Torque Improvement of Six-Phase Permanent-Magnet Synchronous Machine Drive with Fifth-Harmonic Current Injection for Electric Vehicles

Donghan Yun, Namhun Kim, Daeil Hyun and Jeihoon Baek
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Donghan Yun: Electrical & Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Koreatech University, Cheonan-si 31253, Korea
Namhun Kim: Department of Electrical & Electronics, Korea Polytechnic, Gumi-si 39257, Korea
Daeil Hyun: Electrical & Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Koreatech University, Cheonan-si 31253, Korea
Jeihoon Baek: Electrical & Electronics and Communication Engineering Department, Koreatech University, Cheonan-si 31253, Korea

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-20

Abstract: This paper proposes a method to improve the output torque of a six-phase permanent-magnet synchronous machine (PMSM) within the same current peak limit through a fifth-harmonic injection into each phase current of the stator. Compared to the fifth + seventh-harmonic current-injection method used to improve the output torque of the six-phase PMSM, the control system can be stably controlled, and the controller design complexity decreased. This is because the harmonic component was converted into a direct current (DC) component and controlled by a proportional-integral (PI) controller instead of the fifth + seventh-harmonic injection method, which converts the harmonic component into an alternating current (AC) component and controls it with a resonance controller. The appropriate fifth-harmonic ratio for maximum output torque through fifth-harmonic injection was selected through optimization using values analyzed via fast Fourier transform (FFT) for stator phase harmonic current terms caused by inverter nonlinearity and motor design errors. Therefore, it was possible to optimize the fifth-harmonic ratio to be injected without requiring torque modeling using the physical properties of the motor. The experimental results were obtained under the rated current condition with six-phase PMSM in the laboratory, and the average output torque increase under fifth-harmonic injection was about 5% compared to the method without harmonic injection.

Keywords: six-phase PMSM; fifth-harmonic injection; maximum torque per peak current (MTPPC) control; DC control; torque enhancement (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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