US6731083B2
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Flux feedback control system
Assignee: Nidec SR Drives Ltd
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Filing: 2002-04-22
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Granted: 2004-05-04
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Expires: 2022-04-22
Abstract
Abstract An electrical machine includes a rotor, a stator operably coupled with the rotor, at least one phase winding operably coupled with the rotor and stator and arranged to establish flux in a magnetic circuit in the machine, and a flux observer adapted to produce a signal indicative of flux-causing voltage across the at least one phase winding. A flux control system includes a flux controller adapted to receive a flux command as an input and to provide a phase coil energization signal as an output. The system also includes an electromagnetic system adapted to receive the phase coil energization signal, the electromagnetic system including at least one phase coil, and a flux observer adapted to provide a feedback signal to the flux controller. The feedback signal corresponds to flux in the electromagnetic system, and the phase coil energization signal provided by the flux controller energizes the electromagnetic system such that flux in the electromagnetic system follows the flux command.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph Gerald Marcinkiewicz
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 14:43
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23K; B23K20/00; B23K20/12; B23K20/121
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A flux control system, comprising: a flux controller adapted to receive a flux command as an input and to provide a phase coil energization signal as an output; an electromagnetic system adapted to receive the phase coil energization signal, the electromagnetic system comprising a plurality of phase coils, wherein the phase coil energization signal is in the form of an energization vector that includes separate energization signals for each of the phase coils; and a flux observer adapted to provide a feedback signal to the flux controller, the feedback signal corresponding to flux in the electromagnetic system; wherein the phase coil energization signal provided by the flux controller energizes the electromagnetic system such that flux in the electromagnetic system follows the flux command.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
A flux control system, comprising: a flux controller adapted to receive a flux command as an input and to provide a phase coil energization signal as an output; an electromagnetic system adapted to receive the phase coil energization signal, the electromagnetic system comprising a plurality of phase coils, wherein the phase coil energization signal is in the form of an energization vector that includes separate energization signals for each of the phase coils; and a flux observer adapted to provide a feedback signal to the flux controller, the feedback signal corresponding to flux in the electromagnetic system; wherein the phase coil energization signal provided by the flux controller energizes the electromagnetic system such that flux in the electromagnetic system follows the flux command.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A flux control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electromagnetic system comprises an electromagnetic actuator.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
18 words
A flux control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flux observer comprises a Hall-effect probe.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
A flux control system as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the Hall-effect probe is a thin-film Hall-effect device.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
18 words
A flux control system as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flux observer comprises a Gauss meter.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
124 words
An electrical drive system comprising: an electrical machine having a rotor, a stator and at least one phase winding arranged to establish flux in a magnetic circuit in the machine; an observer adapted to produce a feedback signal proportional to flux-causing voltage across the or each phase winding, wherein the observer is part of a flux estimator adapted to produce a flux signal proportional to the flux in the or each phase winding from the feedback signal; and a flux controller having an input signal representing demanded output of the machine, which controller is responsive to the input signal and the feedback signal to produce control signals for actuating at least one switch to control the flux in the at least one phase winding.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
124 words
An electrical drive system comprising: an electrical machine having a rotor, a stator and at least one phase winding arranged to establish flux in a magnetic circuit in the machine; an observer adapted to produce a feedback signal proportional to flux-causing voltage across the or each phase winding, wherein the observer is part of a flux estimator adapted to produce a flux signal proportional to the flux in the or each phase winding from the feedback signal; and a flux controller having an input signal representing demanded output of the machine, which controller is responsive to the input signal and the feedback signal to produce control signals for actuating at least one switch to control the flux in the at least one phase winding.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A system as claimed in claim 6 in which the observer includes a transducer operably coupled with the or each phase winding.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
15 words
A system as claimed in claim 6 in which the observer includes a search coil.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
26 words
A system as claimed in claim 6 in which the observer is operably coupled with a voltage model of the machine for producing the feedback signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
A system as claimed in claim 6 in which the estimator includes a current model of the machine arranged to receive signals representing phase current and rotor position and being operable to produce a flux estimate for the or each phase winding therefrom.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
A system as claimed in claim 10 in which the estimator includes at least one comparator for producing a current model error signal from the flux estimate and the feedback signal.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
56 words
A system as claimed in claim 10 in which the observer is operably coupled with a voltage model of the machine for producing the feedback signal, further in which the estimator further includes at least one adder for summing output of the voltage model and differentiated output of the current model to produce the feedback signal.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
58 words
A system as claimed in claim 10 in which the estimator includes a current model controller arranged to apply a control law function to output of the current model, the current model controller having a response to machine speed such that a current model output signal is increasingly attenuated with increasing machine speed above a predetermined machine speed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
70 words
A system as claimed in claim 10 in which the observer is operably coupled with a voltage model of the machine for producing the feedback signal, the system further being adapted to cause output of the current model to dominate output of the voltage model at relatively low machine speeds, and to cause output of the voltage model to dominate output of the current model at relatively high machine speeds.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
A system as claimed in claim 6 in which the electrical machine is a switched reluctance machine.
Claim 18
Independent Claim
78 words
A method of controlling an electrical machine having a rotor, a stator and at least one phase winding, the method comprising: arranging a transducer in a magnetic circuit of the machine to produce a flux signal indicative of the flux in the at least one phase winding; producing an input signal representing a demanded output of the machine; and controlling energization of the at least one phase winding in response to the input signal and the flux signal.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
78 words
A method of controlling an electrical machine having a rotor, a stator and at least one phase winding, the method comprising: arranging a transducer in a magnetic circuit of the machine to produce a flux signal indicative of the flux in the at least one phase winding; producing an input signal representing a demanded output of the machine; and controlling energization of the at least one phase winding in response to the input signal and the flux signal.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method as claimed in claim 16 wherein the machine is a switched reluctance machine.
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