CONTROL SYSTEM FOR BEARINGLESS MOTOR-GENERATOR
First Claim
1. A motor drive system comprising:
- an electrical motor havingi) a stator with a core;
ii) a rotor supported for movement relative to the stator, andiii) polyphase windings wound on the core, each polyphase winding being spatially separated by 360 electrical degrees;
a polyphase power supply for each of the polyphase stator windings, each polyphase power supply comprising a pole pair;
an inner loop controller configured for controlling the polyphase power supply for each of the polyphase windings, the inner loop controller having a pole pair configured for controlling a rotor reference frame q-axis current anda rotor reference frame d-axis current; and
an outer loop controller configured for;
i) determining torque and force requirements necessary for motoring and levitation (rotor lateral position control); and
ii) converting the torque and force requirements to appropriate commands for the rotor reference frame q-axis currents and the rotor reference frame d-axis currents for each of the polyphase systems,whereby the rotor reference frame d-axis current commands and the rotor reference frame q-axis currents commands are sent to the inner loop control.
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Abstract
A control system for an electromagnetic rotary drive for bearingless motor-generators comprises a winding configuration comprising a plurality of individual pole pairs through which phase current flows, each phase current producing both a lateral force and a torque. A motor-generator comprises a stator, a rotor supported for movement relative to the stator, and a control system. The motor-generator comprises a winding configuration supported by the stator. The winding configuration comprises at least three pole pairs through which phase current flows resulting in three three-phase systems. Each phase system has a first rotor reference frame axis current that produces a levitating force with no average torque and a second rotor reference frame axis current that produces torque.
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42 Claims
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1. A motor drive system comprising:
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an electrical motor having i) a stator with a core; ii) a rotor supported for movement relative to the stator, and iii) polyphase windings wound on the core, each polyphase winding being spatially separated by 360 electrical degrees; a polyphase power supply for each of the polyphase stator windings, each polyphase power supply comprising a pole pair; an inner loop controller configured for controlling the polyphase power supply for each of the polyphase windings, the inner loop controller having a pole pair configured for controlling a rotor reference frame q-axis current and a rotor reference frame d-axis current; and an outer loop controller configured for; i) determining torque and force requirements necessary for motoring and levitation (rotor lateral position control); and ii) converting the torque and force requirements to appropriate commands for the rotor reference frame q-axis currents and the rotor reference frame d-axis currents for each of the polyphase systems, whereby the rotor reference frame d-axis current commands and the rotor reference frame q-axis currents commands are sent to the inner loop control. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 35, 36, 37)
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22. The motor drive system of claim 22, wherein the position error is forced to zero with PID control.
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31. The motor drive system of claim 31, wherein the angle of the radial component of each of the available six vectors is calculated.
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32. The motor drive system of claim 32, wherein two of the available vectors are used to create a force on the rotor.
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33. The motor drive of system claim 33, wherein a desired arbitrary force is converted from the vector basis to two rotor reference frame d-axis currents.
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34. The motor drive system of claim 34, wherein the desired arbitrary force is given by its x and y components and converted to two rotor reference frame d-axis currents.
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38. A five axis suspended bearingless motor drive system comprising:
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a plurality of motor drives that share a common rotor structure; an integrated position controller controlling five position quantities; and an integrated motoring controller. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42)
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