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This article presents a maximum torque per ampere strategy for a five-phase synchronous reluctance drive. The approach is developed considering general machine parameters and is formalized as a constrained optimization problem. The optimal solution is found analytically by using Lagrange’s multipliers method and is based on the computation of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of the inductance derivatives matrix. The proposed approach is evaluated both numerically and experimentally. It is also compared with other current references control strategies, effectively showing a reduction of the machine rms currents for the same developed torque. The same approach can also be extended to machines with a different number of phases. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Recent developments in power electronics are making the multiphase machines a competitive alternative to the conventional three-phase counterparts. Due to their fault-tolerant features, multiphase drives represent a robust technology in high-power/high-current, safety-critical applications. Besides, their introduction to transportation electrification is gaining importance. Among the multiphase solutions, the multi-three-phase machines are receiving a lot of attention by the industry since they use the well-consolidated three-phase technology, thus reducing the design time and also the cost. Therefore, this article proposes a modular vector control scheme for multi-three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors. The proposed solution uses a modular modeling approach for the independent and decoupled torque control of each three-phase unit, allowing the implementation of torque-sharing strategies among the three-phase sets of the machine. The developed modular control has been validated on a nine-phase permanent magnet machine. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

When multiphase drives are used for specific applications, the modular solutions are preferred as they use consolidated power electronics technologies. The literature reports two modeling approaches for multiphase machines having a modular configuration of the stator winding. The first approach is the vector space decomposition (VSD) that models the energy conversion as for an equivalent three-phase machine. The main alternative to the VSD is the multistator (MS) modeling that emphasizes machine modularity in terms of torque production. Both approaches have advantages and disadvantages for multiphase machines with a modular structure. Therefore, this article aims to combine the VSD and MS approaches, defining a new matrix transformation and, hence, developing a new modeling approach for multiphase machines with a modular structure. The proposed transformation allows a decoupled and independent torque control of the sets composing the machine, preserving the torque regulation's modularity. Together with a new vector control scheme, it has been applied to a modular permanent magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) with a nonstandard spatial shift between windings. Experimental results are presented for a nine-phase PMSM prototype with a triple-three-phase stator winding configuration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Testing the high-power machines in general is not an easy task. One of the standard tests is the full-load test. This test typically requires another machine, of the same or higher power rating, to be coupled to the tested one. For multiphase machines, which are commonly designed for high-power applications, this test can be conducted in a different way. In order to simplify full-load test, this paper proposes a new method that is applicable for multiple three-phase machines with even number of neutral points. The method is based on indirect rotor-field oriented control. It enables evaluation of the efficiency and the thermal design in the case of synchronous machines and the segregation of the constant and stator variable losses for induction machines, without the need for coupling another machine as a load. In the presented method, the full-load test conditions on the stator are obtained by circulating the rated active power flow in a closed loop from one winding set to another. The only power used during the test is to cover machine and converter losses. The proposed control scheme is unique and is based around y-component from the vector space decomposition subspace. It is validated through the simulation and experimental results. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper introduces a method which can accurately transfer active and reactive power between sets of three-phase windings of a multiphase induction machine. The machine has to have a multiple of three phases (3, 6, 9, etc.), with each three phases representing one set. The paper demonstrates first that the sets do not share the power in the same way as they share a torque. Therefore, the paper proposes a method that is capable of achieving accurate power sharing. This is ensured by considering the whole power that is transferred through the air-gap to/from a set, instead of considering only a power that is transferred between that set and a rotor shaft. A complete control algorithm of the proposed method is given. Experiments and simulations verify theoretical considerations and the proposed control. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]