1. Control of Variable Flux Reluctance Motor in Field Weakening Region
- Author
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Hilmi Gurleyen, Erkan Mese, and Mehmet Sergen Catal
- Subjects
Field-weakening ,MATLAB ,Vector spaces ,Vector control (Electric machinery) ,vector control ,Pulse width modulation ,Electric inverters ,Reluctance motor ,Variable flux reluctance motor ,current limit ,Control theory ,voltage limit ,Physics ,Operating point ,Current limits ,Reluctance motors ,Vector control ,variable flux reluctance motor (VFRM) ,Magnetic reluctance ,field weakening ,DC-DC converters ,Space Vector Modulation ,Winding ,Variable fluxes ,Space vector pulse width modulation ,Modulation spaces ,Voltage limits ,Electromagnetic coil ,Voltage control ,space vector modulation (SVPWM) ,Space vector modulation (space vector pulse width modulation) ,Inverter ,Pulse-width modulation ,Voltage - Abstract
2021 International Aegean Conference on Electrical Machines and Power Electronics, ACEMP 2021 and 2021 International Conference on Optimization of Electrical and Electronic Equipment, OPTIM 2021 -- 2 September 2021 through 3 September 2021 -- -- 173666, In this paper, the operating point of variable flux reluctance motors (VFRMs) using voltage and current limits in the field weakening region is investigated. The voltage and current limits of VFRM, which depend on the current capacity of the inverter and the voltage limit of the inverter, are investigated by using MATLAB/Simulink. The d-axis and q-axis currents are represented using a mathematical model of VFRM. According to the analyses, the control algorithm for VFRMs is investigated in the field weakening region. VFRM can properly operate in the constant power region with this method. The conventional inverter is used to supply required d-axis and q-axis currents to armature windings with the space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) technique. The DC/DC converter is used to control field windings. For the validation of the investigated control algorithm, 12 slots, 10 poles VFRM is implemented in MATLAB/Simulink. The simulation results show that the investigated field weakening method for VFRM controls the motor in constant power region and extends the speed range. © 2021 IEEE., Türkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Araştirma Kurumu, TÜBITAK: 218E057, ACKNOWLEDGMENT This work is being supported by TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) under contract number 218E057.
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- 2021