Cascaded Model Predictive Control of Six-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor with Fault Tolerant Ability

In the field of high-power electric drives, multiphase motors have the advantages of high power-density, excellent fault tolerance and control flexibility. But their decoupling control and modulation process are much more complicated compared with three-phase motors due to the increased degree of freedom. Finite control set model predictive control can reduce the difficulties of controlling six-phase motors because it does not require modulation process. In this paper, a cascaded model predictive control strategy is proposed for the optimal control of high-power six-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors. Firstly, the current prediction model of torque and harmonic subspaces are established by decoupling the six-phase spatial variables. Secondly, a cascaded cost function with fault-tolerant capability is proposed to eliminate the weighting factor in the cost function. And finally, the proposed strategy is demonstrated through theoretical analysis and experiments. It is validated that the proposed method is able to maintain excellent steady-state control accuracy and fast dynamic response while significantly reduce the control complexity of the system. Besides, it can easily achieve fault-tolerant operation under open-phase fault.

A New Switching Sequences of SVPWM for Six-Phase Induction Motor with Features of Reduced Switching Losses

In this paper,new SVPWM switching sequences for six-phase asymmetrical induction motor drives are derived with the aim to reduce inverter’s switching losses.Total three switching sequences are introduced in this paper.These sequences are derived such that the phases get continuously clamped when a current of the phases is around its peak magnitude and hence reduced switching losses are recorded.The comparative performances of these modulation techniques are studied with two existing switching sequences.Simulation,analytical and experimental results are presented.Based on these results,it is found that new switching sequences reduce switching losses effectively in dual three phase inverters.

PSO Based Controlled Six-phase Grid Connected Induction Generator for Wind Energy Generation

This paper deals a detailed performance investigation of asymmetrical six-phase grid connected induction generator(GCIG)in two proposed configurations in variable speed operation.During the system development,regulation of DC-link voltage has been proposed using particle swarm optimization(PSO)based PI controller,ensuring the power flow to utility grid through back to back converters.The closed loop operation of asymmetrical six-phase GCIG using indirect field oriented control in different configurations has been carried out in Matlab/Simulink environment.Analytical results have been verified using real time test results on virtual platform of Typhoon HIL supported with some experimental validation.

Research on Open-circuit Fault Tolerant Control of Six-phase Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine Based on Fifth Harmonic Current Injection

This paper proposes a novel control approach for fault-tolerant control of dual three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motor(PMSM) under one-phase open-circuit fault.A modified six-phase static coordinate transformation matrix and an extended rotating coordinate transformation matrix are investigated considering the influence of the fifth harmonic space on fault-tolerant control. These mathematical models are further analyzed in the fundamental space and the fifth harmonic space after the fault and to eliminate the coupling between the d-q axis voltage equation in the fundamental wave space and the d-q axis voltage equation in the fifth harmonic space, a secondary rotation coordinate transformation matrix is proposed. To achieve the purpose of reducing torque ripple, the fault-tolerant control method proposed in this paper not only takes the minimum copper loss as the constraint condition, but also injects the fifth harmonic current. The experimental result of current and torque is used to verify the accuracy of fault-tolerant control.

Research and Design of DTC System Based on Six-phase Asymmetrical BLDCM

In this paper,the torque ripple problem of six-phase asymmetrical brushless DC motor(BLDCM)is studied.First,the basic structure of BLDCM is introduced,and the operation principle of six-phase asymmetrical BLDCM that is studied in the thesis is expounded.Then,the principle of direct torque control(DTC)system of BLDCM is also discussed,and the improved system is proposed,including using the torque hysteresis loop and opening current hysteresis loop,and choosing the improved voltage vector to make the PWM-ON-PWM modulation.Finally,the DTC system simulation model is built,and the system is also tested by the experiment.According to the results of experiment and simulation,the DTC system designed in this thesis can control the six-phase asymmetrical BLDCM stably and reliably,and the problem of high frequency and torque ripple is solved well.

Study on Matching a 300 MVA Motor Generator with an Ohmic Heating Power Supply in HL-2M

A new 300 MVA/1350 MJ motor generator （MG） will be built to feed all of the poloidal field power supplies （PFPS） and auxiliary heating power supplies of the HL-2M tokamak. The MG has a vertical-shaft salient pole 6-phase synchronous generator and a coaxial 8500 kW induction motor. The Ohmic heating power supply （OHPS） consisting of 4-quadrant DC pulsed convertor is the one with the highest parameters among the PFPS. Therefore, the match between the generator and the OHPS is very important. The matching study with Matlab/Simulink is described in this paper. The simulation results show that the subtransient reactance of the generator is closely related to the inversion operation of the OHPS. By setting various subtransient reactance in the simulation generator model and considering the cost reduction, the optimized parameters are obtained as xd＂ = 0.405 p.u. at 100 Hz for the generator. The models built in the simulation can be used as an important tool for studying the dynamic characteristics and the control strategy of other HL-2M PFPSes.

Small Signal Stability of Three-phase and Six-phase Synchronous Motors:A Comparative Analysis

Small signal stability analysis is conducted for an asymmetrical six-phase synchronous motor in comparison with its equivalent three-phase counterpart.For this purpose,a linearized model of the six-phase synchronous motor is developed using the dq0 approach,which is used in eigenvalue criteria to determine absolute stability in comparison with its equivalent three-phase counterpart.The analysis includes a comparison of the variation in evaluated eigenvalues associated with the stator and rotor sides according to changes in both the three and six-phase machine parameters and working conditions.Key analytical results are experimentally investigated and validated on a test rig.

Modeling and Analysis of Six-Phase Synchronous Motor under Fault Condition

Multi-phase machines(more than three-phase)are rigorously being investigated for various high power applications due to their increased power to weight ratio,increased frequency and reduced magnitude of torque pulsation,and fault tolerant characteristics.Fault analysis of a system is extremely important,not only to understand its operating characteristic,but it is also required prior to the design of suitable control/protective scheme.Therefore,the aim of this paper is not to devise a new mathematical model and control algorithm,but to investigate the behavior of six-phase synchronous motor(SPSM)under fault conditions caused by open circuit(OC)and short circuit(SC)at its input terminals as that has not been reported so far.Some key analytical results have been experimentally verified.