Vector control design and analysis for PMSM using real-time HIL simulation

During the development of control strategies for permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSM) used in wind turbines, usage of wide range of simulation allows for more detailed, more safe and less expensive development. This paper presents type of HIL simulation, where instead of using real controller and real-time simulator, two real-time simulators are used and form a co-simulation environment where vector control of PMSM is conducted. The whole process of designing and simulating is a part of model-based design (MBD). The PMSM is described and controller for vector control is derived. Created co-simulation environment with its advantages and problems is described. An experiment with different scenarios is conducted to test created co-simulation.