• International Journal of Automotive Technology
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.729-739
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• 2006

This paper describes an active fault-tolerant control system for an induction motor drive that propels an Electrical Vehicle(EV) or a Hybrid one(HEV). The proposed system adaptively reorganizes itself in the event of sensor loss or sensor recovery to sustain the best control performance given the complement of remaining sensors. Moreover, the developed system takes into account the controller transition smoothness in terms of speed and torque transients. In this paper which is the sequel of (Diallo et al., 2004), we propose to introduce more advanced and intelligent control techniques to improve the global performance of the fault-tolerant drive for automotive applications(e.g. EVs or HEVs). In fact, two control techniques are chosen to illustrate the consistency of the proposed approach: sliding mode for encoder-based control; and fuzzy logics for sensorless control. Moreover, the system control reorganization is now managed by a fuzzy decision system to improve the transitions smoothness. Simulations tests, in terms of speed and torque responses, have been carried out on a 4-kW induction motor drive to evaluate the consistency and the performance of the proposed fault-tolerant control approach.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.07b
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• pp.1117-1119
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• 2003

기존의 사다리꼴형 브러시리스 직류 전동기(BLDCM)의 센서리스 제어는 전류전환 시점을 알기 위하여 홀 센서 대신 단자 전압과 중성점 전압을 이용한다. 하지만, 속도 제어를 위해서는 엔코더나 레졸바와 같은 센서를 사용해야한다. 2극기 BLDC 모터의 경우 단자전압을 이용한 위치정보는 모터 한 회전 당 12번의 신호가 출력된다. 엔코더 혹은 레졸바를 제거하고, 이 신호를 이용하여 속도 정보를 만들 경우, 속도를 만들기 위한 위치 정보의 펄스 간격이 넓게 되어 순시 속도를 만들지 못하게 된다. 이로 인하여 실제 속도의 변화를 민감하게 추정하지 못하게 된다. 따라서 이렇게 만들어진 속도 정보는 실제 시스템에서 사용할 수 없게 된다. 이러한 문제를 해결하려고 본 논문에서는 순시 속도 관측기를 사용한다 단자전압과 중성점 전압에 의한 위치정보를 가지고 순시 속도 관측기를 속도 제어 주기보다 빠르게 갱신함으로써 순시 속도를 예측한다. 또한 이 순시 속도는 속도 제어기로 피드백 되어 속도 센서리스를 실현한다. 이에 대한 타당성은 시뮬레이션을 통해 검증한다.

• Journal of Power Electronics
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.974-986
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• 2015

A novel inverter fault-tolerant control scheme is proposed to drive brushless DC motor. A fault-tolerant inverter and its three fault-tolerant schemes (i.e., phase A fault-tolerant, phase B fault-tolerant, and phase C fault-tolerant) are analyzed. Eight voltage vectors are summarized and a voltage vector selection table is used in the control scheme to improve the midpoint current of the split capacitors. A stator flux observer is proposed. The observer can improve flux estimation, which does not require any speed adaptation mechanism and is immune to speed estimation error. Global stability of the flux observer is guaranteed by the Lyapunov stability analysis. A novel stator resistance estimator is incorporated into the sensorless drive to compensate for the effects of stator resistance variation. DC offset effects are mitigated by introducing an integral component in the observer gains. Finally, a control system based on the control scheme is established. Simulation and experiment results show that the method is correct and feasible.

• Journal of the Institute of Electronics and Information Engineers
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• v.53 no.6
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• pp.174-180
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• 2016

This paper study about an unscented Kalman filter with a variety type of unscented transformation to estimate state values for speed control without position sensor of a permanent-magnet synchronous motor. The principles of an unscented transformation and unscented Kalman filter are examined and their application is explained. Generally the mapping process can be divided into two type, such as a basic and a general form according to a scaling parameter. And computation time, the number of samples, and weights about samples are different from each other. But, there is no little information on the scaling parameter value how this value influences the system performance. Simulation and experimental results show the validity of the designed unscented transformation performance with the various scaling parameter values for sensorless motor drive.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.7 no.5
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• pp.472-481
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• 2002

In this paper, the instantaneous flux Is applied to control the position of the SRG (Switched Reluctance Generator) without position sensor. The position information of the rotor is required in the drive of SRG. These data are generally obtained by a shaft encoder or resolver. In some cases, the EMI(Electro Magnetic Interference), vibration, thermal, and humidity environments may cause the difficulties in maintaining the satisfactory performance for the position detection. Therefore, the elimination of the position and speed sensor is needed. In this paper, a new method for the position estimation of the SRG is proposed. The estimation of the flux is calculated by using the measured voltage and current. The rotor position gets from the flux profile. The output voltage is also controlled constantly by PR control algorithm. These methods are verified by computer simulations md experiments using DSP. Experimental results certificate that the proposed method is able to control the SRG stable, and keep the output voltage constant in spite of changing of the load.

