Motor control apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9716457-B2
Application number	US-201615134814-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2016
Priority date	Oct 28, 2013
Publication date	Jul 25, 2017
Grant date	Jul 25, 2017

Abstract

[Problem] To enhance a speed loop gain even in a three-inertia mechanical resonance system. [Solution] A motor control apparatus ( 100 ) for controlling a motor, includes: a speed estimator ( 6 ) configured to estimate and output an equivalent rigid body speed of the motor, based on a torque command that is input to a motor model ( 4 ); a first feedback gain (K d1 ) configured to obtain a first differential speed between a motor speed and the equivalent rigid body speed; a torque command generation unit ( 2 ) configured to generate the torque command, based on a speed deviation between a speed command and a second differential speed between the motor speed and the output of the first feedback gain (K d1 ); and a stabilizing compensator ( 9 ) configured to obtain the first differential speed in parallel with the first feedback gain (K d1 ), to change frequency characteristics of the first differential speed and to add the frequency characteristics to an output of the first feedback gain (K d1 ).

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A motor control apparatus for controlling a motor, comprising:
a speed estimator configured to estimate and output an equivalent rigid body speed of the motor, based on a torque command that is input to the motor;
a first feedback gain configured to obtain a first differential speed between a motor speed and the equivalent rigid body speed;
a torque command generation unit configured to generate the torque command, based on a speed deviation between a speed command and a second differential speed between the motor speed and the output of the first feedback gain; and
a stabilizing compensator configured to obtain the first differential speed in parallel with the first feedback gain, to change frequency characteristics of the first differential speed and to add the frequency characteristics to an output of the first feedback gain.

2. The motor control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the stabilizing compensator is configured to change the frequency characteristics to enhance a gain of the frequency components equal to or higher than a cut-off frequency of the speed estimator in the first differential speed and to reduce a change in phase of the frequency components in the frequency characteristics of the first differential speed.

3. The motor control apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein
the stabilizing compensator is configured to change the frequency characteristics to reduce a phase variation in a frequency band regarding a vibration suppression in the frequency characteristics from a generation point of the first differential speed to an addition point between an output of the first feedback gain and an output of the stabilizing compensator.

4. The motor control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein
the stabilizing compensator has a series combination of a differentiator and a second feedback gain.

5. The motor control apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein
the differentiator has an approximate differentiator.

6. The motor control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein
a transfer function of the stabilizing compensator is configured to be set so that the coefficients of the differentiation of each-order in a transfer function of a closed loop from the speed deviation of a system including the torque command generation unit, the speed estimator, the first feedback gain, the motor, and a three-inertia resonance system machine driven by the motor to the motor speed become 1 or a value within which the second feedback gain falls.

7. A motor control apparatus for controlling a motor, comprising:
a speed estimator configured to estimate and output an equivalent rigid body speed of the motor, based on a torque command that is input to the motor;
a first feedback gain configured to obtain a first differential speed between a motor speed and the equivalent rigid body speed;
a torque command generation unit configured to generate the torque command, based on a speed deviation between a speed command and a second differential speed between the motor speed and the output of the first feedback gain; and
a stabilizing compensator formed by a series combination of an approximate differentiator and a second feedback gain, the approximate differentiator being configured to input the first differential speed in parallel with the first feedback gain and to add an output of the approximate differentiator to an output of the first feedback gain, the stabilizing compensator changing the frequency characteristics to enhance a gain of the frequency components equal to or higher than a cut-off frequency of the speed estimator in the first differential speed and to reduce a phase variation in a frequency band regarding a vibration suppression in the frequency characteristics from a generation point of the first differential speed to an addition point between the output of the first feedback gain and the output of the stabilizing compensator.

8. The motor control apparatus according to claim 7 , further comprising:
a phase adjusting high-pass filter and a phase adjusting low-pass filter configured to adjust a phase of the first differential speed before being input to the first feedback gain.

9. The motor control apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein
the cut-off frequency of the speed estimator, and the cut-off frequencies of the phase adjusting high-pass filter and the phase adjusting low-pass filter can be adjusted to the range from approximately ½ to approximately ⅓ of the frequency of a damping target.

10. A motor control apparatus for controlling a motor, comprising:
a speed estimator configured to estimate and output an equivalent rigid body speed of the motor, based on a torque command that is input to the motor;
a first feedback gain configured to input a first differential speed between a motor speed and the equivalent rigid body speed;
a torque command generation unit configured to generate the torque command, based on a speed deviation between the speed command and a second differential speed between the motor speed and the output of the first feedback gain; and
means for inputting the first differential speed in parallel with the first feedback gain to change frequency characteristics of the first differential speed and adding the frequency characteristics to the output of the first feedback gain.

11. A motor control method executed by a calculating device provided in a motor control apparatus for controlling a motor, the method comprising:
estimating and outputting an equivalent rigid body speed of the motor based on a torque command that is input to the motor;
obtaining a first differential speed between a motor speed and the equivalent rigid body speed to multiply a first feedback gain;
generating the torque command, based on a speed deviation between the speed command and a second differential speed between the motor speed and a multiplication output of the first feedback gain; and
obtaining the first differential speed separately from the multiplication of the first feedback gain to change frequency characteristics of the first differential speed and adding the frequency characteristics to the multiplication output of the first feedback gain.

Assignees

• Yaskawa Electric Corp

Inventors

• Yoshiura Yasufumi
• Kaku Yasuhiko

Classifications

• H02P23/0077

  Characterised by the use of a particular software algorithm · CPC title

• H02P23/04 Primary

  specially adapted for damping motor oscillations, e.g. for reducing hunting · CPC title

• H02P23/14

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

• H02P6/18

  without separate position detecting elements · CPC title

• H02P6/10

  Arrangements for controlling torque ripple, e.g. providing reduced torque ripple · CPC title