Decoupling Control for Salient Pole Synchronous Motor Harmonic Currents

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Solution Overview

Problem

Traditional methods for controlling harmonic currents in salient pole synchronous motors fail to achieve complete decoupling, leading to reduced control accuracy and response speed due to dynamic coupling between harmonic currents.

Innovation Solution

A decoupling control system that includes a harmonic current detection module, linear transformation module, harmonic current decoupling control module, inversely linear transformation module, and motor control module, which performs linear transformation and independent decoupling control over 6k±1 harmonic currents to adjust output voltage and achieve decoupling.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Device complexity

If traditional PI control is used for harmonic current, then the control system is simple, but control accuracy and response speed are insufficient due to bandwidth limitation

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvecontrol system structureVSAvoidharmonic current control accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the harmonic current control into multiple independent parallel control loops, each targeting a specific harmonic order (5th, 7th, 11th, 13th, etc.). Each loop includes its own detection, transformation, decoupling control, and inverse transformation modules, enabling independent optimization of control accuracy for each harmonic component while maintaining overall system manageability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces dynamic decoupling control that adapts to the dynamic coupling characteristics of harmonic currents in salient pole synchronous motors. The control system dynamically adjusts the decoupling parameters based on the motor's operating state, enabling high-bandwidth response for harmonic current suppression while maintaining system stability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

2Difficulty of detecting and measuring

If multiple reference frame transformation is used for harmonic current detection, then detection capability is improved, but control accuracy is reduced due to dynamic coupling between harmonic currents

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveharmonic current detection capabilityVSAvoidharmonic current control accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Difficulty of detecting and measuringVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a decoupling control module as an intermediary between the multiple reference frame transformation and the control output. This intermediary dynamically compensates for the coupling effects between different harmonic currents, transforming the coupled harmonic current components into independent control variables that can be precisely controlled without interference

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the control parameters by introducing decoupling terms that account for the dynamic coupling between harmonic currents. The control equations are modified to include compensation terms that eliminate the interaction between different harmonic components, enabling independent and precise control of each harmonic order

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Measurement precision

If dynamic decoupling control is implemented for each harmonic current, then control accuracy and response speed are improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveharmonic current control accuracyVSAvoidcontrol system structure
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements a universal control framework that handles all harmonic orders through a standardized set of modules. The same detection, transformation, decoupling control, and inverse transformation modules are reused for each harmonic order, reducing overall system complexity despite the multi-loop structure. The control algorithm universally applies to any harmonic order present in the system

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent segments the complex decoupling control into modular functional blocks that can be independently implemented and optimized. Each harmonic order has its own dedicated control loop with standardized modules, allowing the system to achieve high control accuracy through parallel independent loops while managing complexity through modular architecture

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS11705842B2Decoupling control system and method for harmonic current of salient pole synchronous motor
Publication Date: 2023.07.18 CRRC QINGDAO SIFANG CO LTD
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AI summary

A decoupling control system for a salient pole synchronous motor that includes a harmonic current detection module, configured to acquire 6k±1 harmonic current feedback; a linear transformation module, configured to perform linear transformation on 6k±1 harmonic current references and 6k±1 harmonic current feedback in a harmonic reference frame separately to acquire new harmonic currents; and a harmonic current decoupling control module, configured to make adjustment according to an error between a harmonic current reference subjected to the linear transformation and harmonic current feedback subjected to the linear transformation, and perform independent decoupling control over each of the harmonic currents.