La commande sans capteur mécanique de la machine synchrone à aimants permanents est un sujet largement répandu dont les plus grandes difficultés connues, quel que soit l’observateur utilisé, sont celui du démarrage à vitesse nulle et plus largement de la commande aux basses vitesses, et celui du rejet des fortes perturbations du couple. Afin d’y faire obstacle, diverses adaptations des algorithmes d’observateur ont été proposées afin d’améliorer le comportement de la machine en commande sans capteur. Par ailleurs, il est couramment admis que les déchets de tension produit par l’onduleur sont nuisibles à l’observation de la position, les tensions de référence étant légèrement différentes des tensions appliquées aux enroulements de la machine. Quelques propositions apparaissent dans certaines publications notamment en établissant un algorithme de compensation. C’est ainsi que les travaux de cette thèse portent sur cette thématique, celle d’améliorer la commande sans capteur dans les situations d’observabilité difficile en proposant une solution originale afin de faire correspondre au mieux les tensions appliquées à la machine et les tensions de référence utiles à l’observateur. Les résultats montrent que la solution proposée et largement analysée améliore considérablement le comportement de la machine en commande aux basses vitesses et en rejet de perturbation, tant en régime permanent qu’en régime transitoire ; une analyse de Fourier des courants mesurés atteste l’efficacité de la méthode et une analyse des grandeurs observées par la statistique descriptive met en lumière l’intérêt de l’algorithme. Nous montrons ainsi que la solution proposée permet d’observer la vitesse et la position en deçà de la vitesse mécanique de 15 rad/s alors que la commande est instable en deçà de 20 rad/s quand la solution n’est pas mise en œuvre. Un constat similaire apparaît en rejet de perturbation. D’autres résultats montrent que l’observation à plus basse vitesse est entachée d’une perturbation liée à un couple pulsatoire dont l’origine peut être le couple de détente, lequel n’est pas pris en compte par le modèle de la machine. / The sensorless control of the permanent magnet synchronous machine is a subject widely spread. Two great difficulties are known; (i) the start at nil initial speed and more generally the control at very low speed whatever the observer used and (ii) the high torque disturbance rejection. In order to hinder these difficulties numerous modifications of observer algorithms were proposed to improve the performances of the permanent magnet synchronous machine sensorless control. Moreover, we admit commonly that the drop voltages due to the inverter are prejudicial to the position estimated, because the difference between the voltage reference transmitted to the PWM (pulse width modulation) and the motor winding voltage is not negligible at low speed and low load torque. According to the literature, several papers propose some solutions by compensation algorithms and voltage estimator in particular. So, the goal of this thesis is to estimate the winding voltage and to apply the state observer by Extended Kalman Filtering to improve more finely the sensorless control. We propose an original solution to estimate the voltage references which is applied to the observer. Numerous experimental results show the attractive effects in marked contrast to the sensorless control results without estimation of the winding voltages. The results of sensorless control show that the solution proposed which widely analysed improves significantly the estimation errors of the motor running in low speed range and low torque disturbances range. Fourier analyses and statistic data obtained in steady state speed and results during the transient response indicate complementary results and highlight the interest of the estimation algorithm. Our study brings out that the estimation error reduction allows to running the motor at mechanical speed short of 15 rad/s. In the other hand, the system is instable with speed short of 20 rad/s if the voltage references are used by the observer rather than the estimation voltages. The same improvement appears in disturbance rejection. Other results show that the estimated position errors at lower speed increases in spite of the estimation algorithm. In fact, the torque disturbances are dominant at low speed, low load torque and are harmful to control the electromagnetic torque.

