ZANCHETTA P.

This paper presents a novel oversampling deadbeat current control approach for permanent magnet synchronous motor drives capable of operating at a controller sampling frequency multiple of the power converter switching frequency. Model-based controllers suffer from heavy computational demand and performance degradation due to parameter...

A lad-used servo permanent magnet synchronous motor has been accidentally damaged due to overcurrent. On the one hand, the mechanical damage, in the end, bearing and break part generates acoustic noise even when rotating the shaft by hand. On the other hand, the back electromotive force of the motor becomes unbalanced and exceedingly high...

This article presents a systematic control design procedure for an active front-end (AFE) converter connected to a power electronics embedded grid. A parametric model of the grid is first identified using the AFE itself to excite the system. This model is then integrated with the AFE one in order to obtain a global system representation....

Based on the internal model principle, repetitive controller (RC) is capable of reducing periodic torque ripple by generating a compensating action that consequently needs to be synchronized with the original ripple. However, the synchronization is difficult to achieve using the conventional RC when the sampling frequency is not integer...

Finite state model predictive control (MPC) has been recently applied to several converter topologies, as it can provide many advantages over other MPC techniques. The advantages of MPC include fast dynamics, multitarget control capability, and relatively easy implementation on digital control platforms. However, its inherent variable switching...

The angle-based repetitive controller (RC) has been applied successfully in the literature for torque ripple suppression in variable speed permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs). The RC is preferred because of its learning capability, which allows the cancelation of all periodic ripples from multiple sources. However, its tuning method...

Bearingless machines are relatively new devices that consent to suspend and spin the rotor at the same time. They commonly rely on two independent sets of three-phase windings to achieve a decoupled torque and suspension force control. Instead, the winding structure of the proposed multisector permanent magnet (MSPM) bearingless machine permits...

Radial force control in electrical machines has been widely investigated for a variety of bearingless machines, as well as for the conventional structures featuring mechanical bearings. This paper takes advantage of the spatial distribution of the winding sets within the stator structure in a multisector permanent-magnet (MSPM) machine toward...

The paper presentsn alternative radial force control technique for a Multi-Sector Permanent Magnet machine (MSPM). Radial force control has been widely investigated for a variety of bearingless machines and can be also applied to conventional PMSM aiming the reduction of the mechanical stress on the bearings as well as reduce the overall...

The study presents the direct flux and current vector control of an induction motor (IM) drive, which is a relatively newer and promising control strategy, through the use of model predictive control (MPC) techniques. The results highlight that the fast flux control nature of direct flux control strategy is further enhanced by MPC. Predictive...

In a common dc-link dual-fed open-end winding permanent magnet synchronous motor (OEW-PMSM) topology, it is well known how the additional flow of a zero-sequence current (ZSC) is permitted. The low zero-sequence impedance characteristic of high-speed machines leads to high-intensity and high-frequency ripple of the ZSC. Therefore, there is a...

In this paper, a dual-fed (DF) common dc-link topology open-end winding permanent magnet synchronous motor for aircraft high-speed starter-generator application is considered. While on one hand the common dc bus configuration significantly simplifies and reduces the costs of the topology, on the other hand it allows the zero-sequence current...

Stability analysis of power converters in ac networks is complex due to the nonlinear nature of the conversion systems. Whereas interactions of converters in dc networks can be studied by linearizing about the operating point, the extension of the same approach to ac systems poses serious challenges, especially for single-phase or unbalanced...

The paper presents a new implementation of direct flux and current vector control of an induction motor drive using the techniques of model predictive control. The advantages offered by predictive control are used to enhance the dynamics of direct flux vector control. To minimize the problems of variable switching frequency inherent to finite...

In recent years, a considerable effort has been made to minimize the size of dc-link capacitors in single-phase active front ends (SP-AFEs), to reduce cost, and to increase power density. As a result of the lower energy storage, a high-bandwidth outer dc voltage control loop is required to respond to fast load changes. Linearized modeling is...

High bandwidth and accuracy of the current control loop are fundamental requisites when a fast torque response is required or for facilitating the reduction of torque ripple in high-performance drives, especially at high speed. One of the most suitable control methods to achieve these goals is dead beat current control (DBCC). Many types of...

This paper presents a novel cascaded multilevel converter topology with reconfigurable battery modules able to merge the power conversion and the battery management functionalities for electric powertrain application. In the proposed topology, each battery cell can be individually connected or bypassed according to the required voltage and...