Motor Drive Method that Enlarges the Applied Voltage without Causing High Harmonics under the Voltage Supply Unbalance in Three Phase Dual Winding Permanent Magnet Motor

Abstract

To realize automated drive of a vehicle, more reliability to the motor drive system is required. The three phase dual winding permanent magnet motor drive using two inverters with corresponding voltage supplies is one of the potential candidates for the reliable motor drive system. With the respective voltage supply and winding connected to the inverter, the two motor drive systems are electrically independent. Thus, even if when a failure occurs in one of the systems, the other system can continue the motor drive. However, there is an issue: a voltage drop in one of the voltage supplies reduces the sinusoidal wave region of the drive system as the rotor of the motor is common in the two windings and the back electromotive voltage in the two windings are the same. The motor drive method that enlarges the applied voltage without causing high harmonics under the voltage supply unbalance in the three phase dual winding permanent magnet motor is proposed in this paper.