Project Report MOTOR MODELING

Date: 12/07/2011 ENGR 6310-39 Green Energy Projects The Phillip M. Drayer Department of Electrical Engineering Lamar University Fall 2011

Dr. G. N. Reddy

Arvind Kumar Kshatriya Charanpreet Singh Karandeep Singh Randhawa

Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. INTRODUCTION MOTOR MODELING RESULTS CONCLUSION REFERENCES

INTRODUCTION
This project involves a process of representing motor model on the basis of the performance charts provided by the manufactures. The various constants are estimated which can successfully represent the motor model.

The motor model can be represented by an equation: T= k*In Where: k and n are the constants, I is the current, T is Torque. This equation represents torque vs current characteristic curve. Here in our project the values of these two constants k and n are firstly evaluated by using a set of data values obtained from the performance charts provided by the manufacture for a particular motor. Once we get these two constants then it becomes easier to get the values of torque for a particular value of current for a motor. The torque Vs current curve is a linear curve and so for this we have used a method called linear curve fitting to evaluate the values for our model. Once the constants are known we can then express the required motor amps Imi as follows Imi = (Tmi/K)1/n

Linear curve fitting

Curve fitting is the process of constructing a curve, or mathematical function, that has the best fit to a series of data points, possibly subject to constraints. Curve fitting can involve either interpolation, where an exact fit to the data is required, or smoothing, in which a smooth function is constructed that approximately fits the data.

Given the general form of a straight line can be represented as f(x) = ax + b The coefficients for this straight line are picked which best fit the line to the data. It is picked in a way that the straight line provides a minimum error between the line and the data, this is also called best fit. We can use algebra to change the torque equation into linear form for this method by taking log and simplifying it.

METHOD OF CURVE FITTING The exponential equation of motor is firstly changed to a linear form by taking log, this is called data linearization. In this method the original points (xk , yk) in the xy-plane are
transformed into the points (Xk , Yk) =(xk , ln(yk )) in the XY-plane. This has been explained as below. The exponential equation of motor is same as y = CeAx (eq 1)

On taking log of both sides

ln(y) = Ax + ln(C). Then we do a variable change where Y = ln(y), X = x, and B = ln(C). so, Y = AX + B (eq 2) Then by using data linearization the set of the original points (xk , yk) in the xy-plane of motor characteristics are transformed into the points (Xk , Yk) =(xk , ln(yk )) in the XY-plane. After substituting these values in equation 2 we get a new equation as: ( ) ( )

From these we can determine the values of A and B and then C can be found by using the following equation. C=eB

After finding constants A,B and C there values are substituted into equation 1 to get the final exponential equation of torque and current. This can then express the required motor amps Imi as

follows Imi = (Tmi/K)1/n