Due to the particularity of the synchronous reluctance motor (SynRM) structure, a novel high-performance model predictive torque control (MPTC) method was proposed to reduce the high torque ripple and improve the performance and efficiency of the motor. First, the precise parameters of the SynRM reflecting the magnetic saturation characteristics were calculated using finite element analysis (FEA) data, and the torque and flux linkage maximum torque per ampere (MTPA) trajectory was derived by considering the saturation characteristics. Then, an MPTC model of a SynRM with duty cycle control was established, the MTPA trajectory stored in a look-up table was introduced into the control model, and the duration of the active voltage vector in one control cycle was calculated by evaluating the torque error. Finally, an experimental platform based on a SynRM prototype was built, and various performance comparison experiments were carried out for the proposed MPTC method. The experimental results show that the proposed method could reduce the torque ripple of the motor, the performance of the motor was significantly improved under various working conditions, and its correctness and effectiveness were verified.
Modern low-speed maglev trains typically use multi-node decentralized levitation control modules, which results in a complex levitation control system with coupling interaction. Conducting systematic levitation condition awareness of the levitation control system is still a promising challenge. In this paper, under the hypothesis of levitation residuals following normal distribution, a levitation condition awareness architecture for the levitation control system is proposed based on data-driven random matrix analysis. The proposed architecture consists of an engineering procedure followed by a cascaded mathematical procedure. In the decentralized engineering procedure, the data-driven modeling for individual levitation control modules is achieved by nonlinear autoregressive modeling with an exogenous input neural network, and the unknown parameters are identified by a modified combinatorial genetic algorithm. On this basis, high-dimensional analysis of streaming residual random matrices for the levitation control system is conducted aided by large-dimensional random matrix theory, and the control limits of the constructed indicators are well-designed using the theorical distributions. Based on the comparative analysis of the experimental datasets, the proposed awareness architecture is verified to show the effectiveness of the systematic condition evaluation of the levitation system, and incipient train-guideway interaction vibration abnormalities can be detected in a timely manner. INDEX TERMS Low-speed maglev train, levitation control modeling, levitation condition awareness, random matrix analysis
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