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Multiphase permanent magnet synchronous machines are receiving more and more concern in several safety critical industry applications, owing to their higher fault tolerability, when compared to the conventional three-phase permanent magnet synchronous machines. However, PM machines can be subjected to rotor magnets demagnetization, which can be caused by overload conditions and/or stator winding f...Show More
Increasing interest has been shown in multiphase drives for medium and high-power industrial applications, owing to their specific advantages when compared to their three-phase counterparts. High-resistance connections cause stator resistance unbalance, leading to a degraded performance of the machine, which in turn affects the efficiency and reliability of the machine and the overall system. In t...Show More
Multiphase traction inverters are receiving more and more interest in electrical powertrain applications where reliability and safety are key items. However, with the requirement of more switches, multiphase inverters are more exposed to different potential anomalies and more specifically open-switch faults. In this context, detecting inverter faults is necessary to guarantee the required efficien...Show More
Rotor magnets are critical components, which in case of fault, directly affect the performance of drives based on permanent magnet synchronous motors. Thus, monitoring the rotor magnets status is essential to ensure both high level of efficiency and service continuity. The present study focuses on the investigation of a new full-time domain-based method for the diagnosis of incipient rotor magnet ...Show More
Multiphase induction motors are receiving more and more interest in applications where safety and high reliability of operation are key items. Thus, condition monitoring of stator faults is crucial for guaranteeing high motor performance and efficiency. In this paper the behavior of an asymmetrical twelve-phase induction motor, with quadruple three-phase winding configuration, is investigated unde...Show More
An array of proportional-resonant regulators is often used in shunt active power filters to control the grid currents and reduce the harmonic distortion caused by a distorting load. The voltage that is necessary to compensate for the current harmonics must be consistent with the available dc-link voltage. In this article, three adaptive algorithms for the exploitation of the dc-link voltage are de...Show More
The use of rotary assembly platforms is common in several automation applications, such as in bottle filling and capping systems. One of the problems that designers have to address is how to supply the electric actuators, sensors, and process controllers located on the rotating disk of the machine. The traditional solution is to use slip-ring contacts. However, they suffer from aging, and thus, a ...Show More
The technology of modular multilevel converters has been proposed for high-power dc-ac applications. The modular structure of the converter, which is composed of floating capacitor converters connected in series, is one of its most appreciated advantages. However, the control of the energy stored in the floating capacitors is not simple, because it depends on the circulating current of each leg, i...Show More
Multiphase permanent magnet synchronous machines are receiving more and more interest in safety critical modern industry applications and in wind turbines, owing to their higher reliability, with respect to the classical three phase machines. In this context, diagnosing the stator windings status is necessary to guaranty the required high machine performance. In the present paper, the detection of...Show More
Several efforts have been put in the reduction of the power losses of dc-ac converters by investigating soft-switching topologies, which have been reported to boost efficiencies of silicon inverters up to 99%. However, the auxiliary circuits of the switches significantly impact on the circuit complexity. Conversely, the use of wide bandgap devices offers an alternative for the reduction of the los...Show More
This paper illustrates a speed control scheme for a 3-phase synchronous reluctance machine with an open-end stator winding fed by a dual-inverter system with a floating capacitor bridge, which is used to compensate the reactive power. In addition, the active power is maximized consistently with the current and voltage constraints. A theoretical analysis, confirmed by experimental results, shows th...Show More
In this paper three adaptive algorithms for the exploitation of the DC-link voltage in shunt active power filters, based on an array of proportional-resonant current regulators, are developed, and compared. These algorithms adaptively change the voltage saturation of each regulator in order to preserve the control capability of the fundamental component of the current when the available voltage is...Show More
The use of rotary assembly platforms, such as the automated box-fill system rotary table, is widespread in automation applications. One of the problems that the designers have to face is how to transfer the power to the auxiliary actuators mounted on the rotating platform. In this paper, this problem is solved by adopting a direct drive wound-rotor five-phase machine that can independently control...Show More
Variable-speed drives based on multiphase permanent-magnet synchronous motors are an attractive alternative for a large variety of applications where high fault-tolerant capabilities are mandatory. Nevertheless, they are still vulnerable to rotor magnet demagnetization, as it is the case for three-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors. Then, monitoring the rotor magnets status is critical to r...Show More
The interest in multiphase machines is generally motivated by their intrinsic active phase redundancy, leading to a greater number of degrees of freedom compared to three-phase machines. Among multiphase machines, permanent magnet synchronous motors is an attractive alternative to induction machines, for a large variety of applications, principally because of their reliability and higher dynamic p...Show More
This paper deals with the development of force splitting strategies to be used within the computation of the force reference in multi-drive electric powertrains. Under normal operating conditions the total force is divided between the drives according to a desired behavior for better performance or energy consumption. The proposed algorithms take into account possible malfunctions which may reduce...Show More
In this paper a control system for shunt active power filters based on an array of proportional-resonant regulators is developed. An important advantage of this topology is the possibility of selective control, namely the possibility to choose the set of current harmonics that has to be compensated. The main contribution of the paper is an algorithm that adaptively changes the voltage saturation o...Show More
It is well-known that in multiphase drives the spatial harmonics of the air-gap magnetic field can be controlled independently of each other. In this paper it is shown how the third-order spatial harmonic of the magnetic field can be used to estimate the rotor speed without the need of a mechanical sensor. Experimental results confirm the feasibility of the developed sensorless speed observer.Show More
Condition monitoring of electric machines is a procedure of increasing importance, as fault tolerant systems are becoming mandatory in many applications. Early diagnosis of faults is a basic pillar in order to achieve full tolerance by the maintenance of faulty parts in electrical machines. As far as electrical drives are concerned, the share of mechanical faults (imbalances, gears and bearings) i...Show More
Multiphase permanent magnet machines are becoming attractive alternative for a wide range of industry applications owing to their reliability, dynamic performances, and its greater degrees of fault tolerability compared to three-phase machines. In this context, diagnosing rotor magnets degradation at incipient stage is crucial to guaranty the required efficiency of the machines. In the present pap...Show More
Rotor fault diagnosis techniques developed for induction machines (IMs) are classically based on current spectral analysis (CSA). For the case of rotor asymmetry in Wound-Rotor Induction Machine (WRIM), the magnitude of the negative sequence component at -sf of the rotor current space-vector is commonly monitored in order to quantify its contribution. Nevertheless, CSA still has some limitations. ...Show More
This paper proposes an analytic method for calculating the steady state operating point of any AC drive, either synchronous or asynchronous, taking into account the effect of the stator resistance. The method uses the 2nd order curves that represent the voltage, current and torque limits on the normalized id-iq plane. A selection algorithm, able to choose the best operating point for any torque re...Show More
Design of modern Wind Energy Conversion Systems (WECSs) must take into account two crucial aspects: efficient control strategies and reliable monitoring and diagnosis techniques. Wind turbine generators based on Wound Rotor Induction Machine (WRIM) is actually the preferred technology mainly because of the lower rating of the power converter connected to the rotor side. With the association of a b...Show More
An electric drive for high-speed applications is analyzed in this paper. The drive consists of a dual two-level inverter with a floating bridge, fed by a single voltage source, and a three-phase induction motor with open-ended stator windings. The floating bridge compensates the reactive power of the motor, so that the main inverter operates at unity power factor and fully exploits its current cap...Show More
This paper investigates a new approach for the detection of rotor electrical faults in three-phase wound-rotor induction machines. The method is assessed in a wind energy conversion system, where the rotor side of the wound-rotor induction machine is supplied by a static converter for the control of active and reactive power flows from the generator to the electrical grid. Here, a diagnostic space...Show More