VALVE CONTROL DEVICE

• US 20110273127A1
• Filed: 01/12/2010
• Published: 11/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
• Inventors: Onishi, Yoshitaka, Imamura, Naoki, Kawamura, Satoshi, Iezawa, Masahiro
• Granted Patent: US 8,395,345 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 318/650
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2041/2058 using information of the actual current value
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2200/0404 Throttle position
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 2250/14 Timing of measurement, e.g. synchronisation of measurements to the engine cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/1497 With detection of the mechanical response of the engine
• CPC Class Codes: F02D 41/20 Output circuits, e.g. for controlling currents in command coils
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/06 Rotor flux based control involving the use of rotor position or rotor speed sensors
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/14 Estimation or adaptation of machine parameters, e.g. flux, current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/08 Arrangements for controlling the speed or torque of a single motor H02P6/10, H02P6/28 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/085 in a bridge configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/10 Arrangements for controlling torque ripple, e.g. providing reduced torque ripple

Abstract

In opening/closing control for the valve mechanism to which the return torque is applied in an opening direction or a closing direction of the valve, provided are a position control system for outputting a q-axis current command based on a position deviation between a target position command directed to the brushless DC motor and the coarse present position of the motor obtained by using the position detection sensor of a pulse output type, and a current control system in which a virtual current feedback is built for outputting a phase voltage command without a current sensor based on the q-axis current command and the coarse present position of the motor obtained by using the position detection sensor of the pulse output type.

Claims

1. A valve control device for a valve mechanism to which a return torque is applied in an opening direction or a closing direction of a valve, the valve control device controlling opening and closing of the valve in a balance between the return torque and a motor torque provided by control of a motor for applying a torque in a direction opposite to a direction of the return torque,

the valve control device comprising:

a detection position converter for converting an electrical angle detection position, which is a present position of the motor detected by a position detection sensor of a pulse output type and changes stepwise, into a mechanical angle detection position;

a position control system for outputting a q-axis current command based on a deviation between a target position command and the mechanical angle detection position of the motor; and

a current control system constituting a current feedback system for distributing the q-axis current command to a phase current command of each of phases of the motor based on the electrical angle detection position which changes stepwise, generating a phase voltage command of the each of the phases based on a current deviation between the phase current command and a fed-back estimated current of the each of the phases, obtaining an estimated induced voltage of the each of the phases based on the electrical angle detection position which changes stepwise and an induced voltage actually measured in advance, and obtaining an estimated current of the each of the phases based on the estimated induced voltage and the phase voltage command, and outputting a phase voltage command to which saturation processing is finally applied in an actually-used voltage range.

2. The valve control device according to claim 1, wherein the current control system comprises:

a phase corrector for outputting a phase correction amount, which is used for correction of an amount corresponding to a phase lag of the electrical angle detection position due to influence of a sampling period of the current control system;

a current command distributor for distributing the q-axis current command into the phase current command of the each of the phases of the motor based on the phase correction amount and the electrical angle detection position;

a current controller for generating the phase voltage command based on the current deviation obtained by a difference operation between the phase current command and the fed-back estimated current of the each of the phases;

a saturation processor for applying the saturation processing to the phase voltage command in the actually-used voltage range to output the phase voltage command;

a filter for smoothing the electrical angle detection position to obtain an electrical angular velocity, which is a present velocity of the motor;

an induced voltage estimator for obtaining the estimated induced voltage of the each of the phases based on the phase correction amount, the electrical angle detection position, the electrical angular velocity, and the induced voltage actually measured in advance; and

a current estimator configured by modeling a relationship between a voltage and a current for one phase of a three-phase motor as a first-order lag element for obtaining the estimated current based on a voltage deviation obtained by a difference operation between the estimated induced voltage, which is an output of the induced voltage estimator, and the phase voltage command, which is an output of the saturation processor.

3. The valve control device according to claim 2, wherein the current command distributor generates the phase current command of the each of the phases of a square wave obtained by waveform shaping for each of detection intervals of an electrical angle detection position, which is a new present position of the motor obtained by a correction calculation based on the phase correction amount obtained from the phase corrector, based on the electrical angle detection position and the q-axis current command.

4. The valve control device according to claim 2, wherein the induced voltage estimator generates the estimated induced voltage of the each of the phases of a square wave obtained by waveform shaping for each of detection intervals of an electrical angle detection position, which is a new present position of the motor obtained by a correction calculation based on the phase correction amount obtained from the phase corrector, based on the electrical angle detection position, the electrical angular velocity, and the induced voltage actually measured in advance.

5. The valve control device according to claim 1, wherein the position detection sensor has an electrical angle resolution of from 30 deg to 60 deg.