This paper describes in detail the method of magnetization of a superconducting permanent magnet synchronous motor. The rotor of the motor consists of 60 superconducting pucks, which are magnetized by two additional copper windings. The pulse field magnetization (PFM) method is considered and the resulted distribution of the magnetizing flux linkage from the rotor is not a perfect sine wave in the air gap, which leads to a large torque ripple and harmonics of the stator currents. In order to suppress the torque ripple, an iterative learning control (ILC) algorithm is used in addition to the former field-oriented control method. The results show the ILC algorithm can largely reduce the torque ripple.
This paper gives a detailed description of the design of a superconducting permanent
magnet synchronous motor. The parameters of the motor have been identified, and the
torque equation has been stated. A direct torque control algorithm is introduced and
applied to a traditional permanent magnet synchronous motor and the superconducting
permanent magnet synchronous motor described in this paper. The motor performance
shows that the direct torque control algorithm provides excellent control to the
superconducting motor, and guarantees that the magnitude of the operational armature
currents is smaller than the value of the critical current of the superconducting tape used
for stator winding.
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