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A low switching frequency of power converter is mandatory in high-power motor drives to suppress the switching loss and thermal stress. In this case, the asynchronous modulation may incorporate abundant harmonics. The well-known approach to solve the problem is to adopt the synchronous modulation. Among existing techniques, synchronous space vector modulation (SSVM) owns the simpler implementation. However, it is a big challenge to establish a closed-loop scheme based on SSVM. Therefore, this manuscript proposes the flux trajectory tracking based implementation of SSVM for induction motors. A state observer is first built up in a hybrid reference frame to acquire the stator flux with a long sampling period. Then, the stator flux is enforced to move on a predefined trajectory with an adjustable rotation speed. As a result, synchronizations and symmetries of voltage pulses, smooth transitions between different pulse patterns and fast dynamic response can be achieved without complex compensations and extraction of fundamental signals. Both simulations and experiments verify the effectiveness of proposed method. Particularly, the current harmonics are effectively suppressed compared with traditional method with asynchronous modulation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The dual-stator winding induction generator (DWIG) is an alternative main generator in a variable frequency ac power system. So far, the existing studies have not covered the issue of DWIGs excitation controllability, which is a matter of importance for airworthiness. In this article, we develop an impedance-based modeling and analysis technique to investigate DWIGs excitation controllability. Two related topics are presented: the spontaneous self-excitation analysis in uncontrolled system and the implicit internal self-excitation pattern analysis in actively controlled system. In the topic about spontaneous self-excitation, a virtual impulse source technique is developed to derive the impedance-based method properly in the analysis for uncontrolled DWIG. In the second topic, the analysis performed in the presence of a closed-loop controller figures out the same underlying mechanism in both the plant's open-loop stability and the spontaneous self-excitation. The experimental results verify the proposed analysis and techniques that benefit the comprehensive understanding and practical application of DWIG-based power system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper studies the challenging person re-identification (Re-ID) task under the cloth-changing scenario, where the same identity (ID) suffers from uncertain cloth changes. To learn cloth- and ID-invariant features, it is crucial to collect abundant training data with varying clothes, which is difficult in practice. To alleviate the reliance on rich data collection, we reinforce the feature learning process by designing powerful complementary data augmentation strategies, including positive and negative data augmentation. Specifically, the positive augmentation fulfills the ID space by randomly patching the person images with different clothes, simulating rich appearance to enhance the robustness against clothes variations. For negative augmentation, its basic idea is to randomly generate out-of-distribution synthetic samples by combining various appearance and posture factors from real samples. The designed strategies seamlessly reinforce the feature learning without additional information introduction. Extensive experiments conducted on both cloth-changing and -unchanging tasks demonstrate the superiority of our proposed method, consistently improving the accuracy over various baselines. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

A novel 24/17-pole 3-phase stator wound field flux switching (SWFFS) machine with the combination of overlapping armature winding (OAW) and asymmetric stator poles (ASP) is proposed for higher torque density in this article. First, the air-gap modulation principle of the 24/17-pole OAW-SWFFS machine is analyzed to better understand its torque production mechanism. Second, since the torque capacity will be greatly restricted by the serious magnetic saturation which is introduced by the OAW configuration, two effective measures are proposed from two perspectives in this article to solve this problem. The first measure is to reduce the magnetic saturation directly by optimizing the area ratio of armature slot and excitation slot, and thus, the torque density can be improved effectively. The second measure is to further enhance the open circuit flux linkages, back electromotive force (EMF), and thus, the torque density by adopting the proposed ASP structure. Furthermore, the accurate ASP distances which are corresponding to the largest back EMF can be obtained effectively based on the air-gap field modulation theory. Finally, the proposed design is validated experimentally by a prototype machine. The simulated and experimental results show that about 25.7% higher torque density can be obtained when compared with 24/14-pole SWFFS machine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Visible-infrared