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Reuse of a Damaged Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Torque Ripple and Acoustic Noise Elimination using a Novel Repetitive Observer (2020)
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Tang, M., Odhano, S., Formentini, A., & Zanchetta, P. (2020). Reuse of a Damaged Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Torque Ripple and Acoustic Noise Elimination using a Novel Repetitive Observer. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 56(4), 3790-3798. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2020.2989681

A lad-used servo permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) has been accidentally damaged due to overcurrent. On one hand, the mechanical damage in the end bearing and break part generates acoustic noise even when rotating the shaft by hand. On the ot... Read More about Reuse of a Damaged Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Torque Ripple and Acoustic Noise Elimination using a Novel Repetitive Observer.

Electric Drive Based on an Open-End Winding Surface PM Synchronous Machine with a Floating Capacitor Bridge (2020)
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Amerise, A., Rovere, L., Formentini, A., Mengoni, M., Zarri, L., & Zanchetta, P. (2020). Electric Drive Based on an Open-End Winding Surface PM Synchronous Machine with a Floating Capacitor Bridge. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 56(3), 2709-2718. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2020.2977596

A speed control scheme is presented for a 3-phase surface permanent magnet synchronous machine with an openend stator winding fed by a three-phase inverter and a floating bridge inverter. The latter is used to compensate for the reactive power of the... Read More about Electric Drive Based on an Open-End Winding Surface PM Synchronous Machine with a Floating Capacitor Bridge.

Torque Ripple Reduction in Sectored Multi Three-Phase Machines Based on PWM Carrier Phase Shift (2019)
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Wang, X., Sala, G., Zhang, H., Gu, C., Buticchi, G., Formentini, A., …Wheeler, P. (2020). Torque Ripple Reduction in Sectored Multi Three-Phase Machines Based on PWM Carrier Phase Shift. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(6), 4315-4325. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIE.2019.2931239

The interest in multiphase machines for high power and reliable drives has been growing, and many control algorithms have been proposed to improve their torque performance. This work presents a new approach to the modeling of a multi three-phase driv... Read More about Torque Ripple Reduction in Sectored Multi Three-Phase Machines Based on PWM Carrier Phase Shift.

Torque Ripple Reduction of PMSMs Using a Novel Angle-Based Repetitive Observer (2019)
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Tang, M., Formentini, A., Odhano, S. A., & Zanchetta, P. (2020). Torque Ripple Reduction of PMSMs Using a Novel Angle-Based Repetitive Observer. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 67(4), 2689-2699. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2019.2912798

The angle-based repetitive controller (RC) has been applied successfully in literature for torque ripple suppression in variable speed permanent magnet synchronous machines (PMSMs). The RC is preferred because of its learning capability which allows... Read More about Torque Ripple Reduction of PMSMs Using a Novel Angle-Based Repetitive Observer.

Zero-Sequence Voltage Elimination for Dual-Fed Common DC-Link Open-End Winding PMSM High-Speed Starter-Generator - Part I: Modulation (2019)
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Rovere, L., Formentini, A., Calzo, G. L., Zanchetta, P., & Cox, T. (2019). Zero-Sequence Voltage Elimination for Dual-Fed Common DC-Link Open-End Winding PMSM High-Speed Starter-Generator - Part I: Modulation. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 55(6), 7804-7812. https://doi.org/10.1109/TIA.2019.2907073

© 1972-2012 IEEE. In this paper, a dual-fed (DF) common dc-link topology open-end winding permanent magnet synchronous motor for aircraft high-speed starter-generator application is considered. While on one hand the common dc bus configuration signif... Read More about Zero-Sequence Voltage Elimination for Dual-Fed Common DC-Link Open-End Winding PMSM High-Speed Starter-Generator - Part I: Modulation.

Zero-sequence voltage elimination for dual fed common dc-link open-end winding PMSM high speed starter-generator, part II: dead time hysteresis control of zero sequence current (2019)
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Rovere, L., Formentini, A., Lo Calzo, G., Zanchetta, P., & Cox, T. (2019). Zero-sequence voltage elimination for dual fed common dc-link open-end winding PMSM high speed starter-generator, part II: dead time hysteresis control of zero sequence current. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 55(6), 7813-7821. https://doi.org/10.1109/tia.2019.2907095

In a common dc link dual-fed Open-End Winding Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (OEW-PMSM) topology it is well known how the additional flow of a Zero-Sequence Current (ZSC) is permitted. The low Zero-Sequence Impedance (ZSI) characteristic of high... Read More about Zero-sequence voltage elimination for dual fed common dc-link open-end winding PMSM high speed starter-generator, part II: dead time hysteresis control of zero sequence current.

FPGA Implementation of a Novel Oversampling Deadbeat Controller for PMSM Drives (2018)
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Rovere, L., Formentini, A., & Zanchetta, P. (2019). FPGA Implementation of a Novel Oversampling Deadbeat Controller for PMSM Drives. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, 66(5), 3731-3741. https://doi.org/10.1109/tie.2018.2851994

This paper presents a novel oversampling deadbeat current control approach for permanent magnet synchronous motor drives capable of operating at a controller sampling frequency multiple of the power converter switching frequency. Model-based controll... Read More about FPGA Implementation of a Novel Oversampling Deadbeat Controller for PMSM Drives.

Direct flux and current vector control for induction motor drives using model predictive control theory (2017)
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Odhano, S., Bojoi, R., Formentini, A., Zanchetta, P., & Tenconi, A. (2017). Direct flux and current vector control for induction motor drives using model predictive control theory. IET Electric Power Applications, 11(8), 1483-1491. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-epa.2016.0872

The study presents the direct flux and current vector control of an induction motor (IM) drive, which is a relatively newer and promising control strategy, through the use of model predictive control (MPC) techniques. The results highlight that the f... Read More about Direct flux and current vector control for induction motor drives using model predictive control theory.

Enhanced DBCC for high-speed permanent magnet synchronous motor drives (2016)
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Tang, M., Gaeta, A., Formentini, A., Ohyama, K., Zanchetta, P., & Asher, G. (2016). Enhanced DBCC for high-speed permanent magnet synchronous motor drives. IET Power Electronics, 9(15), 2880-2890. https://doi.org/10.1049/iet-pel.2015.0232

High bandwidth and accuracy of the current control loop are fundamental requisites when a fast torque response is required or for facilitating the reduction of torque ripple in high performance drives, especially at high speed. One of the most suitab... Read More about Enhanced DBCC for high-speed permanent magnet synchronous motor drives.