La disponibilité de certains capteurs est indispensable pour le contrôle des machines électriques dans une application automobile. Cette thèse constitue une contribution à l'étude d'une commande tolérante aux défauts pour un entraînement électrique dans le cadre du projet SOFRACI. Pour pallier une défaillance de ces capteurs, des stratégies sont mises en place pour assurer une continuité de fonctionnement ou un arrêt sûr. Dans le cas de la machine synchrone, les capteurs les plus critiques sont: le capteur de position, les capteurs de courant et le capteur de bus de tension continue. C'est dans ce contexte que l'on a développé des algorithmes de commande tolérante aux défauts avec successivement des étapes de détection, d'isolation et de reconfiguration. Ensuite, la validation expérimentale a été effectuée sur un banc composé d’une machine synchrone et d’un onduleur avec 3 ponts H conçus pour la propulsion d’un véhicule électrique. Ainsi les méthodes développées et qui s’appuient principalement sur la théorie du contrôle, sont évaluées expérimentalement à travers des injections de défauts en temps réel, avec un accent mis sur le temps nécessaire à la détection. / During the last decade, Fault Tolerant Control (FTC) has become an increasingly interesting topic in automotive industry. The operation of electrical drives is highly dependent on feedback sensors availability. With the aim of reaching the required level of availability in transportation applications, the drive is equipped with a DC voltage sensor, three current sensors (due to safety requirements in electric vehicle standards) and a position sensor. This PhD is a contribution to the study of an electrical drive fault tolerant control. The objective is to have a system, which can adaptively reorganizes itself at a sensor failure occurrence. Consequently, strategies are defined from the early preliminary design steps, so as to facilitate fault detection, fault isolation and control reconfiguration. To this purpose, our work goes from theoretical studies toward experimental validations through the model simulation using control theory.In this thesis, FTC algorithms are developed for the rotor position, the phase currents and DC link voltage sensors. The experimentally validation is perform with an electrical drive composed of a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine and a 3H bridge inverter. Thus, the developed methods are evaluated experimentally through real time fault injection, with an emphasis on the detection time.

Este trabalho demonstra que o efeito de extremidade existente em atuadores eletromagnéticos lineares pode ter influência significativa nas indutâncias próprias, mútuas e síncronas, com valores dependentes da posição que podem ser utilizados para monitoração da posição axial da armadura. O estudo é aplicado a um atuador eletromagnético linear tubular de ímãs permanentes com duplo arranjo de quase-Halbach e bobina móvel, que foi concebido para fins de uso em sistemas de suspensão eletromagnética ativa e semi-ativa. A partir da revisão de literatura apresentada, classificou-se o efeito de extremidade de máquinas lineares síncronas de ímãs permanentes quanto aos tipos, causas, consequências e técnicas de mitigação (caso seja necessário). Adicionalmente, os tipos de controle sem sensores são exemplificados a fim de se identificar maneiras possíveis de adequar algum ao atuador em estudo. São apresentados casos de trabalhos na literatura que utilizam o controle sem sensores em máquinas que possuem indutâncias com comportamento semelhante. Em termos de análise, a distribuição do fluxo magnético no atuador é estudada e um modelo semianalítico é elaborado para calcular o valor das indutâncias com base nos dados de fluxo magnético obtido por simulação numérica. Logo, modelos numéricos completos e parametrizados do atuador são elaborados para simulação transiente e magnetostática e a partir destes as indutâncias são obtidas. As indutâncias também são medidas experimentalmente e na análise dos resultados as incertezas de medição são calculadas e um projeto de experimento é apresentado. Os resultados dos modelos semianalítico e numérico apresentam boa concordância com os resultados experimentais. Por fim, a adequação do atuador para futura aplicação de controle sem sensores é discutida tendo como base a variação de indutâncias devido ao efeito de extremida. / This work demonstrates that the end effect in linear electromagnetic actuators can have a significant influence on the self-, mutual and synchronous inductances, with positiondependent values that can be used to measure the axial position of the armature. The study is applied to a linear synchronous electromagnetic actuator with two arrangements of quasi- Halbach permanent magnets and moving coil, which was designed for use in active and semiactive electromagnetic suspension systems. Based on the literature review presented, the end effect of permanent magnet synchronous linear machines was classified with regard to: types, causes, consequences and mitigation techniques (if necessary). In addition, the types of sensorless control methods are exemplified in order to identify a possible method to be applied to the actuator under study. It was found in the literature that sensorless control was applied to machines that have inductances with similar behavior. In terms of analysis, the distribution of the magnetic flux in the actuator is studied and a semi-analytical model was developed to calculate the value of the inductances based on the data of magnetic flux obtained through numerical simulation. Thus, the complete parametrized numerical models of the actuator were built for transient and magnetostatic simulation, and from these the inductances were obtained. The inductances are also measured experimentally, and in the analysis of the results the measurement uncertainties are calculated and a design of experiments is presented. The results of the semi-analytical and numerical models show good agreement with the experimental results. Finally, the suitability of the actuator for future application of sensorless control is discussed based on the variation of inductances due to the end effect.

