Comparative study of two Predictive Current Controls for a Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine drive

This paper presents the experimental results-based comparison of two predictive current controls (PCC) for permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSM) drives. The first tested control scheme is based on a model including the inverter and the PMSM and taking into account the discrete nature of the inverter leg states. It predicts the future evolution of the currents for each possible configuration of the inverter. The switching state which minimizes a given cost function is selected. The selected inverter state is applied during the next sampling time. The second tested control scheme uses a model of the PMSM to predict the output voltages which allow to reach desired currents after one modulation period. A new algebraic method is presented to directly compute the duty cycle of each leg. Then a modulator generates the corresponding gate drive pulses of the inverter. These two control schemes are tested with a 1.6 kW PMSM drive at several operating points during steady state and transient operation. A detailed comparison of results is given. Advantages and drawbacks of each method are discussed.

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