presents a five-level power converter based on the traditional asymmetric half-bridge power converter.The five-level topology has more switching states and can work in multi-level mode.Based on the topology,different excitation and demagnetization voltages can be choose at different speeds.A fault-tolerance strategy is developed to decrease the influence of the open-circuit fault.The five-level power converter has four switches per phase,and two of them will be used in one of the operating mode.So the remaining two of the switches can be used for safe backup,enabling fault-tolerant control when an open-circuit occur.Since each phase of the five-level power converter proposed in this paper is independent of each other,a reasonable control strategy can be used to avoid the unbalance of the midpoint potential.Finally,the topology and fault-tolerant strategy proposed in this paper are verified by simulation and experiment.

Performance Evaluation of a Permanent Magnet Electric-Drive- Reconfigured Onboard Charger with Active Power Factor Correction

This paper presents a comprehensive charging operation for an electric-drive-reconfigured onboard charger(EDROC)with active power factor correction(APFC).The charging topology exclusively utilizes the three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor(PMSM)propulsion system as a three-channel boost-type converter in which only a contactor and a small diode bridge are added.First,the operation scenario of the EDROC is introduced.Second,the relationship between electromagnetic torque and rotor position is investigated.Third,the current ripple cancellation of the EDROC is discussed in detail.Moreover,to implement the single-phase APFC along with charging voltage/current regulation of propulsion battery,control strategies including current balancing and synchronous/interleaving PWM strategies are incorporated.Finally,200W proof-of-concept prototype-based tests are conducted under different operation scenarios.

A novel technology for control of variable speed pumped storage power plant

Variable speed pumped storage machines are used extensively in wind power plant and pumped storage power plant. This paper presents direct torque and flux control(DTFC) of a variable speed pumped storage power plant(VSPSP). By this method both torque and flux have been applied to control the VSPSP. The comparison between VSPSP's control strategies is studied. At the first, a wind turbine with the capacity 2.2 k W and DTFC control strategies simulated then a 250 MW VSPSP is simulated with all of its parts(including electrical, mechanical, hydraulic and its control system) by MATLAB software. In all of simulations, both converters including two-level voltage source converter(2LVSC) and three-level voltage source converter(3LVSC) are applied. The results of applying 2LVSC and 3LVSC are the rapid dynamic responses with better efficiency, reducing the total harmonic distortion(THD) and ripple of rotor torque and flux.

CALCULATION OF POWER CONSUMPTION OF BARE SPINDLE(WITHOUT BOBBIN) FOR RING SPINDLE

In this paper, the formula for calculating the power consumption of a bare spindle(without bobbin) is introduced, which is suitable to all spindle of similar structure. The results of calculation for D1203 spindle agrees closely with the results of measurement. The calculated results show that power is consumed by three main parts, and mostly by the part of spindle upper bearing. The way of reducing power consumption of bare spindle is also recommended in the paper.

Optimal Decreased Torque Gain Control for Maximizing Wind Energy Extraction Under Varying Wind Speed

Optimal torque(OT)control is a widely used method for maximum power point tracking(MPPT)due to its simplicity.In order to overcome the adverse impacts of turbulent wind speed variations on MPPT,in several methods,modification factors have been proposed to dynamically modify the ideal power curve for OT control.However,this paper finds that the update cycles used in existing methods to adjust power curve modification factors are very long and hence these factors are difficult to be updated in a timely manner along with the wind speed variations.This thereby may deteriorate the effectiveness of wind energy extraction.Therefore,an optimal decreased torque gain(DTG)control method is proposed in this paper.Based on the persistence method,an offline mapping from the wind speed and rotor speed to optimal modification factors is established via optimal control theory.The power curve can be periodically modified online through the mapping relationship.In this method,the update cycles for these power curve modification factors are shortened from tens of minutes to seconds.The simulations and experiments show that the proposed method is more efficient than others in terms of energy extraction under varying wind speeds,especially for turbulent wind cases.

Torque characteristics in a large permanent magnet synchronous generator with stator radial ventilating air ducts

In this study, we investigated the torque characteristics of large low-speed direct-drive permanent magnet synchronous generators with stator radial ventilating air ducts for offshore wind power applications. Magnet shape optimization was used first to improve the torque characteristics using two-dimensional finite element analysis（FEA） in a permanent magnet synchronous generator with a common stator. The rotor step skewing technique was then employed to suppress the impacts of mechanical tolerances and defects, which further improved the torque quality of the machine. Comprehensive three-dimensional FEA was used to evaluate accurately the overall effects of stator radial ventilating air ducts and rotor step skewing on torque features. The influences of the radial ventilating ducts in the stator on torque characteristics, such as torque pulsation and average torque in the machine with and without rotor step skewing techniques, were comprehensively investigated using three-dimensional FEA. The results showed that stator radial ventilating air ducts could not only reduce the average torque but also increase the torque ripple in the machine. Furthermore, the torque ripple of the machine under certain load conditions may even be increased by rotor step skewing despite a reduction in cogging torque.

