(12) United States Patent (10) Patent No.

: US 10,230,321 B1
Papini et al. (45) Date of Patent: Mar. 12, 2019
(54) SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING 3/1987 Gritter et al.
(56) References Cited
PERMANENT MAGNET DEMAGNETIZATION IN 12/1987 Whiteley
ELECTRICAL MACHINES U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
3/2000 Maehara et al.
3/2002 Miura et al.
(71) Applicant: General Electric Company, (Continued)
Schenectady, NY (US)
FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS
(72) Inventors: Francesco Papini, Munich JP 2005127406 A 5/2005
(DE); Tiziana Bertoncelli, Garching b. Munchen WO 2003016794 Al 2/2003
(DE); Mohamed Osama, Garching (DE)
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
(73) Assignee: General Electric Company,
Schenectady, NY (US)
Richter et al., "The Ferrite Permanent Magnet AC Motor—A
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this Technical and Economical Assessment", IEEE Transactions on
patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Industry Applications, vol. IA-21, No. 4, May/Jun. 1985, pp.
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(Continued)
(21) Appl. No.: 15/790,251 See application file for complete search history.
Primary Examiner — Karen Masih
(22) Filed: Oct. 23, 2017 (74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm — Ziolkowski Patent
Solutions Group, SC; Jean K. Testa
(51) Int. Cl.
H02H 7/08 (2006.01) (57) ABSTRACT
H02P 29/028 (2016.01) A motor drive for driving a permanent magnet electrical
HO2P 9/00 (2006.01) machine includes an inverter having switches that are selec -
HO2P 6/12 (2006.01) tively operated to control current flow and terminal voltages
(52) U.S. Cl. in the electrical machine and a controller operatively con-
CPC ................. H02P 29/028 (2013.01); H02P 6/12 nected to the inverter to control switching of the switches to
(2013.01); H02P 9/006 (2013.01); HO2P control the current flow and terminal voltages in the elec -
2207/05 (2013.01) trical machine. The controller receives inputs regarding at
(58) Field of Classification Search least one of currents and voltages provided to the electrical
CPC .... HO2P 27/06; HO2P 29/0241; HO2P 29/024; machine on one or more phases, analyzes the voltages and
HO2P 29/027 currents to identify a fault in the electrical machine, and
controls switching of the plurality of switches in the inverter
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8,258,658 B2 9/2012 Heitzler et al.

to modify current flow and terminal voltages in the electrical 2005/0093393 Al * 5/2005 Hirzel ...................... HO2K 3/12
machine based on the identified fault, with the modified 310/268
current flow and terminal voltages in the electrical machine 2011/0241467 Al 10/2011 Fujioka et al.
preventing demagnetization of the permanent magnets in the 2012/0126731 Al* 5/2012 Wyrembra ............. H02K 37/12
electrical machine. 318/400.14
2012/0299409 Al 11/2012 Choi et al.
2013/0119811 Al* 5/2013 Kobayashi ............... HO2K 1/02
25 Claims, 10 Drawing Sheets
310/156.53
2016/0109133 Al* 4/2016 Edwards ................. F02C 7/228
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