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Reuse of a Damaged Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Torque Ripple and Acoustic Noise Elimination using a Novel Repetitive Observer (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Tang, M., Odhano, S., Formentini, A., & Zanchetta, P. (2019). Reuse of a Damaged Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Torque Ripple and Acoustic Noise Elimination using a Novel Repetitive Observer. In 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (334-338). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2019.8912822

A permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) has its bearing damaged and is irreversibly demagnetized due to overcurrent. Due to the changes in its electromagnetic configuration, the motor suffers from extremely high torque ripple, which produces into... Read More about Reuse of a Damaged Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor for Torque Ripple and Acoustic Noise Elimination using a Novel Repetitive Observer.

Modulated Model Predictive Control for Induction Motor Drives with Sequential Cost Function Evaluation (2019)
Conference Proceeding
Vodola, V., Odhano, S., Garcia, C., Norambuena, M., Vaschetto, S., Zanchetta, P., …Bojoi, R. (2019). Modulated Model Predictive Control for Induction Motor Drives with Sequential Cost Function Evaluation. In Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (4911-4917). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2019.8911870

Sequential model predictive control is a recent innovation in the high-performance control of electric drives. The elimination of weighting factors and associated tuning work is among the biggest advantages of this MPC implementation. The cost functi... Read More about Modulated Model Predictive Control for Induction Motor Drives with Sequential Cost Function Evaluation.

Modulated Model Predictive Speed Control for PMSM Drives (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Garcia, C., Rodriguez, J., Odhano, S., Zanchetta, P., & Davari, S. A. (2018). Modulated Model Predictive Speed Control for PMSM Drives. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Electrical Systems for Aircraft, Railway, Ship Propulsion and Road Vehicles & International Transportation Electrification Conference (ESARS-ITEC) (1-6). https://doi.org/10.1109/ESARS-ITEC.2018.8607701

Model predictive control (MPC) presents important advantages in the control of the power converter and drives such as, fast dynamic response and capability to include non-linear constrains. These have positioned MPC as a powerful and realistic contro... Read More about Modulated Model Predictive Speed Control for PMSM Drives.

MPC Using Modulated Optimal Voltage Vector for Voltage Source Inverter with LC Output Filter (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Odhano, S., Zanchetta, P., Tang, M., & Silva, C. A. (2018). MPC Using Modulated Optimal Voltage Vector for Voltage Source Inverter with LC Output Filter. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (6865-6871). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557774

Voltage source inverters with LC output filters are widely used for high-quality output of ac power supplies. They are also a potential solution for embedded electrical networks in more-electrical aircraft of the future. In this paper, a recently dev... Read More about MPC Using Modulated Optimal Voltage Vector for Voltage Source Inverter with LC Output Filter.

A Novel Phase-lock Loop with Feed-back Repetitive Controller for Robustness to Periodic Disturbance in Three-phase Systems (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Tang, M., Bifaretti, S., Pipolo, S., Odhano, S., & Zanchetta, P. (2018). A Novel Phase-lock Loop with Feed-back Repetitive Controller for Robustness to Periodic Disturbance in Three-phase Systems. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (2691-2697). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557691

While power networks evolve towards the new concept of smart grids, with the proliferation of power electronics embedded systems and distributed generation, the insurgence of system unbalance and voltage harmonic distortion, become more and more freq... Read More about A Novel Phase-lock Loop with Feed-back Repetitive Controller for Robustness to Periodic Disturbance in Three-phase Systems.

Analysis and design of position and velocity estimation scheme for PM servo motor drive with binary Hall sensors (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Ni, O., Yang, M., Odhano, S. A., Zanchetta, P., Liu, X., & Xu, D. (2018). Analysis and design of position and velocity estimation scheme for PM servo motor drive with binary Hall sensors. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8558123

With the increasing demand of low-cost, high-efficiency, high performance for AC motor drive system, the permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) with binary Hall sensors begins to be adopted in many fields. Compared with sensorless control, the usa... Read More about Analysis and design of position and velocity estimation scheme for PM servo motor drive with binary Hall sensors.

Modulated Optimal Model Predictive Control for Variable Speed Gen-Sets (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Bigarelli, L., Lidozzi, A., Di Benedetto, M., Solero, L., Odhano, S., & Zanchetta, P. (2018). Modulated Optimal Model Predictive Control for Variable Speed Gen-Sets. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (6859-6865). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8558374

This paper investigates the DC-link voltage control of an active rectifier that is supplied by a variable speed permanent magnet synchronous generator. This configuration is commonly encountered in gearless wind energy conversion systems as well as i... Read More about Modulated Optimal Model Predictive Control for Variable Speed Gen-Sets.

