Inverter Stabilizing Compensation for Motor Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Large permanent magnet motors with high electrical time constants experience instability and increased current ripple at high speeds due to interference loop gain issues, making it difficult to achieve stable motor control with existing vector control methods.

Innovation Solution

An inverter device with a stabilizing compensation calculation unit that adjusts the d-axis voltage command to reduce current control gain at rotational frequencies, using a phase compensation signal to stabilize the q-axis current, thereby maintaining control stability across varying electrical time constants and calculation periods.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If vector control is applied to large permanent magnet motors with high electrical time constants, then motor control is achieved, but instability and current ripple occur at high speeds due to increased loop gain

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemotor control stabilityVSAvoidrotational speed
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSSpeed

Solution Approach 1:

The control device preemptively counteracts the harmful effect of increased loop gain at high speeds by calculating a speed-dependent correction value and applying it to adjust the gain. This preliminary anti-action prevents instability and current ripple before they occur, allowing stable motor control across the entire speed range including high-speed operation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

2Reliability

If the calculation period for vector control is shortened to suppress loop gain, then control stability improves, but control responsiveness deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol stabilityVSAvoidcontrol response time
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The invention dynamically changes the d-axis current control gain parameter based on motor speed. By adjusting the gain to decrease at high speeds and maintain at low speeds, the system achieves stable control across all operating conditions without requiring a fixed short calculation period, thus maintaining both stability and responsiveness

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Device complexity

If the d-axis current control gain is kept constant, then control simplicity is maintained, but current ripple and torque deviation increase at high speeds

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol system complexityVSAvoidcurrent ripple
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The control system transitions from a static constant gain approach to a dynamic speed-dependent gain. The d-axis current control gain is automatically adjusted according to motor speed, decreasing at high speeds to suppress current ripple and torque deviation while maintaining simplicity in the control architecture through automated adaptation

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Data Source

PatentEP2963804B1Inverter device, construction machine, and motor control method
Publication Date: 2019.06.12 HITACHI IND EQUIP SYST CO LTD
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AI summary

An inverter device for controlling a permanent magnet motor includes: a voltage vector calculation unit that outputs a voltage command; a stabilizing compensation calculation unit that calculates a correction amount for reducing a current control gain at a rotational frequency component of the permanent magnet motor; a correction calculation unit that corrects the voltage command outputted from the voltage vector calculation unit based upon the correction amount calculated by the stabilizing compensation calculation unit; and a power conversion unit that converts DC power to AC power based upon the voltage command that has been corrected by the correction calculation unit, and outputs the AC power to the permanent magnet motor.