This thesis deals withmodeling and control of an electric drive equipped with a permanentmagnet assisted synchronous reluctance (PMSynRel) machine for a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle application. In the first part of the thesis, a special use of the PMSynRel machine in consideration, known as an integrated charger concept, is investigated. The integrated charger feature allows using the PMSynRel machine as a part of the vehicle’s on-board charging system when charging the battery from the grid. A finite-element based analysis is performed providing important insights into the machine operation during the charging process. Dynamic models are developed that facilitate the controller development and the estimation of the efficiency during charging. In the second part of the thesis, position sensorless control of the PMSynRel drive when applied in an automotive application is considered and analyzed thoroughly. First, a fundamental-excitation based rotor-position estimation technique is investigated. The study shows that the impact of current dynamics on the resulting torque dynamics has to be considered in some very demanding applications. Second, focus is put on signalinjection based sensorless control methods. Impacts of nonlinearities, such as magnetic saturation, cross-saturation and inductance spatial harmonics, on sensorless control performance are investigated and methods to improve the sensorless control quality are summarized and presented. An approach to determine the feasible region for operating sensorless at low-speeds without directly measuring the differential inductances is proposed. For the PMSynRel drive in consideration, the achievable maximum torque is limited when operating sensorless following the maximum-torque-per-ampere (MTPA) current reference trajectory at low-speeds. An optimization approach is therefore proposed which extends the output torque when operating sensorless while still maintaining a relatively high efficiency. To initialize the sensorless control correctly from standstill, the impact of the saturated magnetic bridges in the rotor is also investigated. Finally, torsional drive-train oscillations and active damping schemes are considered. An off-vehicle setup for implementing and evaluating different active damping schemes is proposed. Of particular interest for sensorless operation in automotive applications, the impact of slow speed estimation on the possibility to achieve good active damping control is investigated and a design approach that allows the implementation of an active damping scheme using estimated speed is suggested. / <p>QC 20140114</p>

Made available in DSpace on 2016-12-12T20:27:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 ELISABETH CRISTINA LEMOS SPERB.pdf: 4249399 bytes, checksum: 689cbb6a5cf388bda83e27d4de4a8e1a (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-08-05 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This project presents the implementation of an experimental test bed to drive the permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) using a digital signal processor. The main purpose of the project is to develop a test bed with flexible features enabling the implementation and evaluation of different motor control techniques. Initially the constructive characteristics of the PMSM are studied, as the selection of the proper materials of permanent magnets and the possibilities of physical arrangement in the rotor. Then the mathematical model is developed with the currents and voltage equation in the rotating reference frame. An analysis is made, consequently, of the vector control using the method by considering the rotor flux approach with constant torque control and the space vector pulse width modulation technique. Some techniques of sensorless control based on the motor mathematical model and artificial neural network are also presented. To demonstrate the flexibility of the bed developed, some algorithms for estimating motor position and speed, earlier simulated, were implemented with the algorithm drive system. / Neste trabalho é apresentada a implementação de uma bancada experimental para o acionamento do motor síncrono de imãs permanentes (MSIP) utilizando um processador digital de sinais. O objetivo principal do trabalho é desenvolver uma bancada com características flexíveis que permita a implementação e avaliação de técnicas de controle variadas. Inicialmente, são estudadas as características construtivas do MSIP, como o material que compõe os imãs permanentes e as possibilidades de arranjo físico no rotor. Em seguida é desenvolvido o modelo matemático com as equações de corrente e tensão no referencial girante. É analisado na seqüência, o controle vetorial, utilizando o método direto pelo fluxo de rotor considerando a abordagem com controle de torque constante, e a técnica de modulação por largura de pulso por vetor espacial. São também apresentadas algumas técnicas de controle sem sensor de posição/velocidade (sensorless) baseadas no modelo matemático do motor e em redes neurais artificiais. Algumas técnicas de controle sensorless foram simuladas e analisadas. Para comprovar a flexibilidade da bancada desenvolvida, alguns algoritmos de estimação da posição e velocidade do motor, anteriormente simulados, foram implementados juntamente com o algoritmo de acionamento.

