Power transfer for electric motors with segmented windings

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12348162-B2
Application number	US-202318355717-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2023
Priority date	Jul 20, 2023
Publication date	Jul 1, 2025
Grant date	Jul 1, 2025

Abstract

Power transfer in an electric motors including segmented windings utilize control commands. A control system determines a d-axis command voltage for a secondary winding of an electric motor and a q-axis command voltage for the secondary winding based on a primary winding voltage, primary winding current, secondary winding current, and rotor electrical position. The control system generates gate control signals based on the determined d-axis command voltage and q-axis command voltage for the secondary winding and transmits the gate control signals to an inverter coupled to the secondary winding to control an electrical power transfer between the primary winding and the secondary winding.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A control system coupled to an electric motor, the control system comprising:
a processor; and
memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the control system to:
receive a voltage and a current from a primary winding of the electric motor;
receive a current from a secondary winding of the electric motor;
receive a rotor electrical position from a rotor of the electric motor;
determine a d-axis command voltage for the secondary winding and a q-axis command voltage for the secondary winding based on the primary winding voltage, the primary winding current, the secondary winding current, and the rotor electrical position;
generate gate control signals based on the determined d-axis command voltage and q-axis command voltage for the secondary winding; and
transmit the gate control signals to an inverter coupled to the secondary winding to control an electrical power transfer between the primary winding and the secondary winding.

2. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the voltage from the primary winding is a three-phase voltage, the current from the primary winding is a three-phase current, and the current from the secondary winding is a three-phase current.

3. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the electric motor comprises a segmented winding machine.

4. The control system of claim 3 , wherein the segmented winding machine is a permanent magnet synchronous machine, a synchronous reluctance machine, or a wound field synchronous machine.

5. The control system of claim 3 , wherein the segmented winding machine comprises the secondary winding coupled to a rechargeable energy storage system and the primary winding coupled to an external power source.

6. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the d-axis command voltage is associated with a d-axis along a direction of a north polarity of a magnet or a north polarity of a magnet field generated by a rotor field winding.

7. The control system of claim 6 , wherein the d-axis command voltage is associated with reactive power transfer of the electric motor.

8. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the q-axis command voltage is associated with a q-axis that is perpendicular to the d-axis, wherein the q-axis is ninety degrees ahead of a north polarity associated with the d-axis.

9. The control system of claim 8 , wherein the q-axis command voltage is associated with active power transfer in the electric motor.

10. The control system of claim 1 , wherein determining the d-axis command voltage for the secondary winding and the q-axis command voltage for the secondary winding is further based on a d-axis leakage inductance and a q-axis leakage inductance measured from the electric motor.

11. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the gate control signals are to turn the electric motor at a speed synchronous with a grid voltage associated with the electric motor.

12. The control system of claim 11 , wherein the speed synchronous with the grid voltage is further based on a grid frequency and a number of magnetic poles associated with the electric motor.

13. The control system of claim 11 , wherein the speed synchronous with the grid voltage is based on a determined amount of torque.

14. The control system of claim 13 , wherein the electric motor has reluctance torque, and the d-axis command voltage is determined based on a d-axis current associated with the determined amount of torque.

15. The control system of claim 13 , wherein the electric motor does not have reluctance torque, and the q-axis command voltage is determined based on a q-axis current associated with the determined amount of torque.

16. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the d-axis command voltage for the secondary winding and a q-axis command voltage for the secondary winding are determined based on a desired torque to achieve a speed synchronous with a grid voltage associated with the electric motor.

17. The control system of claim 1 , wherein the gate control signals are generated by applying a pulse width modulation (PWM) process to the determined d-axis command voltage and q-axis command voltage for the secondary winding.

18. The control system of claim 17 , wherein the PWM process is a space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) process.

19. An electric motor, comprising:
a rotor;
a stator;
a primary winding coupled to the stator;
a secondary winding coupled to the stator;
an inverter coupled to the primary winding; and
a control system coupled to the rotor, primary winding, secondary winding, and inverter, the control system comprising:
a processor; and
memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the control system to:
receive a voltage and a current from the primary winding of the electric motor;
receive a current from the secondary winding of the electric motor;
receive a rotor electrical position from the rotor of the electric motor;
determine a d-axis command voltage for the secondary winding and a q-axis command voltage for the secondary winding based on the primary winding voltage, the primary winding current, the secondary winding current, and the rotor electrical position;
generate gate control signals based on the determined d-axis command voltage and q-axis command voltage for the secondary winding; and
transmit the gate control signals to the inverter coupled to the secondary winding to control an electrical power transfer between the primary winding and the secondary winding.

20. A vehicle comprising:
an electric motor, that includes:
a rotor;
a stator;
a primary winding coupled to the stator;
a secondary winding coupled to the stator;
an inverter coupled to the secondary winding; and
a control system coupled to electric motor, the control system comprising:
a processor; and
memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the control system to:
receive a voltage and a current from the primary winding of the electric motor;
receive a current from the secondary winding of the electric motor;
receive a rotor electrical position from the rotor of the electric motor;
determine a d-axis command voltage for the secondary winding and a q-axis command voltage for the secondary winding based on the primary winding voltage, the primary winding current, the secondary winding current, and the rotor electrical position;
generate gate control signals based on the determined d-axis command voltage and q-axis command voltage for the secondary winding; and
transmit the gate control signals to the inverter coupled to the secondary winding to control an electrical power transfer between the primary winding and the secondary winding.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Peng Peng
• Hao Lei
• Gopalakrishnan Suresh

Classifications

• H02P27/085 Primary

  wherein the PWM mode is adapted on the running conditions of the motor, e.g. the switching frequency · CPC title

• H02P2207/05

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

• H02P25/22

  Multiple windings; Windings for more than three phases · CPC title

• H02P21/14 Primary

  Estimation or adaptation of machine parameters, e.g. flux, current or voltage · CPC title

• H02P27/08

  with pulse width modulation · CPC title