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http://dx.doi.org/10.6113/JPE.2019.19.3.761

Hybrid Phase Excitation Method for Improving Efficiency of 7-Phase BLDC Motors for Ship Propulsion Systems  

Park, Hyung-Seok (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pusan National University)
Park, Sang-Woo (Appliance Control Research Team, LG Electronics)
Kim, Dong-Youn (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kim, Jang-Mok (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Pusan National University)
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Journal of Power Electronics / v.19, no.3, 2019 , pp. 761-770 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper proposes a hybrid phase windings excitation method for improving the efficiency of a 7-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motor in the electric propulsion system of a ship. The electrical losses of a BLDC motor system depend on the operating region and the number of excited phase windings (2-phase, 4-phase or general 6-phase windings). In this paper the operating region and torque/speed characteristics according to the motor rotation speed and propeller load are analyzed for a number of excitation methods. In addition, it analyzes the electrical losses of the system under each of the excitation methods in the entire operating region of the motor. In every sampling time, the proposed control method calculates the electrical loss of the system for each of the excitation methods and operates a 7-phase BLDC motor by selecting the excitation method that results a decreased electrical loss at the operating speed. The usefulness of the proposed control algorithm is verified through experimental results.
Keywords
7-phase brushless DC motors; Efficiency control; Electrical losses; Electric propulsion; Phase excitation method;
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