Research on Drive and Control System of Bearingless Brushless DC Motor for Satellite Flywheel

Compared with the complex structure and unsatisfactory performance of traditional flywheel drive system, the proposed strategy adopts bearingless brushless DC motor as the drive actuator of flywheel. The direct torque control which combines the space voltage vector pulse width modulation is presented to control the system. Moreover, a simulation system is built with Matlab/Simulink toolbox. From the simulation results, the proposed control strategy is verified and the rotor can be stably suspended by suspension force along the central axis.