Cost-Effective Three-Phase PMSM Drive Tolerant to Open-Phase Fault

This paper presents a low-cost fault-tolerant system for open-phase fault (OPF) in a power-converter-fed permanent-magnet synchronous machine. The proposed fault-tolerant system is based on field orientation control with additional fault tolerance functionality. A current predictive method for OPF d...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on industrial electronics (1982) 2015-11, Vol.62 (11), p.6708-6718
Main Authors: Kontarcek, Andraz, Bajec, Primoz, Nemec, Mitja, Ambrozic, Vanja, Nedeljkovic, David
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithms
Circuit faults
Commutation
Fault detection
Fault diagnosis
Fault tolerance
Fault tolerant systems
Faults
Mathematical models
Matlab
motor drives
permanent magnet machines
Rotors
Sampling
Stators
Torque
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Summary:This paper presents a low-cost fault-tolerant system for open-phase fault (OPF) in a power-converter-fed permanent-magnet synchronous machine. The proposed fault-tolerant system is based on field orientation control with additional fault tolerance functionality. A current predictive method for OPF detection is presented, together with an estimation of the threshold level for detection. The proposed method is based on the prediction of stator current for the next sampling interval. Furthermore, a new method for postfault operation of the machine is proposed. For optimal performance of the complete drive, a prefiring angle is introduced in order to avoid the temporary generation of negative torque. This improvement increases the average generated postfault electromagnetic torque, and consequently, it reduces the mechanical stress on various machine parts. The proposed fault detection and postfault operation solutions were simulated in MATLAB, and they were also tested on an experimental setup. The results show several advantages of the proposed fault-tolerant solution, like its short fault-detection time, substantial robustness against variation of machine parameters or load fluctuations, and negligible implementation costs, since no hardware modifications are needed. The fault detection algorithm does not require high computing power, and it operates well even during transients.
ISSN:0278-0046
1557-9948
DOI:10.1109/TIE.2015.2437357