Electric drives with a three-phase structure are commonly utilized in road vehicles for propulsion and in aeronautics as control-surface actuators. In recent times, some concerns have emerged on the use of three-phase drives in such applications in regard to power capability, efficiency and fault-tolerance. A way to effectively cope with these concerns is the adoption of multiphase drives. In this sense, a five-phase drive is a promising solution as it does not imply an excessively complicated structure. In this paper a five-phase PM BLDC drive is considered and its torque capabilities are investigated for square-wave current supply. Specifically, the torque developed by a five-phase drive is first compared to the three-phase counterpart; torque comparison is carried out by keeping motor size and loading unchanged and by considering two hypotheses: equal phase back-emf and equal phase rms current. Then the torque available from a five-phase drive is determined under various supply modes, characterized by the simultaneous conduction of a reduced number of phases; the torque available is determined by imposing an equal rms phase current in the supply modes.
Titolo: | Torque capabilities of a five-phase PM BLDC drive vs. a three-phase one and various supply modes |
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Data di pubblicazione: | 2014 |
Abstract: | Electric drives with a three-phase structure are commonly utilized in road vehicles for propulsion and in aeronautics as control-surface actuators. In recent times, some concerns have emerged on the use of three-phase drives in such applications in regard to power capability, efficiency and fault-tolerance. A way to effectively cope with these concerns is the adoption of multiphase drives. In this sense, a five-phase drive is a promising solution as it does not imply an excessively complicated structure. In this paper a five-phase PM BLDC drive is considered and its torque capabilities are investigated for square-wave current supply. Specifically, the torque developed by a five-phase drive is first compared to the three-phase counterpart; torque comparison is carried out by keeping motor size and loading unchanged and by considering two hypotheses: equal phase back-emf and equal phase rms current. Then the torque available from a five-phase drive is determined under various supply modes, characterized by the simultaneous conduction of a reduced number of phases; the torque available is determined by imposing an equal rms phase current in the supply modes. |
Handle: | http://hdl.handle.net/11368/2834800 |
ISBN: | 978-1-4799-6075-0 978-1-4799-6075-0 |
URL: | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=7056098&isnumber=7056073 |
Appare nelle tipologie: | 4.1 Contributo in Atti Convegno (Proceeding) |