Surface Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors’ Passive Sensorless Control: A Review

Alessandro Benevieri, Lorenzo Carbone, Simone Cosso, Krishneel Kumar, Mario Marchesoni (), Massimiliano Passalacqua and Luis Vaccaro
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Alessandro Benevieri: Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture Department (DITEN), University of Genova, Via all’Opera Pia 11a, 16145 Genova, Italy
Lorenzo Carbone: Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture Department (DITEN), University of Genova, Via all’Opera Pia 11a, 16145 Genova, Italy
Simone Cosso: Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture Department (DITEN), University of Genova, Via all’Opera Pia 11a, 16145 Genova, Italy
Krishneel Kumar: Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture Department (DITEN), University of Genova, Via all’Opera Pia 11a, 16145 Genova, Italy
Mario Marchesoni: Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture Department (DITEN), University of Genova, Via all’Opera Pia 11a, 16145 Genova, Italy
Massimiliano Passalacqua: Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture Department (DITEN), University of Genova, Via all’Opera Pia 11a, 16145 Genova, Italy
Luis Vaccaro: Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture Department (DITEN), University of Genova, Via all’Opera Pia 11a, 16145 Genova, Italy

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 20, 1-26

Abstract: Sensorless control of permanent magnet synchronous motors is nowadays used in many industrial, home and traction applications, as it allows the presence of a position sensor to be avoided with benefits for the cost and reliability of the drive. An estimation of the rotor position is required to perform the field-oriented control (FOC), which is the most common control scheme used for this type of motor. Many algorithms have been developed for this purpose, which use different techniques to derive the rotor angle from the stator voltages and currents. Among them, the so-called passive methods have gained increasing interest as they do not introduce additional losses and current distortion associated instead with algorithms based on the injection of high-frequency signals. The aim of this paper is to present a review of the main passive sensorless methods proposed in the technical literature over the last few years, analyzing their main features and principles of operation. An experimental comparison among the most promising passive sensorless algorithms is then reported, focusing on their performance in the low-speed operating region.

Keywords: permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM); sensorless control; review (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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