person re-identification (VI-ReID) is an emerging and challenging cross-modality image matching problem because of the explosive surveillance data in night-time surveillance applications. To handle the large modality gap, various generative adversarial network models have been developed to eliminate the cross-modality variations based on a cross-modal image generation framework. However, the lack of point-wise cross-modality ground-truths makes it extremely challenging to learn such a cross-modal image generator. To address these problems, we learn the correspondence between single-channel infrared images and three-channel visible images by generating intermediate grayscale images as auxiliary information to colorize the single-modality infrared images. We propose a grayscale enhancement colorization network (GECNet) to bridge the modality gap by retaining the structure of the colored image which contains rich information. To simulate the infrared-to-visible transformation, the point-wise transformed grayscale images greatly enhance the colorization process. Our experiments conducted on two visible-infrared cross-modality person re-identification datasets demonstrate the superiority of the proposed method over the state-of-the-arts. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Active disturbance rejection control using extended state observer (ESO) is less dependent on the knowledge of the system. It has proved to be an excellent scheme for speed control of electrical drives. However, for time-varying disturbance, the observation precision of conventional ESO is undesired, which limits the speed tracking accuracy. Accordingly, this article proposes an enhanced speed controller for electrical drives based on adaptive switching high-order ESO (ASHESO). First, the critical parameters affecting the steady-state performance of ASHESO are determined according to frequency analytical results. Then, optimized observer gain is obtained by modifying a part of pole locations, which weakens the influence of noise on estimated state. Finally, an adaptive switching gain mechanism is proposed according to the closed-loop tracking error and the swiftness of dynamic response is maintained. The proposed speed controller has achieved high estimation accuracy for disturbance and strong immunity to measurement noise. The feasibility and effectiveness of the strategy is verified on a laboratory permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drive system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The general rules of rotor pole and armature winding configurations combinations for 24-slot stator wound field flux switching machines (SWFFSMs) are investigated thoroughly in this article. Meanwhile, based on the virtual coil method, a novel general auxiliary evaluation variable, which is proportional to the fundamental amplitude of open-circuit flux-linkage of armature coil is proposed in this article. Hence, these SWFFSMs with larger open-circuit flux-linkage and back-EMF can be obtained effectively. In addition, the effect of rotor poles on the complementarity of armature windings is analyzed so that more sinusoidal and symmetrical back-EMF can be acquired. Furthermore, for these SWFFSMs with larger open-circuit back-EMF, the torque capability is restricted to a considerable extent due to the deep magnetic saturation caused by overlapping armature winding. Hence, a new method by optimizing the ratio of armature slot area and excitation slot area is proposed in this article to ensure that the higher torque density of selected SWFFSMs can be maintained. To verify the validity of analysis and methodology proposed in this article, seven representative SWFFSMs are chosen for verification at no load by the finite-element analysis (FEA) while a 24s/17p SWFFSM with the highest torque density is chosen for further verification at on-load conditions by the FEA and experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, we present a closed-loop dynamic control scheme for a dual-stator winding induction generator (DWIG) with selective harmonic elimination pulsewidth modulation (SHEPWM). This control scheme can be applied in a variable-frequency ac power system based on the DWIG, which is able to operate in low-carrier-ratio conditions, especially in high-power aeroapplications. Common closed-loop induction machine control schemes, such as vector control strategy, generally lead to control failure with SHEPWM implemented. This proposed closed-loop dynamic control scheme makes the dynamic operation of the DWIG power system feasible with SHEPWM. The scheme consists of three main parts: the complex-signal observer for DWIG, outer loop controller for DWIG, and stator flux-linkage trajectory tracking controller. The complex-signal observer provides the extra steady-state components of control signals by using the complex coefficient filter. The outer loop controller provides the dynamic commands for control signals. Finally, the flux-linkage trajectory tracking control (FTTC) synthesizes these signals and serves as the inner loop. The simulation and experimental results verify the validity and effectiveness of the proposed scheme. