Efficiency Analytical Characterization for Brushless Electric Drives

The paper is focused on the formalization of an experimental procedure aimed to char-acterize the efficiency behaviour of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor-based drive. The characterization is intended to expose the analytical behaviour of the system efficiency by the actual operating condition a...

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Main Authors: Brando, G. (Author), Dannier, A. (Author), Del Pizzo, A. (Author)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI 2022
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Summary:The paper is focused on the formalization of an experimental procedure aimed to char-acterize the efficiency behaviour of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor-based drive. The characterization is intended to expose the analytical behaviour of the system efficiency by the actual operating condition assigned through torque/speed value. The availability of such a relation in a simple analytical form would allow for real-time adjustment by advanced power management strategies to maximize the whole system efficiency. The proposed method is based on a defined set of measures corresponding to several drive operating conditions. A straightforward elaboration procedure is then formulated with the aim to quantify the different parameters, which intervene in the efficiency characterization. The method has been applied on a 155 kW drive. The results show that good accuracy is achieved while keeping the analytical approach relatively simple. © 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
ISBN:19961073 (ISSN)
DOI:10.3390/en15082963