Fault-Tolerant Brushless DC Motor Drive For Electro-Hydrostatic Actuation System In Aerospace Application

Author

Huang, Xiaoyan ; Bradley, Keith ; Goodman, Andrew ; Gerada, Chris ; Wheeler, Pat ; Clare, Jon ; Whitley, Chris

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nottingham Univ.

Volume

1

fYear

2006

fDate

8-12 Oct. 2006

Firstpage

473

Lastpage

480

Abstract

This paper describes wet-type brushless DC motor driven by a single sided matrix converter (SSMC) as pump drive in an electro-hydraulic actuation (EHA) system for aerospace application. The use of an SSMC with a brushless DC motor is novel and is used to achieve operation without a microprocessor. A simple hysteresis current control strategy is implemented to control motor torque. The motor power rating is 12kW at 12,000 rpm and a "wet" form of construction is used where hydraulic oil is present in the motor in order to reduce the number of oil seals. Fault tolerance has been discussed for brushless DC motor and SSMC in this paper

Keywords

DC motor drives; actuators; aerospace control; brushless DC motors; electric current control; fault tolerance; matrix convertors; torque control; 12 kW; EHA system; SSMC; aerospace application; electro-hydrostatic actuation system; fault tolerance; hydraulic oil; hysteresis current control strategy; motor power rating; motor torque; pump drive; single sided matrix converter; wet-type brushless DC motor drive; Brushless DC motors; Current control; DC motors; Fault tolerant systems; Hysteresis motors; Matrix converters; Microprocessors; Petroleum; Seals; Torque control; BLDC; EHA; SSMC; fault tolerance; hysteresis band control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industry Applications Conference, 2006. 41st IAS Annual Meeting. Conference Record of the 2006 IEEE

Conference_Location

Tampa, FL

ISSN

0197-2618

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0364-2

Electronic_ISBN

0197-2618

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IAS.2006.256562

Filename

4025247