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Friday 5 March 2021

A Simple Voltage Modulator Scheme for Torque Ripple Minimization in a Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor

 ABSTRACT:

 This paper presents a simple dc-link voltage modulation scheme to minimize the commutation torque ripple in a Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor (PMBLDCM). Maintaining a constant current in the non-commutating (NC) phase helps to minimize the torque ripple, which can be achieved by boosting the motor input voltage whenever two phase currents are undergoing commutation. At low speeds, since the required ac voltage at commutation is also less than nominal, the standard PWM operation of inverter with the nominal dc-link voltage suffices. However, at higher speeds, a momentary (only during the commutation interval) boost in the dc-link voltage (above the nominal level) is needed to ensure boost in motor voltage, hence a steady current in the NC phase. In the proposed scheme, the dc voltage boost at higher speeds is obtained by connecting two capacitors in series which are normally connected in parallel across the dc-link. The proposed scheme is verified for a 1hp PMBLDCM drive through simulations and experiments in the laboratory. Results exhibit a notable improvement in reducing the torque ripple.

KEYWORDS:

 

1.      Dc-link voltage modulation

2.      Permanent magnet brushless dc motor

3.      Commutation torque ripple

 SOFTWARE: MATLAB/SIMULINK

 CONCLUSION:

A simple capacitor switching based dc-link voltage modulation scheme to minimize the commutation torque ripple in a PMBLDCM is presented in this paper. Maintaining a steady value of the NC phase current by altering the dc-link voltage can effectively minimize the torque ripple. PWM control of inverter at low speed range and PWM control along with dc-link voltage modulation at high speed range (proposed scheme) ensure a low torque ripple. A simple additional circuitry is employed to momentarily boost the dc voltage to the inverter in the high speed range. The DVM scheme offers a significant diminution in torque ripple and a smooth and noise free operation of the PMBLDC machine.

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