Este trabalho demonstra que o efeito de extremidade existente em atuadores eletromagnéticos lineares pode ter influência significativa nas indutâncias próprias, mútuas e síncronas, com valores dependentes da posição que podem ser utilizados para monitoração da posição axial da armadura. O estudo é aplicado a um atuador eletromagnético linear tubular de ímãs permanentes com duplo arranjo de quase-Halbach e bobina móvel, que foi concebido para fins de uso em sistemas de suspensão eletromagnética ativa e semi-ativa. A partir da revisão de literatura apresentada, classificou-se o efeito de extremidade de máquinas lineares síncronas de ímãs permanentes quanto aos tipos, causas, consequências e técnicas de mitigação (caso seja necessário). Adicionalmente, os tipos de controle sem sensores são exemplificados a fim de se identificar maneiras possíveis de adequar algum ao atuador em estudo. São apresentados casos de trabalhos na literatura que utilizam o controle sem sensores em máquinas que possuem indutâncias com comportamento semelhante. Em termos de análise, a distribuição do fluxo magnético no atuador é estudada e um modelo semianalítico é elaborado para calcular o valor das indutâncias com base nos dados de fluxo magnético obtido por simulação numérica. Logo, modelos numéricos completos e parametrizados do atuador são elaborados para simulação transiente e magnetostática e a partir destes as indutâncias são obtidas. As indutâncias também são medidas experimentalmente e na análise dos resultados as incertezas de medição são calculadas e um projeto de experimento é apresentado. Os resultados dos modelos semianalítico e numérico apresentam boa concordância com os resultados experimentais. Por fim, a adequação do atuador para futura aplicação de controle sem sensores é discutida tendo como base a variação de indutâncias devido ao efeito de extremida. / This work demonstrates that the end effect in linear electromagnetic actuators can have a significant influence on the self-, mutual and synchronous inductances, with positiondependent values that can be used to measure the axial position of the armature. The study is applied to a linear synchronous electromagnetic actuator with two arrangements of quasi- Halbach permanent magnets and moving coil, which was designed for use in active and semiactive electromagnetic suspension systems. Based on the literature review presented, the end effect of permanent magnet synchronous linear machines was classified with regard to: types, causes, consequences and mitigation techniques (if necessary). In addition, the types of sensorless control methods are exemplified in order to identify a possible method to be applied to the actuator under study. It was found in the literature that sensorless control was applied to machines that have inductances with similar behavior. In terms of analysis, the distribution of the magnetic flux in the actuator is studied and a semi-analytical model was developed to calculate the value of the inductances based on the data of magnetic flux obtained through numerical simulation. Thus, the complete parametrized numerical models of the actuator were built for transient and magnetostatic simulation, and from these the inductances were obtained. The inductances are also measured experimentally, and in the analysis of the results the measurement uncertainties are calculated and a design of experiments is presented. The results of the semi-analytical and numerical models show good agreement with the experimental results. Finally, the suitability of the actuator for future application of sensorless control is discussed based on the variation of inductances due to the end effect.

