• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.19 no.5
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• pp.1203-1215
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• 2019

Sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motor drive systems are often subjected to inaccurate commutation signals and can produce high current peaks and conduction consumption. To achieve accurate commutation, a fast commutation shift regulation method for sensorless BLDC motor drive systems considering the influence of the inductance freewheeling process is presented to compensate inaccurate commutation signals. The regulation method is effective in both steady speed and variable speed operations. In the proposed method, the commutation error is gained from the line-voltage difference integral in a 60 electrical-degree conduction period and the outgoing phase current before commutation. In addition, the detection precision of the commutation error is improved due to the consideration of the freewheeling period. The commutation error is directly obtained, which avoids successive optimization and accelerates the convergence rate of the proposed method. Moreover, the commutation error features a positive or negative sign, which can be utilized as an indicator of advanced or delayed commutation. Finally, experiments are conducted to validate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed method. The results obtained show that the proposed method can accurately regulate commutation signals.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers B
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• v.50 no.1
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• pp.23-29
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• 2001

A BLDC motor has a serious drawback that torque pulsation is generated in every commutation period though it has many advatages compared to the conventional DC Motor. In this paper, the influence of commutation time on torque pulsation is studied. Generally in calculating the torque of BLDC motor, it is assumed that the decaying phase back EMF is constant, but the torque model considering decaying phase back EMF is introduced here. Through it, the torque in commutation period has torque pulsation component caused by commutation itself and it cannot be removed perfectly even if there is no current pulsation. To reduce the torque pulsation, a new method is proposed, which controls a point of commutation and the optimal point of commutation is found. Simulation shows that proposed method reduces the torque pulsation considerately.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2000.07a
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• pp.610-614
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• 2000

Torque pulsation generated in every commutation period is the main drawback of BLDC motor which deteriorates the precision of BLDC motor. Many methods to solve this problem have been proposed. In this paper a new torque model considered with decaying phase back EMF is introduced and from it the cause of torque pulsation in commutation period is analyzed. Form this analysis new algorithms to reduce the torque pulsation by commutation time are proposed and with simulation the validity is verified.

• Journal of Industrial Technology
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• v.24 no.A
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• pp.109-117
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• 2004

This paper presents a current control strategy to reduce torque ripple of Brushless DC Motor in commutation period with PWM pattern. The torque ripple is mainly caused by the inequality in the rate of change between rising current and decaying one during commutation. And also it is influenced by the shape of real back EMF. Therefore, in the proposed control strategy, considering real back EMF a compensation voltage is generated to equalize the rate of change in these commutating currents. And then, by providing the compensation voltage in commutation period with PWM pattern, the torque ripple can be reduced. The simulation and experimental results verify that the proposed method can reduce the torque and the current ripples significantly.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.6 no.3
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• pp.250-257
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• 2001

SRM drives generate large vibration and acoustic noise because it is rotated by step pulse mmf and switching commutation mechanism. The main vibration source of SRM drive is generated by rapidly variation of radial force when phase winding current is extinguished for commutation action. So the rapidly variation of radial force is repressed firstly to reduce vibrating force of SRM drive. This paper suggests an SRM excitation scheme using unidirect-short compensation winding to reduce vibration of the motor. The motor is excited by a two stage commutation method during commutation period. This paper suggests an SRM excitation scheme using unidirect-short compensation winding to reduce vibration of the motor. The motor is excited by a tow stage commutation method during commutation period. This reduction effect of vibration is verified with the result obtained in the test of prototype machine.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.55-57
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• 1999

SRM Drives generate large vibration and acoustic noise because it is rotated by step pulse mmf and switching commutation mechanism. The main vibration source of SRM Drive is generated by rapidly variation of radial force when phase winding current is extinguished for commutation action. So the rapidly variation of radial force is repressed firstly to reduce vibrating force of SRM Drive. This paper suggests the vibration reduction method that SRM Drive with unidirect-short compensation winding is excited by a two stage commutation method at commutation period. This reduction effect of vibration is verified with the result obtained in the test of prototype machine.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.38-46
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• 1996

The commutation operation of the current source converter for switched reluctance motor drives is analyzed in this paper. The commutation operation in the current source converter consists of two modes. At turn-off of phase switch, the phase current decreases sinusoidally, and the sum of two phase currents during commutation period is constant. At this time, the capacitor voltage increases quickly with changing polarity and decreases slowly when another phase switches turn on or off. Frequency of step-down DC chopper in the current source converter is low because of the dump such as BJTs and GTOs are possible as phase switches instead of Power MOSFET and IGBTS. They may result in reductions of conduction losses and manufacturing cost in the current source converter comparing to the voltage source converter of SRM.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.56-63
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• 2003

This paper studies that torque model considered with decaying phase back-EMF is different In conduction and commutation period and analyzes the torque pulsation components mathematically. In this paper, it is proposed a novel method to suppress torque pulsation due to commutation time. First, it propose commutation delay time control method, which is to compensate current slope of rising phase and decaying phase to control commutation time. Current ripple is minimized at non-commutating current and torque ripple is reduced below critical speed range that dc link voltage is the same as four times of back-EMF voltage. However, torque ripple still exists due to the relation with back-EMF and commutating current and it is increased on a large scale above critical speed range, especially. Secondly, proposed method is commutation time control, which is considered with torque pulsation due to the relation of back-EMF and commutating current. Through the proposed method, the torque pulsation can be minimized in the whole speed range as well as range over critical speed.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 1997.11a
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• pp.497-499
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• 1997

The torque ripple is generated in brushless de motors due to phase commutation and cause undesirable vibrations in servo application. This paper presents a new method reduce the torque ripple of brushless dc motor in commutation period.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.449-456
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• 2017

This study proposes a method for compensating for the commutation torque ripple of delta-connected brushless DC motors with low inductance based on a current predictions. At the commutation instant, a phase current at the next sampling period is predicted and compared with the reference phase current to determine whether torque ripples will occur or not. If the predicted current cannot reach the reference phase current, the reference current is modified and the relevant voltage reference is produced to reduce the torque ripple. The validity of the proposed method has been verified by simulation and experimental results. The commutation torque ripple has been decreased by 17.7% at 1,000 rpm and 80% load conditions.