System and method for controlling motor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10547265-B2
Application number	US-201815887594-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2018
Priority date	May 25, 2017
Publication date	Jan 28, 2020
Grant date	Jan 28, 2020

Abstract

Provided is a motor control system. The motor control system include an inverter connected to a DC link, including both ends which a DC link voltage value is applied across, and including switch groups connected in parallel and applying a three-phase current to a motor according to a switching operation, based on PWM control, of each of the switch groups, a current converter converting voltage values, applied across both ends of shunt resistors included in the switch groups, into DC current values according to an ADC gain, an adder estimating a current value, obtained by summating the DC current values, as a DC link current value, and a PI control unit outputting a voltage value for controlling a field current of the motor to the motor by using the estimated DC link current value according to a PI control method, for controlling a generated power of the DC link.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A motor control system comprising:
an inverter connected to a direct current (DC) link including both ends which a DC link voltage value is applied across, the inverter including a plurality of switch groups connected to one another in parallel and applying a three-phase current to a motor according to a switching operation, based on pulse width modulation (PWM) control, of each of the plurality of switch groups;
a current converter respectively converting voltage values, respectively applied across both ends of shunt resistors respectively included in the plurality of switch groups, into DC current values according to an analog-digital converter (ADC) gain;
an adder estimating a current value, obtained by summating the DC current values, as a DC link current value; and
a proportional integral (PI) control unit outputting a voltage value for controlling a field current of the motor to the motor by using the estimated DC link current value according to a PI control method, for controlling a generated power of the DC link,
wherein the PI control unit outputs the voltage value for controlling the field current of the motor by using the estimated DC link current value, the DC link voltage value, and a voltage value applied across both ends of a field shunt resistor designed in a field circuit of the motor, based on the PI control method,
wherein the PI control unit comprises
a divider performing a division operation on a power reference value input from an upper controller and the DC link voltage to output a DC current reference value;
a first adder summating a negative value of the estimated DC link current value and the DC current reference value output from the divider;
a first PI controller performing first PI control on the DC current reference value input from the first adder to output a field current reference value;
a current converter converting a voltage value applied across both ends of a shunt resistor into a DC field current value according to the ADC gain;
a second adder summating a negative value of the DC field current value input from the current converter and the field current reference value input from the first PI controller; and
a second PI controller performing second PI control on a sum value input from the second adder to output a voltage value for controlling the field current of the motor to the motor.

2. The motor control system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of switch groups each comprise an upper switch, a lower switch, and a shunt resistor which are serially connected to each other.

3. The motor control system of claim 1 , further comprising: a filter filtering the estimated DC link current value according to a low pass filtering method, the filter being provided between the adder and the PI controller.

4. The motor control system of claim 1 , wherein the motor is an integrated starter and generator (ISG) motor or a field winding motor.

5. A motor control method comprising:
respectively converting voltage values, respectively applied across both ends of shunt resistors designed in an inverter for controlling driving a motor, into direct current (DC) current values according to an analog-digital converter (ADC) gain;
estimating a current value, obtained by summating the DC current values, as a DC link current value; and
outputting a voltage value for controlling a field current of the motor to the motor by using the estimated DC link current value according to a proportional integral (PI) control method, for controlling a generated power of a DC link,
wherein the outputting comprises outputting the voltage value for controlling the field current of the motor by using the estimated DC link current value, the DC link voltage value, and a voltage value applied across both ends of the shunt resistor, based on the PI control method,
wherein the outputting comprises,
performing a division operation on a power reference value input from an upper controller and the DC link voltage to output a DC current reference value;
summating a negative value of the estimated DC link current value and the DC current reference value output from the divider;
performing first PI control on the DC current reference value input from the first adder to output a field current reference value;
converting a voltage value applied across both ends of a shunt resistor into a DC field current value according to the ADC gain;
summating a negative value of the DC field current value input from the current converter and the field current reference value input from the first PI controller; and
performing second PI control on a sum value input from the second adder to output a voltage value for controlling the field current of the motor to the motor.

6. The motor control method of claim 5 , wherein the shunt resistor designed in the inverter is designed in each of a plurality of switch groups connected to one another in parallel in the inverter, and
the plurality of switch groups each comprise an upper switch, a lower switch, and a shunt resistor which are serially connected to each other.

7. The motor control method of claim 5 , further comprising: filtering the estimated DC link current value according to a low pass filtering method, the filtering being performed between the estimating and the outputting.

Assignees

• Hyundai Mobis Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Sang Min

Classifications

• H02P27/08 Primary

  with pulse width modulation · CPC title

• H02P23/0004

  Control strategies in general, e.g. linear type, e.g. P, PI, PID, using robust control · CPC title

• H02P23/10

  Controlling by adding a DC current · CPC title

• H02P9/36 Primary

  using armature-reaction-excited machines · CPC title

• H02P23/14 Primary

  Estimation or adaptation of motor parameters, e.g. rotor time constant, flux, speed, current or voltage · CPC title