Abstract: Provided is a control device for a rotating machine including a magnetic pole position estimation unit, a vector calculation unit, a current command correction unit configured to correct a first d-axis current command and a first q-axis current command, to thereby output a second d-axis current command and a second q-axis current command, a voltage application unit configured to superimpose a high-frequency voltage including a specific frequency component on voltage commands on rotational coordinates. The magnetic pole position estimation unit is configured to estimate the position of the magnetic pole based on a state quantity of the specific frequency component. The current command correction unit is configured to correct the current commands so that a current amplitude of electrical angle frequency components is equal to or larger than a half of a current amplitude of the specific frequency component.

Abstract: Disclosed are a motor variable frequency driving system and a multi-split central air conditioner. The motor variable frequency driving system includes: a three-phase alternating-current input, a rectification module, a thin-film capacitor, an inverter, a vector control module, an A/D sampling module and a steady state processing module. The rectification module is connected to the three-phase alternating-current input; the thin-film capacitor is arranged between output ends of a direct current output; an input end of the inverter is connected to an output end of the direct current output; an output end of the inverter is connected to a three-phase alternating current motor; the vector control module is connected to the inverter; the A/D sampling module is used for collecting direct current bus voltages of two ends of the thin-film capacitor; and the steady state processing module is connected to the A/D sampling module.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a DC bus discharge control method, including that: an active discharge instruction is received; a motor current signal is acquired according to the active discharge instruction; the motor current signal is converted into a current signal in a stator coordinate system; a voltage control signal in the stator coordinate system is output based on the current signal in the stator coordinate system and a random current reference instruction of a preset stator coordinate system; and the voltage control signal in the stator coordinate system is converted into a three-phase voltage control signal, and a working state of a switching device is controlled according to the three-phase voltage control signal.

Abstract: Provided is a motor control device capable of suppressing a sudden change in torque due to spike noise. A control device (motor control device) continues motor control using dq-axis current command values Id* and Iq* (current command values) or dq-axis detection current values real_Id and real_Iq before detecting a noise state (detection current values before a current supplied to a motor suddenly changes) instead of dq-axis detection current values real_Id and real_Iq (latest detection current values) when the current changes suddenly.

Abstract: A half-bridge switching module is one of a plurality of half-bridge switching modules coupled to an input voltage to regulate energy provided to a load in response to a system controller. The half-bridge switching module includes a low-side switch. A low-side control is referenced to ground and is coupled to the low-side switch. A high-side switch is coupled to the low-side switch. A high-side control circuit is coupled to the high-side switch and is referenced to a floating node of the half-bridge switching module. A single fault terminal is coupled to a fault bus coupled to the system controller. The fault bus consists of a single wire. The single fault terminal is configured to provide multidirectional multi-fault group communication between the plurality of the half-bridge switching modules and the system controller through the fault bus.

Abstract: An identification method includes supplying a motor power supply voltage from an identification device to a brushless DC motor via a power line, receiving the supply of the power supply voltage to rotate the brushless DC motor in accordance with a Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) signal output from a drive circuit of the brushless DC motor, superimposing an identification signal with a same frequency as that of the PWM signal on a power supply current flowing through the power line upon rotation of the brushless DC motor, acquiring the power supply current flowing through the power line, detecting the frequency of the identification signal superimposed on the power supply current, and identifying information about the brushless DC motor based on the detected frequency of the identification signal.

Abstract: A driving device of one embodiment includes a phase estimator and a voltage controller. The phase estimator estimates a phase of stator interlinkage magnetic flux of an electric motor based on a current flowing through the electric motor, a voltage command of a drive voltage applied to the electric motor, and a winding resistance value of the electric motor. The voltage controller acquires a first voltage vector component in a direction in which the stator interlinkage magnetic flux acts and a second voltage vector component in a direction which is orthogonal to the direction in which the stator interlinkage magnetic flux acts for the voltage command of the drive voltage, and sets the voltage command of the drive voltage based on the first voltage vector component and the second voltage vector component.

Abstract: A method is provided for operating a rotating field machine of a motor vehicle, wherein at least two winding systems of the rotating field machine are supplied with current from an intermediate circuit via a transmission device having at least two switching units and wherein respective switching sequences for the switching units for supplying the winding system in question are defined. For the switching sequences, first switching states in which current is drawn from the intermediate circuit and second switching states in which no current is drawn are defined. The first switching states of the respective switching sequences are defined so as to be free of overlap. For at least one of the switching sequences, third switching states are defined, in which current is fed into the intermediate circuit. The third switching states are defined so as to overlap with the first switching states of the other switching sequence.

Abstract: A permanent-magnet synchronous motor includes an inverter power circuit that converts direct-current power to three-phase alternating-current power, a motor bodydriven by the three-phase alternating-current power, a current detector that calculates an excitation current value and a torque current value from motor stator current values and an estimated value of a magnetic pole position of the rotor, a magnetic pole position detector that determines, for output to the current detector, the estimated value from the excitation current value, the torque current value, and supply voltage information, a voltage calculation unit that calculates, by means of the excitation current value, the torque current value, and an angular velocity calculated from the estimated value, the supply voltage information that causes the torque current value to approximate a torque current command value, and an inverter controller that controls the inverter power circuit on a basis of the supply voltage information and the estimated val

Abstract: A control device for an electric motor includes: a controller configured to apply switching control to an inverter configured to execute power conversion in accordance with a torque command, to thereby control AC power to be supplied to the electric motor; and a current sensor configured to detect a phase current, which flows through an AC cable configured to connect the electric motor and the inverter to each other, wherein the controller includes a disconnection detection unit configured to acquire the phase current detected by the current sensor as a phase current detection value, calculate based on the torque command a phase current command value directed to the electric motor, and determine presence or absence of a disconnection of the AC cable in each phase from a transition result of a difference value between the phase current command value and the phase current detection value in each phase.

