Experimental fault-tolerant control of a PMSM drive

Author

Bolognani, Silverio ; Zordan, Marco ; Zigliotto, Mauro

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Padova Univ., Italy

Volume

47

Issue

5

fYear

2000

fDate

10/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1134

Lastpage

1141

Abstract

The paper describes a study and an experimental verification of remedial strategies against failures occurring in the inverter power devices of a permanent-magnet synchronous motor drive. The basic idea of this design consists of incorporating a fourth inverter pole, with the same topology and capabilities of the other conventional three poles. This minimal redundant hardware, appropriately connected and controlled, allows the drive to face a variety of power device fault conditions while maintaining a smooth torque production. The achieved results also show the industrial feasibility of the proposed fault-tolerant control, that could fit many practical applications

Keywords

fault tolerance; invertors; machine control; permanent magnet motors; synchronous motor drives; torque control; PMSM drive; fault tolerant torque control; fault-tolerant control; faulty pole isolation; fourth inverter pole; inverter power devices; minimal redundant hardware; permanent-magnet synchronous motor drive; smooth torque production; Capacitors; Circuit faults; Fault tolerance; Heat engines; Inverters; Stators; Switches; Synchronous motors; Torque; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/41.873223

Filename

873223