Advanced PM brushless DC motor control and system for electric vehicles

Author

Luo, Fang Lin ; Yeo, Hock Guan

Author_Institution

Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1336

Abstract

Electric vehicles may be one of the main future transportation trends from the next decade due to their low-pollution and high efficiency. Reviewing the papers in the literature we can see that the best motive equipment is permanent magnet brushless DC (PM BLDC) motor. Many papers discuss the power supply for PM BLDC motors. This paper introduces a novel digital signal processor (DSP) controlled pulse width modulated (PWM) chopper to drive a PM BLDC motor. The main power supply unit is a chopper consisting of three power switches, which has a simple circuit and low-cost topology with less power losses. A comprehensive analysis on the principle of operation, design considerations and control algorithms implemented are described in this paper. The analysis also includes simulation and experimental results based on the prototype developed. The main objective is to achieve cost minimization and a simple structure drive system that is suitable for electric vehicle applications

Keywords

DC motor drives; brushless DC motors; choppers (circuits); digital control; digital signal processing chips; electric vehicles; machine control; permanent magnet motors; power supplies to apparatus; pulse width modulation; PWM chopper; advanced PM brushless DC motor control; cost minimization; digital signal processor; electric vehicles; high efficiency; low-cost topology; low-pollution; power losses; power switches; pulse width modulated chopper; Algorithm design and analysis; Brushless DC motors; Brushless motors; Choppers; Control systems; DC motors; Electric vehicles; Power supplies; Pulse width modulation; Transportation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2000. Conference Record of the 2000 IEEE

Conference_Location

Rome

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6401-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2000.882057

Filename

882057