利用GT-POWER研究进气温度升高对增压汽油机性能的影响

本文利用一维热力学软件GT-power进行仿真模拟,计算分析了不同进气温度对于整车匹配的增压汽油机的外特性和进气量的影响,计算分析结果显示,对于5 500 r/min工况点,空滤后温度升高30℃,中冷后温度不变,进气量降低6. 9%,扭矩降低7. 6%,空滤后温度不变,中冷后温度升高30℃,进气量降幅减小,降低1. 9%,扭矩降幅增多,降低8%。

基于GT-POWER汽油机低速扭矩优化分析

某汽油机主要考虑匹配货车和客车,所以需要对发动机的低速扭矩进行优化。通过GT-Power软件建立发动机仿真模型,应用GT-Power中的DOE功能分析进气门升程和开启持续角对发动机扭矩的影响,得出2400 r/min以下转速,通过减小凸轮升程和包角来提升扭矩;然后采用EXCITE TD软件生成新的凸轮型线,并进行运动学和动力学分析,验证型线的有效性;最后,将优化后的凸轮型线输入到GT-power模型中,仿真结果为:2400 r/min以下转速,扭矩有2%左右的提升,但是高速扭矩有所下降。

无润滑电磁轴承保护轴承跌落过程摩擦发热分析

为在设计阶段预测电磁轴承保护轴承的寿命,计算跌落过程中保护轴承的发热功率非常重要。很多场合下保护轴承无润滑或只有固体润滑,因此选择局部法,重点分析球与滚道之间的滚动弹性滞后、球自旋、差动滑动等机制引起的发热,推导了差动滑动发热功率解析公式。开展实际电磁轴承高速电机无制动自由跌落实验,实测轴心轨迹和保护轴承冲击力,利用实验数据计算了保护轴承发热功率,并与实测转子动能变化率对比。研究发现,在确定了保护轴承安装预紧力情况下,局部法计算的保护轴承发热功率与转子动能变化率在量级上相当,证明了理论计算可行性;球自旋发热最多,其次是球与滚道差动滑动发热,两者之和占总发热的主要部分,球与滚道弹性滞后发热较少。

新型沙漏形隔磁结构的主副齿式永磁游标电机的设计与分析

基于传统交替极双定子分裂齿式永磁游标电机的拓扑结构提出一种新型沙漏形隔磁结构的主副齿式永磁游标电机,旨在进一步提高电机转矩密度和解决永磁体极间漏磁的问题。依据磁场调制原理,首先对定子主齿和副齿的结构参数进行优化设计,主齿的调节作用使低速旋转永磁体磁场和高速旋转电枢磁场进行耦合,副齿对气隙磁场进一步调节产生其他次有效谐波增加电机的同步转矩分量。在永磁体两侧引入沙漏形隔磁结构,该结构不仅抑制极间泄漏,而且大大降低永磁体径向应力和径向形变;并探究永磁体极弧系数对转矩及功率因数的影响,确定优化设计后的模型参数。最后用有限元仿真结果验证了沙漏形隔磁结构的主副齿式永磁游标电机的优越性,相较于传统的分裂齿式永磁游标电机,该电机具有更大的转矩和更小的转矩脉动。

基于虚拟电力系统稳定器的低频振荡抑制策略

基于虚拟同步发电机(VSG)控制的新能源机组虽可增强电网惯量及频率稳定性,但可能继承与同步机类似的低频振荡问题。针对该问题,首先基于单台VSG并网的线性化模型,构建了适用于VSG的Phillips-Heffron模型,借助阻尼转矩法挖掘了VSG低频振荡的诱发机理。进一步提出一种附加于VSG无功环节的虚拟电力系统稳定器(VPSS),并给出了控制结构及基于相位补偿法的参数设计过程。研究结果表明:VSG发生低频振荡是由于系统受扰后,虚拟功角的振荡信号经过虚拟励磁调节器对VSG机电振荡回路产生了负阻尼转矩。将所提VPSS接入系统可在几乎不影响振荡频率的前提下,实现0.1~3 Hz下VSG低频振荡的有效抑制。

基于二维动态减载和双层MPC的风储联合调频与功率优化分配

风机可以通过减载控制提供调频备用功率,但存在弃风量大的问题。为此,结合储能装置,设计了考虑风速分区与储能荷电状态(SOC)的二维动态减载策略,在提供充足调频备用功率的同时减小了弃风功率。在此基础上,结合双层模型预测控制(MPC)架构,提出了计及机组转矩波动的风储联合调频控制策略,上层MPC将风电场视作整体,通过协调风储出力提升调频效果;下层MPC通过风电场内的功率优化分配以抑制机组的转矩波动,保证调频性能的同时提高了机组运行稳定性。通过仿真分析验证了所提策略的有效性,结果表明该减载策略具有更高的风能利用率,且在调频过程中通过机组的功率优化分配减小了机组的转矩波动,提高了机组运行稳定性。

双轮毂电机驱动力矩在线分配控制方法研究

针对双轮毂电机驱动汽车的高效低耗能问题,提出一种考虑双轮毂电机驱动力矩在线实时反馈的优化方法。首先,建立轮毂电机能耗模型、动力学模型以及转矩分配控制模型;其次,以轮毂电机驱动效率为目标,以轮毂电机转矩、转速和能耗为不等式约束,建立基于加入异变序列的QPSO-LSTM算法的优化模型;最后,搭建Lab-VIEW软件实验平台,使轮毂电机在716 N·m转矩峰值和1000 r/min转速峰值的约束条件下稳定输出。结果表明,软件平台可实时监测并调整驱动车辆系统数据,在FTP-75工况下,加入异变序列的QPSO-LSTM算法比量子遗传算法和粒子群算法的单循环能耗分别降低了2.98%和4.64%;在CLTC-P工况下,单循环能耗分别降低了3.06%和4.81%。