Abstract: With the object of preventing deterioration due to the temperature when charging a secondary battery, a configuration is such that currents are controlled so as to be caused to flow equally through the respective phases of three-phase coils of a second group which configure an AC rotary machine body, whereby a large current is caused to flow for a short time, causing the secondary battery to rise in temperature, even when the AC rotary machine body is in a state of rest.

Abstract: Excitation position is changed in accordance with an external clock. The state of a full bridge circuit including four transistors connected to a coil of a stepping motor, is controlled in accordance with the excitation position. At the time of transition from the excitation position at which coil current that flows in the coil is nonzero to the excitation position at which the coil current is zero, a switch is made to (i) the inverse state where the on or off state of each of the four transistors before the transition is inverted, and then a switch is made to (ii) the off state where all the four transistors are off.

Abstract: A motor control system includes an inverter, and a control unit that feedback-controls the inverter. The control unit includes a voltage control unit that calculates a voltage command value indicating a voltage to be applied to the motor from the inverter based on a current deviation between a current command value and an actual current detection value, and a torque ripple compensation unit that adds a compensation value for compensating a torque ripple in the motor to a signal value on at least one of an upstream side and a downstream side in a signal flow passing through the voltage control unit. The torque ripple compensation unit calculates the compensation value based on an actual angular velocity at which the motor rotates and the target current command value, and based on advance angle control for compensating a response delay of the motor control system with respect to the compensation value.

Abstract: A control device for an electric motor having a first set of coil windings arranged to form a first sub motor and a second set of coil windings arranged to form a second sub motor, wherein current flow in the first set of coil windings is controlled using a first pulse width modulation, PWM, having a first switching sequence and current flow in the second set of coil windings is controlled using a second PWM having a second switching sequence, the control device comprising means arranged to measure the current flow in each of the first set of coil windings, wherein upon determining that the sum of the current flow in the first set of coil windings is substantially non zero, deriving the first PWM values from voltage values used to generate the second PWM.

Abstract: Stable current control is performed even at the time of occurrence of disturbance, while the steadily occurring current pulsation is suppressed. A motor drive device 100 includes a power conversion circuit 103 that drives an alternating-current motor 101, and a controller 102 that controls the power conversion circuit 103. The controller 102 includes a voltage command calculation unit 108, a control state judgement unit 112, and a control gain change unit 113.

Abstract: A system for controlling a plurality of motors includes: a variable frequency drive (VFD) configured to control at least one property of the motors, the VFD having a current interruption rating that is greater than a continuous current rating of all of the plurality of motors combined; a bus electrically connected to the VFD; and a plurality of protection modules, each protection module including: a motor overload device electrically connected to a particular one of the plurality of motors; and a switching relay in series with the motor overload device, the switching relay configured to connect the protection module to and disconnect the protection module from the bus. A state of the switching relay determines whether the protection module is electrically connected to the bus, the VFD is configured to control the state of the switching relay, and the switching relay has a current interruption rating that is less than the continuous current rating of the particular one of the plurality of motors.

Abstract: A control circuit, a system and a method 200 of determining a position of a rotor in a permanent magnet motor PM1 in a state when the rotor is freely rotating, the motor being connected to a direct voltage link 101 via an inverter circuit 102, wherein the inverter circuit is operable for connecting windings of a stator of said motor to the direct voltage link, the method comprising the following a step a) short circuiting 201 the windings of the stator of said permanent magnet motor, a step b) measuring 202 a back electromotive force EMF of the short-circuited windings of the stator; and a step c) determining 203 the position of the rotor by means of the measured back EMF.

Abstract: In a variable speed generator/motor device including a variable frequency power converter, a direct current voltage device including a voltage type self-excited converter, an automatic voltage adjuster, and a converter current adjuster that controls unit converters, a first three-phase branch circuit is provided between the direct current voltage device and an alternating current system; a second three-phase branch circuit is provided between the variable frequency power converter and a three-phase alternating current synchronous machine; a first load switch is provided between the first three-phase branch circuit and the second three-phase branch circuit; a measurement current transformer is provided between the three-phase alternating current synchronous machine and the second three-phase branch circuit; when switching from a converter mode in which the variable frequency power converter drives the three-phase alternating current synchronous machine to generate power to a bypass mode, the first load switch

Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling a multi-channel multi-phase electrical machine including a plurality of channels each with a set of phase windings connected to a converter, which method includes the steps of operating the converters to electrically phase-shift the channels; computing harmonic injection currents for a dominant harmonic on the basis of electrical quantities in a rotating reference frame; determining harmonic voltage references for the dominant harmonic on the basis of the harmonic injection currents; and regulating the AC output voltages of the channels according to the fundamental voltage references and the harmonic voltage references. Also provided is a control arrangement of a multi-channel multi-phase electrical machine; a wind turbine; and a computer program product.

Abstract: A motor control device that detects a motor current through ?? AD conversion includes a stop signal generator and a stop signal controller. When a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of three phase voltage command values to be applied to a motor is smaller than or equal to a predetermined threshold, a stop signal that causes the ?? AD conversion to stop is output with a delay by the time corresponding to a delay in current detection while a leakage current caused by on and off of a power conversion element is occurring.