Torque Control Oriented Modeling of a Brushless Direct Current Motor (BLDCM) Based on the Extended Park's Transformation

Abstract

The wheeled mobile robots have recently become a better choice for repetitive tasks and especially in the agricultural field, but the existing constraint remains in its electrical motor, either in its consumption or its control. Therefore, we will focus on the Brushless Direct Current Motor (BLDCM) included on the robot wheels. Hence, the objective of this paper is to provide a model of BLDCM to have both maximum torque and a reduced torque ripple. Indeed, it is important to give a mathematical model that correctly represents the motor in three phases reference frame. To reduce the complexity of the model, we have used the extended park reference frame, which provides a biphasic representation in order to control the current using Proportional Integral Controller (PI Controller). The angular velocity of the motor is controlled using two types of regulators; ones called PI Controller and the other is Fuzzy Logic Controller (FLC) to compare its performance. The motor is attached to an inverter, which is controlled using a Full-Wave offset method. The modeling machine is done and validated using MATLAB Simulink Library. The simulation results of the modeling system are evaluated to have the profile of the wheel speed rotating freely, and the energetic efficiency of the BLDCM during functioning.