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Multiphase Electric Motor Drive with Improved and Reliable Performance: Combined Star-Pentagon Synchronous Reluctance Motor Fed from Matrix Converter

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  • Kotb B. Tawfiq

    (Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    FlandersMake@UGent—Corelab EEDT-MP, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
    Department of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Menoufia 32511, Egypt)

  • Mohamed N. Ibrahim

    (Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    FlandersMake@UGent—Corelab EEDT-MP, 3001 Leuven, Belgium
    Electrical Engineering Department, Kafrelshiekh University, Kafrelshiekh 33511, Egypt)

  • Peter Sergeant

    (Department of Electromechanical, Systems and Metal Engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium
    FlandersMake@UGent—Corelab EEDT-MP, 3001 Leuven, Belgium)

Abstract

This paper investigated and demonstrated an electric drive topology with inherently high reliability and improved performance. The topology combines a five-phase combined star-pentagon synchronous reluctance machine (SynRM) and a power electronic “matrix” converter without vulnerable electrolytic capacitors, which are often a point of failure of conventional drives. This drive is suitable for harsh environments, with possibly high ambient temperatures and limited maintenance. In this paper, an accurate model of the five-phase combined star-pentagon SynRM was introduced considering the effect of magnetic saturation and cross saturation on dq-flux-linkages. The five-phase combined star-pentagon SynRM will be connected to a three-to-five-phase indirect matrix converter (IMC) and the indirect field-oriented control based on a space vector pulse width modulation was applied. The introduced SVM commutates the bidirectional switches of the IMC at zero current which enhance and minimize the switching losses. The performance of the proposed drive system was studied and experimentally validated at different loading conditions. Finally, the reliability, cost, and performance of the proposed drive system were compared with the conventional drive system (three-phase star-connected SynRM fed from rectifier-inverter).

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  • Kotb B. Tawfiq & Mohamed N. Ibrahim & Peter Sergeant, 2022. "Multiphase Electric Motor Drive with Improved and Reliable Performance: Combined Star-Pentagon Synchronous Reluctance Motor Fed from Matrix Converter," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(18), pages 1-18, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:10:y:2022:i:18:p:3351-:d:915988
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    1. Kotb B. Tawfiq & Mohamed N. Ibrahim & Hegazy Rezk & Elwy E. El-kholy & Peter Sergeant, 2021. "Mathematical Modelling, Analysis and Control of a Three to Five-Phase Matrix Converter for Minimal Switching Losses," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 9(1), pages 1-15, January.
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