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Rotor position estimator for a switched reluctance machine
Assignee: General Electric Co
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Filing: 1991-02-11
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Granted: 1992-03-17
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Expires: 2011-02-11
Abstract
Abstract A method and apparatus for indirectly determining rotor position in a switched reluctance motor (SRM) are based on instantaneous flux and phase current sensing. For each phase in a predetermined sequence of phase sensing, which depends on the particular quadrant of machine operation, phase flux and phase current measurements are made during operation in a pair of predetermined sensing regions each defined over a range of rotor angles. Rotor angle estimates are derived from the flux and phase current measurements made during the sensing region for each respective phase. The rotor angle estimates for each phase are normalized with respect to a common reference and then used to generate a rotor position estimate for the SRM.
Inventors
- 👤 James P. Lyons
- 👤 Stephen R. MacMinn
Bibliographic Details
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-30 06:40
CPC Classifications
H; H02; H02P; H02P6/00; H02P6/14; H02P6/16; H02P6/18; H02P25/00; H02P25/02; H02P25/08; H02P25/086; H02P25/089
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
270 words
A method for estimating rotor position of a switched reluctance motor including a stator having a plurality of pairs of opposing stator poles and a rotor having a plurality of rotor poles, each respective phase of said motor comprising at least one of said pairs of opposing stator poles and a phase winding wound thereon, said method comprising the steps of: sensing phase current in each respective phase of said switched reluctance motor during a operation in a pair of sensing regions each corresponding to a predetermined range of rotor angles and according to a predetermined phase sensing sequence; sensing phase flux in each respective phase of said switched reluctance motor during operation in each respective sensing region according to said predetermined phase sensing sequence; determining whether rotor poles of said switched reluctance motor are approaching alignment with the stator poles of each respective phase during operation in each respective sensing region according to said predetermined phase sensing sequence; generating a rotor angle estimate corresponding to each respective value of phase flux and phase current during operation in each respective sensing region for each respective phase; normalizing each respective rotor angle estimate with respect to one phase of said switched reluctance motor; and computing a rotor position estimate θ r for said motor according to the expression: θ.sup.r =SIDE·θ.sup.n +2π, wherein θ n represents the normalized rotor position estimate for the respective phase of said motor, and SIDE is equal to +1 or -1, depending upon whether the rotor poles of said motor are approaching alignment or unalignment, respectively, with the stator poles of the respective phase of said motor.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
270 words
A method for estimating rotor position of a switched reluctance motor including a stator having a plurality of pairs of opposing stator poles and a rotor having a plurality of rotor poles, each respective phase of said motor comprising at least one of said pairs of opposing stator poles and a phase winding wound thereon, said method comprising the steps of: sensing phase current in each respective phase of said switched reluctance motor during a operation in a pair of sensing regions each corresponding to a predetermined range of rotor angles and according to a predetermined phase sensing sequence; sensing phase flux in each respective phase of said switched reluctance motor during operation in each respective sensing region according to said predetermined phase sensing sequence; determining whether rotor poles of said switched reluctance motor are approaching alignment with the stator poles of each respective phase during operation in each respective sensing region according to said predetermined phase sensing sequence; generating a rotor angle estimate corresponding to each respective value of phase flux and phase current during operation in each respective sensing region for each respective phase; normalizing each respective rotor angle estimate with respect to one phase of said switched reluctance motor; and computing a rotor position estimate θ r for said motor according to the expression: θ.sup.r =SIDE·θ.sup.n +2π, wherein θ n represents the normalized rotor position estimate for the respective phase of said motor, and SIDE is equal to +1 or -1, depending upon whether the rotor poles of said motor are approaching alignment or unalignment, respectively, with the stator poles of the respective phase of said motor.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of sensing phase flux comprises sensing the voltage V across the respective phase winding and computing the phase flux Ψ according to the expression: Ψ=∫(V-Ir)dt , where r is the phase winding resistance, and I is the phase current.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of generating a rotor angle estimate corresponding to each respective value of phase flux and phase current comprises extracting each respective rotor angle estimate from a look-up table.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
