Title
Operating Constraints Management of a Surface-Mounted PM Synchronous Machine by Means of an FPGA-Based Model Predictive Control Algorithm
Abstract
A model predictive control algorithm (MPC) suitable for Surface-Mounted Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (SPMs) is presented in this paper. It is based upon an accurate discrete-time model of the drive, accounting for both voltage saturation and current limitation constraints. It aims to properly manage these constraints in order to guarantee a good exploitation of both transient and steady state SPM performances, especially over flux-weakening operation. The effectiveness of the proposed MPC is first validated by a simulation study, in which the sensitivity of the proposed MPC against un-compensated inverter un-idealities and parameter uncertainties is properly highlighted and discussed, as well as the effects of sudden load torque variations. Then, an experimental study is performed on a radial-flux SPM driven by a Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA) control board. The performances achievable by the proposed MPC are compared with those obtained by a conventional PI-based control system in order to highlight the improvements, especially regarding transient and flux-weakening operation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2014
10.1109/TII.2013.2261304
Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions  
Keywords
Field
DocType
discrete time systems,field programmable gate arrays,invertors,magnetic flux,permanent magnet machines,power system transients,predictive control,surface mount technology,synchronous machines,torque,FPGA-based model predictive control algorithm,MPC,current limitation constraint,discrete time model,field programmable gate array,flux weakening operation,load torque variation,operating constraint management,parameter uncertainty,permanent magnet synchronous machine,radial flux SPM,steady state SPM performance,surface mounted PM synchronous machine,transient SPM performance,uncompensated inverter unideality,voltage saturation,Field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs),permanent magnet machines,predictive control
Change control board,Inverter,Torque,Synchronous motor,Computer science,Control theory,Voltage,Model predictive control,Field-programmable gate array,Algorithm,Control engineering,Control system
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
10
1
1551-3203
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.62
14
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Alfonso Damiano1347.94
Gianluca Gatto2375.52
Ignazio Marongiu3688.73
Aldo Perfetto480.96