Surface-permanent-magnet synchronous machine design for saliency-tracking self-sensing position estimation at zero and low speeds

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2103-2116

  Yang, Shih Chin ^a   Suzuki, Takahiro ^b   Lorenz, Robert D ^a   Jahns, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

High frequency injection; machine design; saliency tracking; self sensing; surface permanent magnet (SPM) machine

Indexed keywords

CLOSED-LOOP; CROSS-SATURATION; DESIGN METHOD; DESIGN PROCEDURE; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; FEASIBLE REGIONS; HIGH-FREQUENCY INJECTION; LEAKAGE FLUX; LOW SPEED; MACHINE SALIENCY; POSITION ESTIMATION; POSITION SENSORLESS; POSITION SENSORS; ROTOR DESIGN MODIFICATION; SALIENCY TRACKING; SELF-SENSING; SELF-SENSING CONTROL; SPATIAL SALIENCIES; SURFACE-PERMANENT-MAGNET (SPM) MACHINE; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE;

ESTIMATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FREQUENCY ESTIMATION; MACHINE DESIGN; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE; PERMANENT MAGNETS; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION;

SYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

EID: 80053206970     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2011.2161630     Document Type: Article

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