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The moving-coil type voice coil motor (VCM) has very light moving mass, which can achieve higher reciprocating frequency and work efficiency. However, the power supply lead connected to the moving coil can be easily broken under long-term reciprocating motion, so it is rarely used in compressor drive systems. The core technology of the compressor development trend is a driving motor with high-efficiency, high reciprocating frequency, certain piston stroke, and light moving mass. Due to its structural characteristics, the moving-coil type VCM has broad application prospects. This article proposes a new structure for power supply of a moving coil VCM based on the principle of electromagnetic induction. The proposed VCM can overcome the problems of aging and disconnection of power supply lines caused by reciprocating motion, and meet the requirements of high-frequency and long-term repetitive action of the moving coil. The content of this article is as follows. First, the construction of the proposed VCM is introduced. Second, the power-driven circuit based on interleaving double switch forward converter is provided. Finally, two working modes of drive circuit for reciprocating motion are proposed. Simulation and experimental results verify the effectiveness of the method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The traditional direct toque control (TDTC) for induction motors (IM) is afflicted by large torque ripple, high current total harmonic distortion (THD), and variable switching frequency. Recently, some improved direct torque control (DTC) methods have been proposed to address the above problems, but they often suffer from obscure concept, intensive computation, and poor robustness. To further improve the performance, this article proposes a DTC method based on minimum voltage vector (VV) error. The proposed strategy effectively optimizes the duty ratio of fundamental VV to minimize the error between reference VV and final VV imposed on motor terminals. The optimization algorithm dose not increase the system's complexity much and can be intuitively understood by a graphical interpretation. Experiment comparisons between the proposed strategy and some existing DTC methods are conducted on a 0.55-kW IM platform. The proposed DTC method has proven to achieve better steady-state performance, while retaining fast dynamic response of TDTC. Furthermore, the proposed method can obtain almost constant average switching frequency in the entire speed range, especially with rated load, due to the utilization of proportional-integral type torque regulator. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this article, we present a dual-stator structure-parallel fault-tolerant machine (DSSPFTM). In this machine, the radial-flux dual-stator structure with a higher density is adopted to the fault-tolerant system. For better performance in fault condition, the combination of permanent-magnet component (PMC) and reluctance component (RC) in the rotor and large-opening slot is proposed. Because of the same poles and torque-variation principle, the PMC and RC are combined. The PMC is devised to supply most of the torque in normal conditions, while the RC provides enough self-inductance for limiting current under short-circuit (SC) occasion. Most of the flux leakage is separated from the active flux and the overload ability is improved. The design process of DSSPFTM is described in steps and details. Based on the fundamental of maximum torque under normal conditions, PMC and RC are integrated together. The end flux leakage originating from the adjacency of RC to PMC and the effect of RC length on torque are analyzed. The back-EMF, torque, inductance, loss, efficiency, and SC analysis are demonstrated. The stress and deformation distribution of the rotor and the comparison with the traditional structure are conducted. A prototype DSSPFTM is designed and manufactured. The experiments accord with simulations, indicating that the DSSPFTM with fault tolerance can improve the torque density effectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article presents the optimal design of a dual-stator permanent magnet fault-tolerant machine (DSPMFTM). In order to enhance the torque density, the radial-flux dual-stator structure is expanded to redundant situation. The parallel rotor is proposed to add self-inductance for realizing limited short-circuit current, and thus, the deep and narrow notches (DNNs) are replaced with large-opening slots. The optimal design of DSPMFTM is raised in this article because of the more complexity of flux coming from the short distance between the reluctance part (RP) and the permanent magnet part (PMP). The influences of slot opening, separating distance between PMP and RP along with permanent-magnet shape, are considered. Also, the varieties of torque density, ratio of mutual inductance to self-inductance, and short-circuit current to rated value are examined. A prototype is designed and manufactured according to the optimization results. The experimental results are coincident with the simulations, indicating that the DSPMFTM