46 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the steps of generating a rotor angle estimate, normalizing each respective rotor angle estimate with respect to one phase of said switched reluctance motor, and computing a rotor position estimate θ r for said motor are performed by a microprocessor.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 1 wherein each respective pair of sensing regions comprises a pair of discrete sampling instants.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
284 words
A rotor position estimator for a switched reluctance motor including a stator having a plurality of pairs of opposing stator poles and a rotor having a plurality of rotor poles, each respective phase of said motor comprising at least one of said pairs of opposing stator poles and a phase winding wound thereon, said rotor position estimator comprising: current sensing means for sensing phase current in each respective phase of said switched reluctance motor during operation in a pair of sensing regions each corresponding to a predetermined range of rotor angles and according to a predetermined phase sensing sequence; flux sensing means for sensing phase flux in each respective phase of said switched reluctance motor during operation in each respective sensing region according to said predetermined phase sensing sequence; direction means for determining whether rotor poles of said switched reluctance motor are approaching alignment with the stator poles of each respective phase during operation in each respective sensing region according to said predetermined phase sensing sequence; means for generating a rotor angle estimate corresponding to each respective value of phase flux and phase current during operation in each respective sensing region for each respective phase; means for normalizing each respective rotor angle estimate with respect to one phase of said switched reluctance motor; and calculating means for generating a rotor position estimate θ r for said motor according to the expression: θ.sup.r =SIDE·θ.sup.n +2π, wherein θ n represents the normalized rotor position estimate for the respective phase of said motor, and SIDE is equal to +1 or -1, depending upon whether the rotor poles of said motor are approaching alignment or unalignment, respectively, with the stator poles of the respective phase of said motor.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
284 words
A rotor position estimator for a switched reluctance motor including a stator having a plurality of pairs of opposing stator poles and a rotor having a plurality of rotor poles, each respective phase of said motor comprising at least one of said pairs of opposing stator poles and a phase winding wound thereon, said rotor position estimator comprising: current sensing means for sensing phase current in each respective phase of said switched reluctance motor during operation in a pair of sensing regions each corresponding to a predetermined range of rotor angles and according to a predetermined phase sensing sequence; flux sensing means for sensing phase flux in each respective phase of said switched reluctance motor during operation in each respective sensing region according to said predetermined phase sensing sequence; direction means for determining whether rotor poles of said switched reluctance motor are approaching alignment with the stator poles of each respective phase during operation in each respective sensing region according to said predetermined phase sensing sequence; means for generating a rotor angle estimate corresponding to each respective value of phase flux and phase current during operation in each respective sensing region for each respective phase; means for normalizing each respective rotor angle estimate with respect to one phase of said switched reluctance motor; and calculating means for generating a rotor position estimate θ r for said motor according to the expression: θ.sup.r =SIDE·θ.sup.n +2π, wherein θ n represents the normalized rotor position estimate for the respective phase of said motor, and SIDE is equal to +1 or -1, depending upon whether the rotor poles of said motor are approaching alignment or unalignment, respectively, with the stator poles of the respective phase of said motor.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
71 words
The rotor position estimator of claim 6 wherein said flux sensing means comprises: voltage sensing means for sensing voltage across the phase winding of each respective phase of said switched reluctance motor during operation in each respective sensing region according to said predetermined phase sensing sequence; and integrating means for providing a phase flux estimate from the sensed phase current and voltage of each respective phase of said switched reluctance motor.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
The rotor position estimator of claim 6 wherein said means for generating a rotor angle estimate a look-up table.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The rotor position estimator of claim 6 wherein said means for generating a rotor angle estimate, means for normalizing each respective rotor angle estimate and said calculating means together comprise a microprocessor.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
21 words
The rotor position estimator of claim 6 wherein each respective pair of sensing regions comprises a pair of discrete sampling instants.
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