An Active Damping Control Method for Reduced DC-Link Capacitance PMSM Drives With Low Line Inductance

Abstract

The power density can be improved and the system cost can be saved in the reduced dc-link capacitance motor drive system. The line inductance can also be diminished to reduce the system volume further. In previous research works, the active damping control methods mainly concentrated on the drive system equipped with a larger line inductor. In this article, a dc-link voltage estimation feedback-based active damping method is proposed to suppress the grid current harmonics and improve the drive system stability with low line inductance. The dc-link voltage ripple caused by the <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">LC</i> resonance is analyzed to evaluate the direct dc-link voltage feedback-based active damping control method. To improve the damping performance, the resonant component of the dc-link voltage caused by the <italic xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">LC</i> resonance could be obtained through the grid current to establish the feedback control loop. The sampling delay should be compensated to improve the control performance. The stability of the drive system is evaluated by the Nyquist plots of the impedance model, and the grid current is also analyzed, which could satisfy the harmonic requirements of IEC-61000-3-2. Experimental results are performed to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.