has a better performance in torque density and fault tolerance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Owing to simple implementation and excellent performance, the conventional stator flux observer based on active flux concept is considered as a competitive scheme for direct torque control system of a permanent magnet synchronous motor. However, it is constructed by a large number of motor parameters, which may vary with the operating points. This leads to weak robustness. To improve its performance, a stator flux observer with phase self-tuning is proposed as an improved version in this article. First, relationship between the stator flux observed values obtained by current and voltage models and observed error of rotor position angle is analyzed. Then, according to the aforementioned analysis, a phase self-tuning link constructed by a proportional-integral regulator is proposed to ensure that the observed coordinate system converges to the actual one even under motor parameters vary conditions. Consequently, the robustness and accuracy of the stator flux observer can be improved. Finally, the stability of the proposed phase self-tuning link is analyzed. Experimental comparison between the conventional stator flux observer based on active flux concept and the proposed improved stator flux observer has been done, and the results verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed stator flux observer. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Direct torque control (DTC) has become a widely acceptable alternative to field-oriented control in permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives. Deadbeat direct torque and flux control (DB-DTFC) is a significant improvement over the classical DTC. However, there are some aspects that can be improved, such as insufficiently small electromagnetic torque ripple, unsmooth dynamic response, heavy computation burden, and relatively weak robustness to motor parameters variation. To improve the operation performance, an advanced DB-DTFC strategy is proposed in this article. First, the algorithm model based on stator flux oriented coordinate system is deduced. On this basis, the basic principle of proposed DB-DTFC is presented. Second, a novel graphical analysis method is proposed to help illustrate the proposed strategy. Third, a general solution method is proposed to solve the reference stator voltage, which is a key variable for the DB-DTFC. Finally, the stability of system is analyzed. Theoretical and experimental comparisons between the proposed DB-DTFC and the conventional DB-DTFC are done. The results show that the performance in the aspects of electromagnetic torque and stator current ripples reduction, dynamic response, computation burden, and robustness to motor parameters variation are all improved in the proposed DB-DTFC. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article introduces the classical direct torque control (DTC) to a three-phase open-end winding permanent magnet synchronous motor with common dc bus for the first time. The electromagnetic torque and the stator flux are controlled at the same time. However, the zero-sequence current is not suppressed, and the ripples of the electromagnetic torque and stator flux are large. To improve the operation performance of this drive system, a DTC based on a duty ratio modulation (DRM-DTC) is proposed. First, a deadbeat zero-sequence current controller is proposed in the DRM-DTC to suppress the zero-sequence current. Second, another strategy, which is based on a graphical analysis method and a simple deadbeat direct torque and flux controller, is proposed to optimize the duty ratio of the active voltage vector. Thus, the electromagnetic torque and stator flux ripples can be reduced. Finally, an optimized pulsewidth modulation implementation strategy is proposed in the DRM-DTC to further reduce the switching frequency of inverters. The classical DTC and the proposed DRM-DTC are compared through simulation and experiment, and the results verify the effectiveness of the proposed strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents an integrated control strategy for a starter/generator (S/G) system based on five-phase dual-stator winding induction machine (FPDWIM). The FPDWIM has a cage-type rotor and two sets of stator windings. One is a five-phase control winding (CW), and the other is a five-phase power winding (PW). In the starting mode, the FPDWIM works as a motor. The CW provides both active power and reactive power to drive the engine. In the generating mode, the CW mainly handles reactive power while the PW outputs active power. To achieve the integration of the starting and generating controls, indirect CW-flux-oriented control (ICWFOC) to operate in both starting and generating modes is proposed in this paper. In starting mode, the CW current and flux are controlled to output a constant starting torque; while in the generating mode, both CW and PW dc bus voltages are regulated. In this way, the principles and structures of the control strategies in both modes are compatible, resulting in a simpler implementation and improved performance. With the proposed