Sensorless Control of a Planetary Motor
Conference: PCIM Europe 2019 - International Exhibition and Conference for Power Electronics, Intelligent Motion, Renewable Energy and Energy Management
05/07/2019 - 05/09/2019 at Nürnberg, Deutschland
Proceedings: PCIM Europe 2019
Pages: 6Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Brunner, Andreas; Spiessberger, Richard; Schroedl, Manfred (Technische Universität Wien, Institute of Energy Systems and Electrical Drives, Austria)
Abstract:
This paper presents the sensorless control capabilities of a Planetary Motor, a novel Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM) design introduced in 2017. Although the Planetary Motor is a multi-rotor machine, it electrically acts like a single-rotor machine. This can be utilized to apply sensorless control algorithms like the INFORM and Back-EMF method to provide the rotor angle information for field-oriented control in the entire speed range including standstill. Measurements of both sensorless methods are presented and as the evaluation shows, these methods are applicable to the Planetary Motor.