Model Predictive Direct Torque Control for PMSM with Discrete Voltage Vectors

The direct torque control (DTC) of ac motors leads to a faster torque response with a small number of switching operations in inverters when compared with a conventional approach such as vector control. DTC exhibits a hybrid nature in the sense that the system is composed of continuous variables of torque and flux and involves discrete switching in the inverter. The output of the inverter is limited to the finite discrete values at each instance of sampling. Model predictive control (MPC) is applied to the system so that an optimal switching sequence is derived subject to the given constraints. The proposed MPC-based approach reduces the torque ripple with a small number of switching operations. The effectiveness of the proposed MPDTC approach is verified through simulations and experiments by comparing the proposed approach with conventional DTC.

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