Permanent magnet synchronous motor drives
Permanent magnet synchronous motorThe Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor is a rotating electric machine where the stator is a classic three phase coils like that of an induction motor and the permanent magnets are located on the rotor surface. A PMSM provides rotation at a fixed speed in synchronization with the frequency of the power source, regardless of the fluctuation of the load or line voltage. The motor runs at a fixed speed synchronous with mains frequency, at any torque up to the motor's operating limit. The PMSM consist stator windings and rotor permanent magnets sinusoidally distributed so Field Oriented Control can be used (Vas, 1990). From a control point of view, FOC is transfer and extension of DC motor control theory into PMSM. The basic concept is control by a excitation field and armature field-current (Vas, 1990). This type of machines are extensively used in servo drives for low power machine tool, e.g. robots, positioning devices etc. They are receiving increased attention by possibility to use in the region of larger power e.g. electricity generation. The following requirements for servo drives must be served:• high possible power to weight ratio, • large torque to inertia ratio -high acceleration possible, • smooth torque in wide speed -small pulsation of speed, • full torque at zero speed -stand still working, • high speed operation, • compact design and small size. New types of Permanent Magnet materials offer the ability to design electromagnetic energy converters with complicated shapes. Permanent magnets can be sticked or inserted to the small rotor. Rare-earth magnets are mostly used in modern drive. It can be obtained air-gap flux density in range of 1 T. PMSM are used in high-accuracy direct-drive applications mainly due to their advantages. Compared to conventional DC motors, they have no brushes or mechanical commutators, which eliminates the problems due to mechanical wear of the moving parts. In addition, the better heat dissipation characteristic and ability to operate at high speed render them superior to the PMSM drives.
Vector control scheme of PMSMThe control scheme of PMSM is relative simple, proposed scheme is presented on Figure 2. www.intechopen.com The field-oriented controller is based on a current-controlled voltage source inverter structure (Vas, 1990;Janiszewski 2004;Terorde, 2002). The current control loops are arranged in the 2-phase synchronously rotating rotor reference frame d-q aligned with rotor flux (also rotor position g), while the rotor position and speed detection operates in the 2-phase stationary reference frame α . The dq-phase arrangement PMSM machine is similar to DC machine in operation. The excitation flux (Ψf) is frozen to the direct axis of the rotor and is associated with d axis. Equivalent of armature current in DC machine is associated with current in q axis. There is also assumed that the effect of any magnetic saturation is neglected during working and thus for modelling purposes the permanent ma...