Control device for rotating electric machine and drive system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11811340-B2
Application number	US-201917603363-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2019
Priority date	Apr 18, 2019
Publication date	Nov 7, 2023
Grant date	Nov 7, 2023

Abstract

Provided is a control device for a rotating electric machine, the control device being configured to control an inverter configured to apply a voltage to each phase winding of a rotating electric machine, to thereby control, for the each phase winding, a current to be supplied to the each phase winding, the control device including a control unit configured to: calculate a voltage command value to be applied to the each phase winding so that a phase difference between harmonic components of the same order in a radial magnetic flux density and a circumferential magnetic flux density of an air gap portion between a stator core and a rotor core of the rotating electric machine becomes a phase difference target value determined in advance, and to control the inverter in accordance with the calculated voltage command value.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A control device for a rotating electric machine, the control device being configured to control an inverter configured to apply a voltage to each phase winding of a rotating electric machine, to thereby control, for the each phase winding, a current to be supplied to the each phase winding, the control device comprising:
control circuitry configured to calculate a voltage command value to be applied to the each phase winding so that a phase difference between harmonic components of the same order in a radial magnetic flux density and a circumferential magnetic flux density of an air gap portion between a stator core and a rotor core of the rotating electric machine becomes a phase difference target value determined in advance, and to control the inverter in accordance with the calculated voltage command value.

2. The control device for a rotating electric machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:
radial magnetic flux density calculation circuitry configured to calculate, as harmonic components of respective orders in the radial magnetic flux density, harmonic components of respective orders in a radial d-axis magnetic flux density and harmonic components of respective orders in a radial q-axis magnetic flux density;
circumferential magnetic flux density calculation circuitry configured to calculate, as harmonic components of respective orders in the circumferential magnetic flux density, harmonic components of respective orders in a circumferential d-axis magnetic flux density and harmonic components of respective orders in a circumferential q-axis magnetic flux density;
characteristic parameter calculation circuitry configured to calculate and output, for each order, as a characteristic parameter, an inner product of a vector formed of harmonic components of the same order in the radial d-axis magnetic flux density and the radial q-axis magnetic flux density and a vector formed of harmonic components of the same order in the circumferential d-axis magnetic flux density and the circumferential q-axis magnetic flux density;
characteristic parameter command circuitry configured to output a characteristic parameter command value set in advance so that the phase difference between the harmonic components of the same order in the radial magnetic flux density and the circumferential magnetic flux density becomes the phase difference target value; and
comparison circuitry configured to calculate, for the each order, a difference between the characteristic parameter command value input from the characteristic parameter command circuitry and the characteristic parameter input from the characteristic parameter calculation circuitry, and to output the calculated difference corresponding to the each order,
wherein the control circuitry is configured to calculate the voltage command value so that the difference corresponding to the each order input from the comparison circuitry becomes a characteristic parameter difference target value determined in advance, and to control the inverter in accordance with the calculated voltage command value.

3. The control device for a rotating electric machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein a magnetic flux density command map in which the number of revolutions and torque of the rotating electric machine are associated with a magnetic flux density command value so that the phase difference between the harmonic components of the same order in the radial magnetic flux density and the circumferential magnetic flux density becomes the phase difference target value is set in advance,
wherein the magnetic flux density command value includes command values for controlling the harmonic components of the respective orders in the radial magnetic flux density and command values for controlling the harmonic components of the respective orders in the circumferential magnetic flux density,
wherein the control device further comprises a magnetic flux density command circuitry configured to calculate the magnetic flux density command value corresponding to the input number of revolutions and the input torque, in accordance with the magnetic flux density command map, and to output the calculated magnetic flux density command value, and
wherein the control circuitry is configured to calculate the voltage command value in accordance with the magnetic flux density command value input from the magnetic flux density command circuitry, and to control the inverter in accordance with the calculated voltage command value.

4. The control device for a rotating electric machine according to claim 1 ,
wherein a current command map in which the number of revolutions and torque of the rotating electric machine are associated with a current command value so that the phase difference between the harmonic components of the same order in the radial magnetic flux density and the circumferential magnetic flux density becomes the phase difference target value is set in advance,
wherein the current command value includes a command value for controlling each current to be supplied to the each phase winding,
wherein the control device further comprises:
current command circuitry configured to calculate the current command value corresponding to the input number of revolutions and the input torque, in accordance with the current command map, and to output the calculated current command value; and
current comparison circuitry configured to calculate, for each phase, a difference between the current command value input from the current command circuitry unit and the each current to be supplied to the each phase winding, and to output the calculated difference corresponding to the each phase, and
wherein the control circuitry is configured to calculate the voltage command value so that the difference corresponding to the each phase input from the current comparison circuitry becomes a current difference target value determined in advance, and to control the inverter in accordance with the calculated voltage command value.

5. The control device for a rotating electric machine according to claim 1 , wherein the phase difference target value is 0.

6. The control device for a rotating electric machine according to claim 2 ,
wherein the phase difference target value is 0, and
wherein the characteristic parameter difference target value is 0.

7. The control device for a rotating electric machine according to claim 4 ,
wherein the phase difference target value is 0, and
wherein the current difference target value is 0.

8. A drive system, comprising:
the control device for a rotating electric machine according to claim 1 ;
the inverter;
the rotating electric machine; and
a circumferential magnetic flux density detection circuitry which is provided to the stator core of the rotating electric machine, and is configured to detect the circumferential magnetic flux density.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp
• Shibaura Inst Tech

Inventors

• Miyama Yoshihiro
• Akatsu Kan
• Sakai Yuki
• Hijikata Hiroki

Classifications

• H02P21/22 Primary

  Current control, e.g. using a current control loop · CPC title

• H02P27/12

  pulsing by guiding the flux vector, current vector or voltage vector on a circle or a closed curve, e.g. for direct torque control · CPC title

• H02P2207/05

  Synchronous machines, e.g. with permanent magnets or DC excitation · CPC title

• H02P27/06

  using DC to AC converters or inverters (H02P27/05 takes precedence) · CPC title