Efficient control system and method for brushless motor with wide working range

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11235668-B1
Application number	US-202117367913-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jul 6, 2021
Priority date	Jul 28, 2020
Publication date	Feb 1, 2022
Grant date	Feb 1, 2022

Abstract

The present disclosure provides an efficient control system and method for a brushless motor with a wide working range, which are applied to an aerospace vehicle energy system. The system of the present disclosure includes a power supplying module, a first DC-DC circuit, a battery pack, a second DC-DC circuit, an anti-reverse-connection circuit, an electronic speed control (ESC), a brushless direct current motor (BLDC), an airborne controller and a communication link. Electric energy from the power supplying module is configured to charge the battery pack via the first DC-DC circuit, and electric energy of the battery pack sequentially flows through the second DC-DC circuit and the anti-reverse-connection circuit to energize the ESC, wherein output voltage of the second DC-DC circuit and throttle signal input of the ESC are controlled in real time by the airborne controller according to a power demand of an aircraft.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An efficient control method for a brushless motor with a wide working range, comprising:
at a system including a power supplying module, a first DC-DC circuit, a battery pack, a second DC-DC circuit, an anti-reverse-connection circuit, an electronic speed control (ESC), a brushless direct current motor (BLDC), an airborne controller, a communication link, wherein the power supplying module outputs regulated direct currents to energize the battery pack through the first DC-DC circuit; wherein the battery pack energizes the ESC through the second DC-DC circuit and the anti-reverse-connection circuit in sequence, and the ESC drives the BLDC to rotate; wherein the second DC-DC circuit uses an adjustable DC-DC circuit, which changes an output voltage according to an input signal; wherein the communication link is configured to transmit an original throttle signal output by a flight control system to the airborne controller; and wherein the airborne controller is configured to acquire input/output voltage and current information from the first DC-DC circuit and output voltage and current information of the battery pack for monitoring, make the original throttle signal transmitted from the communication link correspond to a power demand of a power system, output two control signals according to a relationship between a power demand of a current aircraft and a set power threshold, and a first control signal is output to the ESC for controlling throttle thrust of the ESC, and a second control signal is output to the second DC-DC circuit for controlling the second DC-DC circuit to output a matched voltage:
receiving, by the airborne controller, the original throttle signal output by the flight control system via a communication link, and mapping the original throttle signal to the power demand of the power system so as to obtain the power demand of the power system at a current time point; and
determining the power demand of the power system, including:
when the power demand of the power system is less than or equal to a preset power threshold, outputting, by the flight control system, the control signal of the ESC to change an actual throttle value, and simultaneously controlling, by the airborne controller, the second DC-DC circuit to energize with a reference voltage, the reference voltage being the lowest voltage output by the second DC-DC circuit that is the lowest voltage supported by the ESC; and
when the power demand of the power system is greater than the preset power threshold, simultaneously changing, by the airborne controller, the throttle thrust of the ESC and the output voltage of the second DC-DC circuit according to a joint adjustment strategy so as to realize high-power power output.

2. The efficient control method for a brushless motor with a wide working range according to claim 1 , wherein the system further comprises a voltage regulation module for providing a stable power supply for an airborne apparatus.

3. The efficient control method for a brushless motor with a wide working range according to claim 1 , wherein the power supplying module includes photovoltaic energization, fuel cell energization and fuel generator energization, with single-channel energization or multi-channel parallel energization.

4. The efficient control method for a brushless motor with a wide working range according to claim 1 , wherein the first DC-DC circuit and the second DC-DC circuit are a BUCK-type circuit or a BUCK-BOOST-type circuit.

5. The efficient control method for a brushless motor with a wide working range according to claim 1 , wherein the joint adjustment strategy consults a pre-obtained power matching table, so as to output the throttle thrust of the ESC and the output voltage of the second DC-DC circuit corresponding to demanded power, wherein the power matching table records an operating voltage and the throttle thrust of the ESC corresponding to an optimal efficiency of the system under different power demands.

6. The efficient control method for a brushless motor with a wide working range according to claim 5 , wherein the power matching table is obtained through a wind tunnel test by firstly obtaining an efficiency curve of a power device with equal power output under a target working condition, and then recording the operating voltage and the throttle thrust corresponding to a highest efficiency point on the efficiency curve one by one, and recording an operating voltage, the throttle thrust and power corresponding to a highest point in each efficiency curve so as to obtain the power matching table, different equal power outputs respectively corresponding to respective efficiency curves.

7. The efficient control method for a brushless motor with a wide working range according to claim 1 , wherein the joint adjustment strategy includes additionally mounting a corresponding force sensor on a power system and incorporating a dynamic tracking algorithm to track the highest real-time efficiency of the power system.

8. The efficient control method for a brushless motor with a wide working range according to claim 1 , wherein the mapping the original throttle signal to the power demand of the power system uses linear mapping.

Assignees

• Univ Zhejiang

Inventors

• Zheng Yao
• Chen Junyin
• Du Changping
• Song Guanghua
• Yang Rui
• Ye Zhixian
• Zhang Zekun

Classifications

• Y02T10/64

  Electric machine technologies in electromobility · CPC title

• Y02T90/16

  Information or communication technologies improving the operation of electric vehicles · CPC title

• Y02T10/72

  Electric energy management in electromobility · CPC title

• Y02T10/70

  Energy storage systems for electromobility, e.g. batteries · CPC title

• H02P2201/07

  DC-DC step-up or step-down converter inserted between the power supply and the inverter supplying the motor, e.g. to control voltage source fluctuations, to vary the motor speed · CPC title