An efficient power delivering scheme for sensorless drive of Brushless DC motor

Abstract

This paper presents a photovoltaic (PV) panel fed sensorless Brushless DC motor (BLDC) drive using Sheppard –Taylor (S–T) converter for load matching in order to make the system energy efficient. In this work, a detailed study on S–T converter is done as it helps to stabilize the fluctuating output voltage of standard PV panel. Hence, in this application model, we have considered S–T converter as a feed to the six switch three phase Brushless DC (BLDC) motor drive in which the rotor position is estimated using back electromotive force (EMF) detection technique. This work is developed and studied on MATLAB/Simulink platform as well as in real time implemented hardware. The simulation model has borrowed the motor parameters (viz. stator back-EMF, rotor RPM and max. output torque, etc.) and circuit components from the implemented hardware. Finally, a detailed study of the implemented S–T converter reveals a significant performance improvement over a conventional Buck–Boost converter for same PV panel. The output results show that the scheme described in this scope of work efficiently handles the DC power generated by solar cell using S–T converter as the rotor RPM offset is negligible in closed loop motor drive.