Este trabalho demonstra que o efeito de extremidade existente em atuadores eletromagnéticos lineares pode ter influência significativa nas indutâncias próprias, mútuas e síncronas, com valores dependentes da posição que podem ser utilizados para monitoração da posição axial da armadura. O estudo é aplicado a um atuador eletromagnético linear tubular de ímãs permanentes com duplo arranjo de quase-Halbach e bobina móvel, que foi concebido para fins de uso em sistemas de suspensão eletromagnética ativa e semi-ativa. A partir da revisão de literatura apresentada, classificou-se o efeito de extremidade de máquinas lineares síncronas de ímãs permanentes quanto aos tipos, causas, consequências e técnicas de mitigação (caso seja necessário). Adicionalmente, os tipos de controle sem sensores são exemplificados a fim de se identificar maneiras possíveis de adequar algum ao atuador em estudo. São apresentados casos de trabalhos na literatura que utilizam o controle sem sensores em máquinas que possuem indutâncias com comportamento semelhante. Em termos de análise, a distribuição do fluxo magnético no atuador é estudada e um modelo semianalítico é elaborado para calcular o valor das indutâncias com base nos dados de fluxo magnético obtido por simulação numérica. Logo, modelos numéricos completos e parametrizados do atuador são elaborados para simulação transiente e magnetostática e a partir destes as indutâncias são obtidas. As indutâncias também são medidas experimentalmente e na análise dos resultados as incertezas de medição são calculadas e um projeto de experimento é apresentado. Os resultados dos modelos semianalítico e numérico apresentam boa concordância com os resultados experimentais. Por fim, a adequação do atuador para futura aplicação de controle sem sensores é discutida tendo como base a variação de indutâncias devido ao efeito de extremida. / This work demonstrates that the end effect in linear electromagnetic actuators can have a significant influence on the self-, mutual and synchronous inductances, with positiondependent values that can be used to measure the axial position of the armature. The study is applied to a linear synchronous electromagnetic actuator with two arrangements of quasi- Halbach permanent magnets and moving coil, which was designed for use in active and semiactive electromagnetic suspension systems. Based on the literature review presented, the end effect of permanent magnet synchronous linear machines was classified with regard to: types, causes, consequences and mitigation techniques (if necessary). In addition, the types of sensorless control methods are exemplified in order to identify a possible method to be applied to the actuator under study. It was found in the literature that sensorless control was applied to machines that have inductances with similar behavior. In terms of analysis, the distribution of the magnetic flux in the actuator is studied and a semi-analytical model was developed to calculate the value of the inductances based on the data of magnetic flux obtained through numerical simulation. Thus, the complete parametrized numerical models of the actuator were built for transient and magnetostatic simulation, and from these the inductances were obtained. The inductances are also measured experimentally, and in the analysis of the results the measurement uncertainties are calculated and a design of experiments is presented. The results of the semi-analytical and numerical models show good agreement with the experimental results. Finally, the suitability of the actuator for future application of sensorless control is discussed based on the variation of inductances due to the end effect.

