Machine copier AVL SET
Automated measurement and identification of electrical machines
Problem statement
Many control approaches for electrical drive systems that aim at improving dynamical behaviour, efficiency, robustness or fault-tolerance of electric drives are based on nonlinear electrical machine models that rely on precise knowledge of machine parameters and maps such as resistances, apparent and differentiable inductances or permanent magnet flux linkages.
These machine parameters and maps depend (nonlinearly) on all machine states such as currents or flux linkages, temperatures, rotor angle or speed due to physical effects such as magnetic saturation, cross-coupling or iron losses.
Methods and algorithms designed for machine identification estimate these parameters and maps by static or dynamic tests. The accuracy of the estimated parameters and maps is significantly influenced by the quantity and quality of the measured machine data.
On one hand, the use of several sensors to measure all machine states allows for a precise machine identification. On the other hand, there is also the need to identify machines in applications where only a few measured machine states (e.g. only stator currents) are available. Finally, a machine identification within a few seconds or a fraction of a second would be most attractive.
Project description
In this project, innovative algorithms for fast, precise, and simple but automated identification of electrical machines are to be developed, implemented, and validated which finally e.g. allow for rapid self-commissioning of electrical drives in general. The aimed-at objective is to identify machine parameters and maps with the highest possible accuracy from the smallest possible number of measured states within the shortest possible time.
Project Staff:
- Bernd Pfeifer
General Project Information:
- Project duration: 01.10.2023 - 30.09.2026
- Funded by: AVL SET GmbH
Project Partner:
- AVL SET GmbH
