Reduced-Order Feedback Linearization for Independent Torque Control of a Dual Parallel-PMSM System

Connecting two PMSMs in parallel to a 2-level 3-leg inverter gives a way to build up a high power-density driving system using existing electronic devices. But this type of system has a nature of nonlinearity that creates an obstacle in high performance control and the original system cannot be feed...

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Main Authors: Tianyi Liu, Xiaoyan Ma, Fanglai Zhu, Maurice Fadel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2021-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9350260/
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Summary:Connecting two PMSMs in parallel to a 2-level 3-leg inverter gives a way to build up a high power-density driving system using existing electronic devices. But this type of system has a nature of nonlinearity that creates an obstacle in high performance control and the original system cannot be feedback-linearized directly. This article presents a reduced-order feedback-linearization method. In the first place, an extra order-reducing step that separates the system as a main system and an auxiliary system is applied. Then a feedback-linearization method is applied to the reduced-order system. With these effort, the original system can be converted into a linear time-invariant system bringing the controller design problem into the linear domain. In the last step, a linear robust state-feedback controller is used to achieve the speed control as well as compensate the unmeasurable external load torque. An extensive experiment is given to verify the feasibility and good performance in a highly unbalanced load torque situation of the designed controller.
ISSN:2169-3536