Interior permanent magnet machine systems and methods for controlling interior permanent magnet machines

• US 8,552,673 B2
• Filed: 02/28/2011
• Issued: 10/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Deere & Company
• Original Assignee: Deere & Company
• Inventors: Wu, Long, Shaw, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Ip, Paul
• Application Number:
  US13/036,513
• Publication Number:
  US 20120217911A1
• Time in Patent Office: 953 Days
• Field of Search: 318/400.02, 318/63, 318/254, 318/432, 318/474, 318/634, 318/599, 318/701, 318/757, 318/762, 318/811, 318/400.3, 318/400.07, 318/400.22
• US Class Current: 318/400.3
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/0025 implementing a off line learning phase to determine and store useful data for on-line control
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/14 Estimation or adaptation of machine parameters, e.g. flux, current or voltage
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 21/16 Estimation of constants, e.g. the rotor time constant
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 27/085 wherein the PWM mode is adapted on the running conditions of the motor, e.g. the switching frequency
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 29/67 Controlling or determining the motor temperature by back electromotive force [back-EMF] evaluation
• CPC Class Codes: H02P 6/085 in a bridge configuration

Abstract

Example embodiments disclose an Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) machine system including an IPM machine including a nominal operating direct current (dc) bus voltage, and a controller configured to detect an operating dc bus voltage of the IPM machine and to control the IPM machine based on the nominal operating dc bus voltage and the detected operating dc bus voltage.

Claims

1. An Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) machine system comprising:

an IPM machine including a nominal operating direct current (dc) bus voltage; and

a controller configured to detect an operating dc bus voltage of the IPM machine and to control the IPM machine based the nominal operating dc bus voltage and the detected operating dc bus voltage, wherein the controller is configured to detect an operating rotor shaft speed of the IPM machine, determine a ratio of the detected operating dc bus voltage to the detected operating rotor shaft speed and control the IPM machine based on the determined ratio.

2. The IPM machine system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to control the IPM machine based on a compensation coefficient associated with the determined ratio.

3. The IPM machine system of claim 2, wherein the controller is configured to adjust the determined ratio by multiplying the compensation coefficient with the determined ratio, the adjusted ratio representing a variation of parameters of the IPM machine at different rotor shaft speeds.

4. The IPM machine system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to generate a set of direct axis and quadrature axis current commands to control an output torque of the IPM machine based on the determined ratio.

5. The IPM machine system of claim 4, wherein the controller includes,

a first processing unit configured to detect the operating dc bus voltage and three phase currents of the IPM machine,

a second processing unit configured to detect an angular rotor shaft position of the IPM machine and an operating rotor shaft speed of the IPM machine, and

a calculation unit configured to determine a ratio of the detected operating dc bus voltage to the detected operating rotor shaft speed, the set of direct-axis and quadrature-axis current commands being based on the determined ratio.

6. The IPM machine system of claim 5, wherein the controller includes,

two three-dimensional lookup tables configured to determine the set of direct-axis and quadrature-axis current commands based on the determined ratio.

7. The IPM machine system of claim 5, wherein the controller includes,

a look-up table configured to store a plurality of compensation coefficients, each respectively associated with an operating dc bus voltage, the set of direct-axis and quadrature-axis current commands being based on the compensation coefficient associated with the determined ratio.

8. The IPM machine system of claim 7, wherein the look-up table is a two-dimensional look-up table.

9. The IPM machine system of claim 4, wherein the controller includes,

a first three-dimensional look-up table configured to determine the d-axis current command based on the determined ratio adjusted by the associated compensation coefficient and a torque command, and

a second three-dimensional look-up table configured to determine the q-axis current command based on the determined ratio adjusted by the associated compensation coefficient and the torque command.

10. The IPM machine system of claim 9, wherein the torque command is a percentage of a base torque.

11. The IPM machine system of claim 10, wherein the base torque is based on the determined ratio adjusted by the associated compensation coefficient.

12. The IPM machine system of claim 11, wherein the controller includes,

a two-dimensional lookup table configured to store a plurality of base torques, each respectively associated with a ratio of an operating dc bus voltage to an operating rotor shaft speed.

13. A method of controlling an Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) machine comprising:

determining an operating dc bus voltage of the IPM machine and a nominal dc bus voltage of the IPM machine, the determining including,

determining an operating rotor shaft speed of the IPM machine;

subsequently determining a drive command based on the operating dc bus voltage of the IPM machine and the nominal dc bus voltage of the IPM machine, the subsequent determining includes,

determining a ratio between the operating dc bus voltage and the operating rotor shaft speed,

adjusting the determined ratio by multiplying an associated compensation coefficient with the determined ratio, and

determining the drive command based on the adjusted ratio; and

outputting the determined drive command to the IPM machine.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein

the subsequent determining includes,

determining a set of direct-axis and quadrature-axis current commands based on a determined difference between the operating dc bus voltage of the IPM machine and the nominal dc bus voltage of the IPM machine, and

wherein the outputting includes outputting the direct-axis and quadrature-axis current commands to the IPM machine.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the associated compensation coefficient is based on the operating dc bus voltage.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the subsequent determining includes,

determining a base torque based on the adjusted ratio,

receiving a true torque command value,

determining a percentage of the true torque command value compared to the base torque, and

determining the drive current commands based on the determined torque command percentage and adjusted ratio.

17. An Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) machine system comprising:

an IPM machine; and

a controller configured to detect an operating dc bus voltage and operating rotor shaft speed of the IPM machine, determine a ratio of the detected operating dc bus voltage to the detected operating rotor shaft speed and control the IPM machine based on the determined ratio.

18. The IPM machine system of claim 17, wherein the controller is configured to,

determine a base torque based on the determined ratio,

receive a true torque command value,

determine a percentage of the true torque command value compared to the base torque, and

control the IPM machine based on the determined torque command percentage and determined ratio.