A novel starting method for BLDC motors without the position sensors

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 337-343

  Asaei, Behzad ^a,b   Rostami, Alireza ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b YAZD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brushless dc (BLDC) motor; Hard disk drive (HDD); Saturation; Sensorless; Starting torque

Indexed keywords

DC GENERATOR MOTORS; ELECTRIC MOTORS; HARD DISK STORAGE; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SENSORS;

BRUSHLESS DC (BLDC) MOTOR; HARD DISK DRIVE (HDD); SATURATION; SENSORLESS; STARTING TORQUE;

MOTORS;

EID: 56349090485     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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