Dual-Level Located Feedforward Control for Five-Leg Two-Mover Permanent-Magnet Linear Motor Traction Systems

Based on the model predictive current control (MPCC), a dual-level located feedforward control (DLFC) is proposed for the five-leg dual-mover primary permanent-magnet linear motor traction system, in which, two three-phase movers are fed by one five-leg voltage-source inverter (VSI). In the proposed DLFC, the studied traction system is divided into dual-level subsystems, including mover level and system level. In the mover level, it is assumed that one mover is fed by one three-leg VSI. The reference synchronous currents are replaced by the reference static voltages, and the model current predictions are eliminated by the discrete mover voltage vectors (MVVs). Furthermore, the global optimal MVVs are determined by the mover-level geometrical location. If the implementation conflicts between two global optimal MVVs, two local optimal MVVs will be determined by the system-level geometrical location to replace one former global optimal MVV. Compared with MPCC, the computation burden of DLFC can be significantly reduced. If both control methods use the same sampling period, they have the same performances. On the other hand, DLFC can use shorter sampling period, and it can perform better than MPCC. All the theoretical analyses are verified by simulation and experimental results.