Diminution of Current-Measurement Error for Vector-Controlled AC Motor Drives

Abstract

The errors generated from the current-measurement path are inevitable, and they can be divided into two categories: offset errors and scaling errors. Current data including these errors cause the periodic rotor speed ripples, which are one and two times the fundamental stator current frequency. Since these undesirable ripples can harm the motor drive system, a compensation algorithm must be included in the motor control drive. In this paper, a new compensation algorithm is proposed. The principal feature of the proposed algorithm is the use of the integrator output signal of the <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$d$</tex> -axis proportional plus integral (PI) current regulator. This output signal is nearly zero or constant because the <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$d$</tex> -axis current command is zero or constant, so that the maximum torque or unity power factor can be acquired in the ac drive system. If the stator currents include offset and scaling errors, the integrator output signal of the <tex xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">$d$</tex> -axis PI current regulator ripples in the rotor speed of the same frequency. The proposed compensating algorithm for the current-measurement errors can be easily implemented by subtracting the dc offset value or rescaling the input measurement gain of the stator currents. Therefore, the proposed algorithm has several advantages: it is robust with regard to the variation of the motor parameters; it is applicable to steady and transient states; it is easy to implement; and it requires less computation time. The MATLAB simulation and the experimental results verify the usefulness of the proposed current compensating algorithm.