control strategy, the system can complete the starting–generating operation with a smoother transition process. Simulation and experimental results are compared to validate the proposed control strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The starter/generator (SG) system is widely used in various applications, including more-electric/hybridelectric aircraft (MEA/HEA) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs). The electric machine operates as a motor to provide the required torque to start the engine. Once the engine starts, the same electric machine transforms to a generator to produce electrical power. With the advantages of a simple and robust structure, low cost and maintenance, and a good overload capability, the cage-type induction machine (IM) is a competitive candidate for SG systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a five-phase dual random space vector pulsewidth modulation (FPDR-SVPWM) strategy with an optimized probability density function (PDF) for a five-phase voltage-source inverter, and its performance and evaluation are also analyzed. Based on the nearest four vectors modulation method, the FPDR-SVPWM strategy, combined with random switching frequency and random zero vector, is investigated to significantly reduce the amplitude of high-order harmonics near the switching frequency and its integer multiples. For the nonsinusoidal power supply, third harmonic injection is introduced in this modulation strategy as well. Considering the effect of random numbers on the performance, an optimized Beta distribution is studied in detail. In order to analyze harmonic dispersion degree qualitatively and quantitatively, the power spectral density and the harmonic spread factor are both employed to assess the performance of the FPDR-SVPWM strategy. A series of results of simulation in MATLAB and experiments based on field programmable gate array demonstrate that the proposed modulation strategy is correct and valid, and it distributes high-order harmonics into a wide range without affecting the fundamental wave and third harmonic. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Owing to high driving power, good controllability, and strong fault-tolerant ability, a three-phase open-end winding permanent magnet synchronous motor driven by a dual inverter with common dc bus is considered as a competitive solution. However, a path for zero-sequence current is provided in this drive topology. Thus, the system loss would be increased, and the maximum output power is limited. In order to suppress the zero-sequence current, a novel space vector pulsewidth modulation (SVPWM) strategy based on the hysteresis controller of zero-sequence current is proposed in this paper. The voltage vectors, whose polarity of zero-sequence voltages (ZSVs) is opposite with the polarity of zero-sequence current, are selected as the basic voltage vectors of SVPWM for fundamental plane. Meanwhile, the linear modulation range is analyzed. According to the analysis results, the proposed strategy has the advantage of wide linear modulation range of ZSV under the condition of high fundamental modulation ratio. The experimental results show that the zero-sequence current is effectively suppressed by the proposed modulation strategy. Furthermore, the comparative evaluation of the proposed modulation strategy, the conventional SVPWM, the SVPWM with zero ZSVs, and the zero vector redistribution SVPWM with zero-sequence current proportional-resonant controller is conducted to demonstrate the superiority of the proposed strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dual stator-winding induction generator (DWIG) is attractive in stand-alone power systems, and the aim of this paper is to develop the dc generating system of five-phase DWIG with an open phase. First, the relationship between flux and torque is constructed based on the reduced-order transformation, modified flux, and current. Second, the relation between modified voltage and current on the dq plane is constructed. The current of fundamental plane is used for the control loop of the power-winding voltage and control-winding voltage, respectively. Third, the current of the modified secondary subspace plane is used to control the five-phase DWIG operation at minimum control-winding loss. Finally, the simulation and experimental results are given to verify that the amplitude of phase current and output voltage can be regulated effectively by the proposed control strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In order to adapt to the single power supply system of an aircraft, this paper proposes and investigates a novel dual-winding fault-tolerant (DF) motor drive system based on the redundancy bridge arm for aerospace applications. The proposed DF motor offers the advantages of magnetic isolation, physics isolation, thermal isolation, and small cogging torque ripple, inhibiting the short-circuit current and high fault tolerance. The proposed DF motor drive can adapt to the single power supply system of the aircraft, reduce the drive cost, and reduce the number of independent power sources and power switches. In addition, it can improve the