Segmented, modular synchronous reluctance direct‐drive minimising the drive‐train costs

Multi‐agent control in modular motor drives by means of gossip consensus

“…� communication from i to j: S 1 = {(1, 2), (1, 5), (2, 1), (2, 3), (3, 2), (3,4), (4, 3), (4, 5), (5, 4), (5, 1)}; � communication between i and j: In summary, this means that under communication strategy i → j of Figure 1a, only one edge is activated during one period T c , and that all the edges have been activated once after 2p = 10 periods T c . Under communication strategies i ↔ j and m → i and j (Figure 1b,c), on the other hand, two edges are activated during one period T c .…”

“…The vertices represent the agents, and an edge (x, y) means that agent x can send information to agent y. In this work, the communication network hence comprises a set of five agents or vertices (V ¼ f1; 2; 3; 4; 5g) and a set of 10 edges or communication links (E = {(1, 5), (1, 2), (2, 1), (2, 3), (3,2), (3,4), (4,3), (4,5), (5,4), (5, 1)}).…”

“…The combination of a motor module and its PE converter module is often referred to as a pole drive unit (PDU) in literature [1,2]. A pole drive unit can be used as building blocks for electric drives, giving advantageous economies of scales effect, while still meeting the need for flexibility and reliability in present-day applications [3,4]. Other advantages of this modular approach include additional degrees-of-freedom for advanced control strategies, power rating scalability, overall drive system size and cost optimisation, easy manufacturing, better thermal performance, and increased efficiency and fault tolerance compared to traditional drives [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8].…”