Modulated Model Predictive Direct Power Control of DFIM Considering Magnetic Saturation Effects (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Odhano, S., Zanchetta, P., Rubino, S., & Bojoi, R. (2018). Modulated Model Predictive Direct Power Control of DFIM Considering Magnetic Saturation Effects. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (5442-5449). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8557794

In this paper, an optimal voltage vector based model predictive control strategy is investigated for the direct power control of a doubly fed induction machine. The model predictive control computes optimal voltage vector that minimizes the error in... Read More about Modulated Model Predictive Direct Power Control of DFIM Considering Magnetic Saturation Effects.

Torque Quality Improvement of an Open-End Winding PMSM (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Hunter, N., Cox, T., Zanchetta, P., Odhano, S. A., & Rovere, L. (2018). Torque Quality Improvement of an Open-End Winding PMSM. In 2018 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE) (4254-4261). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2018.8558051

This paper proposes a new closed-loop control strategy which improves the quality of the torque output of an open-end winding (OEW) permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) with common DC bus. Such a configuration provides a path for the zero sequen... Read More about Torque Quality Improvement of an Open-End Winding PMSM.

Identification of Linear Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Parameters and Inverter Non-Linearity Effects (2018)
Conference Proceeding
Odhano, S., Tang, M., Formentini, A., Zanchetta, P., & Bojoi, R. (2018). Identification of Linear Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Parameters and Inverter Non-Linearity Effects. In Proceedings: International Symposium on Power Electronics, Electrical Drives, Automation and Motion 2018 (26-32). https://doi.org/10.1109/SPEEDAM.2018.8445214

The paper presents an automatic parameter identification procedure for linear permanent magnet synchronous motors. The electrical parameters of a test machine are estimated by identification tests performed through the inverter. The method employs th... Read More about Identification of Linear Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Parameters and Inverter Non-Linearity Effects.

The design of a position-based repetitive control for speed ripple reduction in PMLSMs (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Tang, M., Formentini, A., Odhano, S., & Zanchetta, P. (2017). The design of a position-based repetitive control for speed ripple reduction in PMLSMs. In Proceedings IECON 2017 - 43rd Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (3688-3692). https://doi.org/10.1109/IECON.2017.8216626

Periodic speed errors can occur in permanent magnet linear synchronous machines for two reasons: 1) a periodic reference signal; 2) cogging force and friction. For reducing such periodic errors, iterative learning control or repetitive control approa... Read More about The design of a position-based repetitive control for speed ripple reduction in PMLSMs.

Model predictive Direct Flux Vector Control of multi three-phase induction motor drives (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Rubino, S., Bojoi, R., Odhano, S., & Zanchetta, P. (2017). Model predictive Direct Flux Vector Control of multi three-phase induction motor drives. In Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, 1-5 October 2017 (3633-3640). https://doi.org/10.1109/ECCE.2017.8096644

A model predictive control scheme for multiphase induction machines, configured as multi three-phase structures, is proposed in this paper. The predictive algorithm uses a Direct Flux Vector Control scheme based on a multi three-phase approach, where... Read More about Model predictive Direct Flux Vector Control of multi three-phase induction motor drives.

Sensorless control of matrix converter-fed synchronous reluctance motor drives (2017)
Conference Proceeding
Yousefi-Talouki, A., Stella, F., Odhano, S., De Lillo, L., Trentin, A., Pellegrino, G., & Zanchetta, P. (in press). Sensorless control of matrix converter-fed synchronous reluctance motor drives.

This paper presents a sensorless control technique based on direct flux vector control (DFVC) method for synchronous reluctance (SyR) motor drives fed by a three-phase to three-phase matrix converter (MC). Rotor position is estimated based on active... Read More about Sensorless control of matrix converter-fed synchronous reluctance motor drives.

Design of a repetitive controller as a feed-forward disturbance observer (2016)
Conference Proceeding
Tang, M., Formentini, A., Odhano, S., & Zanchetta, P. (2016). Design of a repetitive controller as a feed-forward disturbance observer.

From the structure point of view, a repetitive controller (RC) is considerably similar to a disturbance observer. By adding a correction term to the traditional RC and considering the disturbances as states, the repetitive controller can be designed... Read More about Design of a repetitive controller as a feed-forward disturbance observer.