Chapter 6 Sensorless Control for BLDC Motor Drives Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Increase the volume of the system Why? Increase the volume of the system Disadvantages of position sensors Easy to be interfered Low reliability High precision demand for installation High reliability Sensorless control Strong anti-disturbance capability Low torque ripple Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd. 2
Indirect detecting methods for the rotor Back EMF-based method Flux linkage-based method Inductance-based method Artificial-intelligence-based method Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Principle Back EMF-based method Commutation with 30°electrical angle’s delay of zero crossing point of back EMF. Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Back EMF signal at low speed High speed Low speed Difficult to detect directly, weak signal at low speed, not easy to delay 30°. Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd. 5
Terminal Voltage Sensing Method Back EMF-based method Terminal Voltage Sensing Method Back EMF Integration Method Third Harmonic Back EMF Method Freewheeling Diode Method Line Back EMF Method Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
1. Terminal Voltage Sensing Method When phase A and B are conducted and phase C is inactive, there exists Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
1. Terminal Voltage Sensing Method When phase A and B are conducted and phase C is inactive, there exists Phase C inactive Phase B inactive Phase A inactive Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Signal is easy to obtain but difficult to delay. 1. Terminal Voltage Sensing Method Waveform of terminal voltage of phase A Zero crossing point detector Signal is easy to obtain but difficult to delay. Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
2. Back EMF Integration Method Advantages: No need for rotor speed information during the control process; lagging or leading commutation of the motors could be done by regulating the threshold; insensitive to the switch signal. Disadvantages: Integration accumulated errors and threshold setup problems. Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
3. Third Harmonic Back EMF Method Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
3. Third Harmonic Back EMF Method Wider range of speed, smaller delay of the phase. However, due to the continuous accumulation of noise signal at low speed, errors will be produced during the integration process, causing inaccurate commutation Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Condition for D2 conducting Phase A and B conducted, phase C inactive 4. Freewheeling Diode Method Condition for D2 conducting Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
4. Freewheeling Diode Method Detection circuit High sensibility. Detection circuit is complicated due to the requirement of six independent sources. Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
5. Line Back EMF Method No need to use the previous commutation instants, wider speed range of applications; Complicated calculation of line back EMF Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Flux linkage-based method Large integral calculation; Accumulative error will be produced at low speed; Easily affected by the motor parameters. Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Inductance-based method Due to the saturation effect of stator core, the flux will change while injecting current pulses in different directions, leading to different inductance. Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Inductance-based method Well suitable for the rotor initial position detection at stand still; Relies on high-precision current sensing due to the small difference between the inductances with different rotor positions. Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Starting process for sensorless control Determination of initial rotor position at standstill Inductance method Rotor locating method Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.
Three-step starting method Starting methods for sensorless control Easily influenced by factors such as load torque, applied voltage, acceleration curve, moment of inertia, etc. Three-step starting method Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Drives and Controls, First Edition. Chang-liang Xia. © 2012 Science Press. Published 2012 by John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.