Current and voltage shaping method via modified d–q transformation for the torque ripple compensation in PMSMs

Abstract

This study deals with a novel control strategy for permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs) to incorporate disturbance compensation features in the existing current controller maintaining at the same time the integrity of the reference tracking performances. The torque produced by a PMSM arises from the interaction of stator currents and rotor magnetic flux, therefore an intrinsic disturbance is propagated to the output, in case the flux is not perfectly sinusoidal. In particular, the authors focus is to propose the effective correction of undesired harmonic effects generated on the torque from the non-ideal machine rotor. With the knowledge of the back electromagnetic force waveform, it is possible to determine the current waveforms necessary to produce a smooth torque in normal operation and through model-base considerations, the required voltage harmonic waveforms are also computed. The method is also extended to the flux weakening operation of the machine. The analytical solutions found are used in place of the classical αβ/dq transformations, without modifying the field-oriented control performance of the main controller. The effectiveness of the proposed control scheme is verified by means of test-bench measurement.

Keywords

• torque control
• electric current control
• machine control
• torque
• permanent magnet motors
• stators
• magnetic flux
• synchronous motors
• rotors
• transforms
• voltage harmonic patterns
• modified d–q transformation
• current shaping
• machine rotor
• voltage shaping
• field-oriented control performance
• machine-specific harmonics
• current harmonics
• back electromagnetic force shape
• rotor magnetic flux
• stator currents
• permanent magnet synchronous machines
• PMSM
• torque ripple compensation