• Journal of Electrical Engineering and Technology
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.1945-1955
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• 2018

High frequency signal injection (HFI) is an alternative method for estimating rotor position of interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM). The general method of frequency and amplitude selection is based on error tolerance and experiments, and is usually set with only one group of HF parameters, which is not efficient for different working modes. This paper proposes a novel rotor position estimation scheme by HFI with optimized frequency and amplitude, based on the mathematic model of IPMSM. The requirements for standstill and low-speed operational modes are met by applying this novel scheme. Additionally, the effects of the frequency and amplitude of the injected HF signal on the position estimation results under different operating conditions are analyzed. Furthermore, an optimization method for HF parameter selection is proposed to make the estimation process more efficient under different working conditions according to error tolerance. The effectiveness of the propose scheme is verified by the experiments on an IPMSM motor prototype.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Power Electronics
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.33-40
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• 2008

This paper proposes a sensorless drive method that estimates the rotor position by analysing Back EMF of single-phase Switched Reluctance motor (SRM). The rotor position information is necessary required, because SRM's torque is generated by exciting a stator winding according to rotor position. In order to detect the position of the rotor, the various rotor position sensors have been used. However, most of the position sensors not only increase the construction cost and the volume of the motor but also decrease reliability of driving system with environment. This paper proposed the method using the Back EMF to solve such problems. When a rotor and stator are overlapped, the Back EMF is sharply changed. By detecting this point, the rotor position can be estimated. Thus SRM is driven by turn on and turn off switches at the proper position through speed calculation. The validity of proposed method is verified through simulation and experiment.

• International Journal of Control, Automation, and Systems
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• v.1 no.3
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• pp.368-375
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• 2003

Data fusion approach is investigated to avoid suction in the left ventricular assist system (LVAS) using a nonpulsatile pump. LVAS requires careful control of pump speed to support the heart while preventing suction in the left ventricle and providing proper cardiac output at adequate perfusion pressure to the body. Since the implanted sensors are usually unreliable for long-term use, a sensorless approach is adopted to detect suction. The pump model is developed to provide the load coefficient as a necessary signal to the data fusion system without the implanted sensors. The load coefficient of the pump mimics the pulsatility property of the actual pump flow and provides more comparable information than the pump flow after suction occurs. Four signals are generated from the load coefficient as inputs to the data fusion system for suction detection and a neural fuzzy method is implemented to construct the data fusion system. The data fusion approach has a good ability to classify suction status and it can also be used to design a controller for LVAS.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• v.19 no.1
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• pp.90-100
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• 2014

Position estimation that uses only active phase voltage and current is presented, to perform high accuracy position sensorless control of a SRM drive. By extracting the amplitude of the first switching harmonic terms of phase voltage and current for a PWM period through Fast Fourier Transform (FFT), the flux-linkage and position are estimated without external hardware circuitry, such as a modulator and demodulator, which result in increased cost, as well as large position estimation error, produced when the motional back EMF is ignored near zero speed. A two-phase SRM drive system, consisting of an asymmetrical converter and a conventional closed-loop PI current controller, is utilized to validate the performance of the proposed position estimation scheme in comprehensive operating conditions. It is shown that the estimated values very closely track the actual values, in dynamic simulations and experiments.

• Proceedings of the KIPE Conference
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• 2011.11a
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• pp.153-154
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• 2011

본 논문은 비대칭 2상 SRM의 센서리스 속도제어를 위한 초기각 검출 및 초기 기동방식과 자속관측기를 적용한 센서리스 제어에서 전동기의 온도 및 파라미터 변동에 의한 자속 오차 성분으로 인해 발생하는 위치 추정오차를 보상하기 위한 새로운 보상기를 제안한다. 제안된 방식은 전압펄스 인가로 초기각을 검출하고 검출된 초기 위치정보를 바탕으로 동일한 전압펄스 인가를 통해 비여자상이 여자상이 되는 회전자 위치를 검출하여 상여자를 교체하는 초기기동을 통해 자속관측기를 적용한 센서리스 제어로 안정적으로 진입하도록 한다. 이 때, 제안된 추정위치 보상기를 통해 추정된 센서리스 위치를 순시적으로 보상한다.