Control of Electrical Drives Course Description

Control of Electrical Drives

Course Description

Dynamic model of induction and permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) machine. Induction motor scalar and vector control, brushless DC machine. Vector control structures with voltage and current inverter. Pulse with modulation and vector modulation. Vector model variable and parameters estimation of induction machine. Direct torque and flux control of AC induction machine. Variables estimation. Control of the brushless DC motor. Electrical drives with complex mechanical load - significant impact of torsion, friction, backlash, inertia variation. Illustrative examples. Elasticity, friction and backlash modeling. Motion controller synthesis based on the damping optimum and modulus optimum. Improvement of the tracking accuracy using feedforward controller. Algorithms for friction and backlash compensation. Positioning: point to point positioning.

General Competencies

Understanding the structure and components of electrical drives. The knowledge about dynamical characteristics of drives with DC, knowledge about agorithms and drive control methods. Brushless DC and induction machines; Modeling, simulation and analysis applied to the basic types of machines and loads.

Learning Outcomes

1. 
   apply methods of variables estimation in drives with induction machines
   
2. 
   apply direct torque and flux control to induction machine
   
3. 
   apply vector control structure with voltage and current inverter
   
4. 
   analyze the behavior of electromechanical system with elastic coupling
   
5. 
   apply cascade control structure to electrical drives
   
6. 
   design control algorithm in constant torque and constant power regime for drive with brushless DC
   

Forms of Teaching