A Single Sided Matrix Converter Drive for a Brushless DC Motor in Aerospace Applications

Author

Huang, Xiaoyan ; Goodman, Andrew ; Gerada, Chris ; Fang, Youtong ; Lu, Qinfen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

Volume

59

Issue

9

fYear

2012

Firstpage

3542

Lastpage

3552

Abstract

This paper describes a brushless dc (BLDC) drive with a single sided matrix converter (SSMC) for an electrohydrostatic actuation system in aerospace application. The use of an SSMC with a BLDC motor is novel and is used to achieve operation without a microprocessor. A simple hysteresis current control strategy is implemented to control motor torque. The multiphase SSMC provides high reliability and fault tolerance with the penalty of more power devices. A five-phase SSMC prototype is built. The experiment results are presented to verify the drive performance.

Keywords

DC motor drives; aerospace; electric current control; machine control; matrix convertors; reliability; BLDC motor; SSMC; aerospace applications; brushless DC motor; electrohydrostatic actuation system; fault tolerance; hysteresis current control strategy; microprocessor; reliability; single sided matrix converter drive; Brushless DC motors; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Hysteresis motors; Matrix converters; Brushless dc (BLDC) motor; electrohydrostatic actuation (EHA) system; hysteresis control; single sided matrix converter (SSMC);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Industrial Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0278-0046

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TIE.2011.2171171

Filename

6041025