power density, the reliability, and the utilization rate of the drive. At the same time, the drive system has stronger fault-tolerant ability, and it can achieve the fault-tolerant control for a one-phase-winding fault or a multiphase-winding fault. To realize the short-circuit fault diagnosis performance, the diagnosis and processing method of the short-circuit fault has been investigated. Then, to realize the short-circuit fault-tolerant performance, a novel space vector pulsewidth modulation (SVPWM) fault-tolerant control strategy based on the short-circuit fault diagnosis and processing method is proposed. Finally, the performances of the DF motor drive have been verified by experiments. The research results verify the reliability and effectiveness of the proposed DF motor drive system based on the redundancy bridge arm and the SVPWM fault-tolerant control strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Dual stator-winding induction generator (DWIG) is one kind of emerging multiport electrical machine. It has become a promising direction in the last two decades, especially for stand-alone power systems and renewable energy power systems. This paper mainly focuses on the DWIG with similar-poles stator windings and cage-type rotor. An overview of DWIG and its system is given. Recent advances of this generator in system topologies, mathematical model, optimal design, control strategies, and performance analysis are presented. The developments and potential applications of the DWIG-based system are also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The conventional state-of-charge (SoC) estimation methods based on the equivalent circuit model (ECM) integrate all state variables into one augmented state vector. However, the correlations between RC voltages and SoC degrade the stability and accuracy of the estimates. To address this problem, this paper presents an adaptive SoC estimation method based on the split battery model, which divides the conventional augmented battery model into two submodels: the RC voltage submodel and the SoC submodel. Hence, the cross interference between RC voltages and SoC is reduced, which effectively reduces the oscillation in the estimation and improves the estimation accuracy. In addition, the adaptive algorithm is applied on the SoC submodel to improve the system robustness to noise disturbances. A case of a second-order ECM is analyzed and two types of Lithium-ion batteries are employed to verify the universality of the proposed method. Experimental results show that the undesired oscillation is eliminated during the convergence stage and the maximum SoC error is within 1% over a wide SoC range. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In this paper, the five-phase dual stator-winding induction generator dc generating system with the static excitation controller is presented, and two kinds of control strategies for this system are proposed. In this generator, the cage-type rotor is employed, and two sets of five-phase windings are placed in the stator, namely, the power winding and control winding. Using the instantaneous power theory, the control-winding-flux-oriented control (CWFOC) strategy without harmonic injection is obtained. To improve power density, the CWFOC with harmonic injection is proposed as well. For these two strategies, the detailed implementation is studied. The results (simulation and experiment) support the correctness and effectiveness of the proposed control strategies, and the corresponding results show that, using the CWFOC strategy with harmonic injection, the output power of this system can be improved by about 11%. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this paper, the performance of the dual stator-winding induction generator (DWIG) variable frequency ac (VFAC) generating system with unbalanced loads is analyzed, and an asymmetrical operation analysis method based on a three-port load network model is proposed. This method has four key steps: (1) deriving the three-port load network model for three-phase four-line unbalanced loads; (2) establishing the positive sequence, negative sequence, and zero sequence equivalent circuits for the DWIG; (3) combining the above model and circuits together to obtain the system whole equivalent model; and (4) writing the corresponding equations and solving them. The experimental results and the calculation results are almost consistent, which proves that the proposed method is correct and valid, and the DWIG VFAC generating system with unbalanced loads has a good performance. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

