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Sensorless rotor tracking of induction machines with asymmetrical rotor resistance

US6069467A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateNov 16, 1998
Grant dateMay 30, 2000
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Expiry dateNov 16, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02P2203/11
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A drive system for providing ac drive power to an induction machine with asymmetrical rotor resistance and for sensorless rotor tracking of the induction machine includes: a signal injector for determining a stator command signal in a reference frame which is aligned with either an estimated rotor reference frame; a signal determiner for determining a feedback stator signal of the induction machine in a stator reference frame; and a rotor position and velocity tracker for using the feedback stator signal to estimate a rotor velocity and position by transforming the feedback stator signal into an orthogonal axis feedback stator signal in the estimated rotor reference frame, isolating a component of the orthogonal axis feedback stator signal which is in-phase with the injected stator command signals, filtering the isolated component to isolate an error term, and generating a position estimate by driving the isolated error term towards zero. In several related embodiments a flux axis stator command signal is injected into the drive system and flux axis and torque axis stator feedback signals are then used for rotor position and velocity tracking.

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