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Synchronous switching of non-line-start permanent magnet synchronous machines between inverter and grid drives

  • School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Harbin Institute of Technology
  • Aalborg University

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Abstract

Non-Line-Start Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machines (NLSPMSMs) have no damping windings in the rotor and hence cannot start themselves directly to the grid. For applications where a constant speed drive is preferred, NLSPMSMs are required to be driven by the grid. Therefore, inverter aided soft startup and soft stop of such kind of motors are necessary. In this paper, a modified method of switching NLSPMSMs from inverter to grid mode drives, which is named as 'forward switching' is proposed by introducing an additional V/f control after phase tracking in order to achieve voltage magnitude tracking. Furthermore, the method of switching the NLSPMSMs from grid to inverter drives, which is named as backward switching is also proposed. No position sensors are used, and the extended ElectroMotive Force (EMF) based position sensorless control algorithm is adopted during inverter drive. Experiments on an 18.5 kW NLSPMSM prototype are carried out to verify the effectiveness of the proposed methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781509007370
DOIs
StatePublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
Event2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2016 - Milwaukee, United States
Duration: 18 Sep 201622 Sep 2016

Publication series

NameECCE 2016 - IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, Proceedings

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition, ECCE 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMilwaukee
Period18/09/1622/09/16

Keywords

  • Non-line-start permanent magnet synchronous machine (NLSPMSM)
  • position sensorless control
  • soft start/stop
  • synchronous switching

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