Strategies for the Fault-Tolerant Current Control of a Five-Phase Permanent-Magnet Motor

Author

Bianchi, Nicola ; Bolognani, Silverio ; Pré, Michele Dai

Author_Institution

Padova Univ., Padova

Volume

43

Issue

4

fYear

2007

Firstpage

960

Lastpage

970

Abstract

This paper deals with the postfault current control strategies of a five-phase permanent-magnet (PM) motor. The analysis covers both the open circuit of one and two phases and the short circuit at the machine terminal of one phase. The proposed control guarantees safe drive operation after any fault occurrence. For the sake of generality, an analytical model has been used to investigate the properties of each postfault strategy. The results are general, and they apply to PM motor of any power rating. Simulations and experimental results validate the theoretical predictions.

Keywords

AC motor drives; electric current control; fault tolerance; machine control; permanent magnet motors; variable speed drives; AC motor drives; fault-tolerant current control; fault-tolerant machines; five-phase permanent-magnet motor; post fault current control strategies; power rating; variable-speed drive; Analytical models; Circuit faults; Current control; Fault tolerance; Motor drives; Permanent magnet motors; Predictive models; Prototypes; Switches; Torque; AC motor drives; fault-tolerant machines; permanent-magnet (PM) motors; variable-speed drives;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industry Applications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0093-9994

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIA.2007.900445

Filename

4276839