To improve the power factor and reliability for medium/high-power supply, a three-phase single-stage ac–dc converter based on magnetic-combination transformer with power factor correction (PFC) function is presented in this paper. According to the three-phase instantaneous power balance principle and the concept of the magnetic-flux superposition, a novel magnetic-combination transformer is proposed, which can make three-phase symmetrically and sinusoidally fluctuant power add to be constant. Therefore, the induced voltage of the secondary winding is constant. To realize sinusoidally fluctuant power in the input stage, dc-link filter capacitance can be reduced to a several-microfarad level. Single-stage PFC function, no electrolytic capacitor, and constant output voltage can be realized in the converter. The principle and the structure of the novel magnetic-combination transformer are analyzed in detail in this paper. Simulation and experimental results are presented to verify the feasibility of the proposed converter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a single-phase to three-phase adjustable-speed drive (ASD) system, which consists of a diode rectifier and a single-stage boost inverter without electrolytic capacitors (E-caps). The system has no shoot-through issues and gains high reliability due to the shoot-through zero-state regulation method. By using electrolytic capacitors-less topology, the lifetime can be greatly increased. By properly designing the tapping position of the inductor, the system has a high boost-inversion gain and can ride through grid voltage sags. By using the proposed harmonic injection method, the system can realize high input power factor and small dc-link ripple voltage, simultaneously. Experimental results of the electrolytic capacitors-less single-stage boost inverter (E-caps-less SSBI) based single-phase to three-phase ASD system are obtained to verify the actual performances. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

To improve reliability and realize electric isolation, an integrated topology of the charger and drive for medium/high-power electric buses is presented in this paper. The proposed integrated topology can solve the voltage matching problem between the power grid and the battery voltage and between the battery voltage and the drive system. The integration can be realized by using the common hardware of the charging system and the drive system, which can reduce the cost and weight of the whole system. To improve the power level, a three-phase combined full-bridge converter based on the magnetic-combination transformer is adopted in the charging system, which has a single-stage power-factor-correction function, electric isolation, and no electrolytic capacitor. To better reflect the integration, the motor drive system adopts a single-stage boost dual-inverter that is the reconfiguration of the magnetic-combination transformer and the 3-H bridge converter in the charging system and few extra components. The drive system has a single-stage boost/buck function, high reliability, and strong fault-tolerant ability. The proposed integrated topology, which can realize a charging function and a driving function, has been analyzed in this paper. Finally, the experimental results verify the feasibility of the integrated topology. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In this paper, a new electric drive system based on a six-phase ten-pole dual-winding fault-tolerant permanent-magnet (DFPM) motor for aerospace applications is proposed and investigated. The proposed DFPM motor consists of optimal surface-mounted permanent-magnet (PM) rotor and 12-slot stator with two sets of independent three-phase concentrated armature windings on alternate teeth, which incorporates the merits of high power density and high efficiency of the PM motor and high fault tolerance of the dual-winding motor. To achieve the fault-tolerant performance of the electric drive system, the redundant fault-tolerant control strategy based on the failure diagnosis and redundancy communication is proposed and applied to the electric drive system. Then, the operational performance of the drive system under open-circuit and short-circuit fault has been verified by simulation and experiments. The research results show that the open-circuit and short-circuit fault can be detected immediately and the output performance of the DFPM motor under fault conditions is almost the same as the normal condition, which verified the proposed electric drive system, DFPM motor, and fault-tolerant control strategy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This paper proposes a new electric drive helicopter winch system based on a dual-winding fault-tolerant permanent magnet (DFPM) machine. The proposed DFPM machine consists of an optimal surface-mounted PM rotor and a 12 slots stator with two sets of independent three-phase concentrated armature windings on alternate teeth. Hence, it incorporates the merits of high-power density and high efficiency of a PM machine and high fault-tolerance of a dual-winding machine. To achieve the fault-tolerant performance, the redundant fault-tolerant control strategy based on speed, current, voltage two-way (electric and braking) control is proposed and analyzed first. Then, the electromagnetic performances of the DFPM machine drive system at two open-circuit fault conditions, namely, load hoisting and dropping operation mode, have been verified by experiments. The experimental results show the effectiveness of the proposed fault-tolerant control strategy and the high performance of the fault-tolerant characteristic of the proposed DFPM machine drive. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]