Cette thèse étudie la problématique du fonctionnement sans capteur et à basse vitesse des moteurs synchrones à aimant permanent par l'injection des signaux. Nous nous focalisons sur les effets de la saturation magnétique car leur compensation est primordiale pour résoudre cette problématique. Nous proposons une méthode originale pour modéliser la saturation magnétique en utilisant une approche énergétique (les formulations Lagrangienne et Hamiltonienne), où les symétries physiques sont exploitées pour simplifier l'expression de l'énergie magnétique. Les données expérimentales montrent qu'un polynôme de degré 4 est suffisant pour décrire avec précision les effets de la saturation. Ensuite, nous proposons une analyse claire et originale basée sur la moyennisation de second ordre et qui explique comment obtenir l'information de position à partir de l'injection des signaux (en utilisant le modèle proposé). Nous donnons une relation explicite entre les oscillations des courants statoriques et la position du rotor; cette relation est utilisée en temps réel. Ce modèle de saturation magnétique ainsi que la procédure d'estimation de position ont été testés et validés sur deux types de moteurs : avec des aimants permanents à l'intérieur ou sur la surface du rotor. Les résultats expérimentaux obtenus sur un banc de test montrent que les erreurs d'estimation de la position du rotor n'excèdent pas quelques degrés électriques dans la zone d'opération à basse vitesse. / This thesis addresses the problematic of sensorless low speed operation of permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM) by signal injection. We focus on the effects of magnetic and cross saturations because their compensation is paramount to solve this problematic. We propose an original way of modeling magnetic saturation using an energy approach (Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations), where the physical symmetries are exploited to simplify the expression of the magnetic energy. Experimental data show that a simple polynomial of degree 4 is sufficient to describe accurately magnetic saturation effects. Then we propose a clear and original analysis based on second-order averaging of how to recover the position information from signal injection (using the proposed model). We give an explicit relation between stator current ripples and rotor position; this relation is used in real time operation. Such magnetic saturation model and the resulting position estimates were tested and validated on two types of motors: with interior and surface permanent magnets (IPM and SPM). Experimental results obtained on a test bench show that estimation errors of the rotor position do not exceed few electrical degrees in the low speed operating domain.

Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This works proposes parameters estimation algorithm to auto-tune the control laws of a speed sensorless servo. The identification process of the electrical and mechanical parameters is based on recursive least squares method (RLS) and utilizes just measured stator currents. The electrical parameters are obtained by the transfer function of the motor with locked rotor. Hence, this eliminates the need to realize classical tests for the electrical parameters obtention and impose robustness to the controller for parameters variations caused by aging of materials. Thus, the electrical parameters are used to project the current controllers and the rotor speed is estimated by a model reference adaptive systems (MRAS). The structure of MRAS is composed by two systems (reference model and adaptive system) based on instantaneous reactive power and using an adaptation mechanism. On the other hand, to obtain a robust control when the system is subject to disturbances or load s variations, mechanical parameters are identified using estimated rotor speed and mechanical model of the induction motor (IM). Finally, for the speed control is used a proportional plus integral controller (PI) self-tuned through the estimated inertia. / Este trabalho propõe um algoritmo de identificação paramétrica para auto-ajuste da lei de controle de um servo de velocidade sem sensor mecânico. O processo de identificação dos parâmetros elétricos e mecânicos do servo é baseado em algoritmos do tipo mínimos quadrados recursivo (RLS) e utiliza apenas as medidas das correntes estatóricas. Os parâmetros elétricos são identificados através da função de transferência do motor com rotor bloqueado. Isso elimina a necessidade de realizar ensaios clássicos para obtenção dos parâmetros elétricos e impõe robustez ao controlador frente a variações paramétricas que ocorrem devido aos desgastes e envelhecimento dos materiais que constituem o motor. Uma vez identificados, os parâmetros elétricos são utilizados no projeto dos controladores de corrente e a velocidade rotórica é estimada utilizando um sistema adaptativo por modelo de referência (MRAS). A estrutura do MRAS é composta por dois sistemas (modelo de referência e sistema adaptativo) baseados na potência reativa instantânea e utiliza um mecanismo de adaptação. Por outro lado, para impor robustez ao controlador frente a variações de carga, os parâmetros mecânicos são identificados a partir da velocidade rotórica estimada e do modelo mecânico do motor de indução (MI). Finalmente, para o controle de velocidade é usado um controlador proporcional e integral (PI) com seus ganhos sintonizados a partir da inércia estimada.

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