Adaptive odd repetitive control for magnetically suspended rotor harmonic currents suppression

Abstract

Magnetic levitation rotating machinery has been widely used in industrial applications. Odd harmonic currents in the active magnetic bearing coils, which are caused by rotor mass unbalance and sensor runout, increase the power consumption and the base vibration. Repetitive control has recently been used to suppress harmonic currents in magnetic bearing systems. However, repetitive control needs the rotor rotational speed information and has some limitations without a speed sensor. In this paper, an adaptive odd repetitive control which does not need the speed sensors is proposed to suppress the active magnetic bearing odd harmonic currents. Compared to the conventional repetitive control, the second-order generalized integral frequency-locked loop is applied in adaptive odd repetitive control to estimate the rotor speed in real time without additional speed sensors. The magnetically suspended rotor with harmonic disturbances is modeled. The work principle, structure, and design of the adaptive odd repetitive control are addressed. The simulation and experiments are carried out on a rotor active magnetic bearing test rig to validate the effectiveness of the proposed adaptive odd repetitive control, and the results show that the active magnetic bearing odd harmonic currents are well suppressed.