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Abstract—The five-leg inverter has been investigated widely parameters. In [15], a current reconstruction method is
as a low-cost solution for dual permanent magnet synchronous introduced to further reduce volume and enhance robustness
motors (PMSMs) drives. For this topology, the overcurrent issue of the system via a single current sensor. In [16], a direct
of the shared leg should be carefully considered. In the paper, a
novel model predictive control (MPC) scheme is presented to torque control derived from conventional three-phase drive is
realize independent dual-PMSMs control, effective overcurrent introduced with fast torque response. Besides, the pulse width
elimination, and fast transient response simultaneously. A modulation (PWM) method for FL-VSI is further extended to
classical duty cycle partitioning scheme is adopted to decouple multiple motor control for higher power requirement [17].
the association of each motor drive. The overcurrent component Among all methods, since the MPC-based strategies
is contained in the cost function design directly. Moreover, a possess the merits of simple structure, flexible cost function,
master-slave structure is utilized to coordinate the current
and fast dynamic response, they have received more and more
phase angle relationship and keep dual PMSMs running
synchronously. Finally, a simulation of three-PMSMs system is attention. For example, Lim et al. propose several MPC-
executed, and the obtained results substantiate the effectiveness based methods and conduct a comparative study [18], [19].
and superiority of the proposed algorithm. The traditional method considering dual-motor control into
an integrated cost function yields large computational burden.
Keywords—Dual motors, five-leg inverter, model predictive To this end, the traverse process of candidate vectors should
control, overcurrent suppression. be optimized. A classical solution is to separate the control
cycle into two intervals according to voltage demands, and
I. INTRODUCTION
one per motor [20]. In each interval, only seven basic voltage
Dual-motor systems possess higher power output, vectors (VVs) should be tested. However, the ability of
stronger robustness, and control flexibility, thus have been providing active VVs to dual motor simultaneously are less
comprehensively utilized in a large number of industrial investigated.
applications [1], [2], [3], [4]. In [5], the two series-connected Moreover, MPC schemes have been utilized with various
multiphase motor drives are discussed with the phase cost functions considering voltage constraint, flux and torque
transposition. In [6], a two-rotor axial-flux machine is demands, switching frequency reduction, and overcurrent
designed to realize equivalent function of dual motors for protection of phase current [21], [22], [23], while the issue of
underwater propulsion system. In [7], a overmodulation overcurrent suppression in the common leg has not been
strategy for torque balance considering angle offset is included. Actually, different from the traditional overcurrent
introduced for dual permanent magnet synchronous motors protection mechanism, the current flows into common leg
(PMSMs) systems. Besides, the dual-PMSMs five-leg may be twice large as other legs. In addition, though the angle
voltage source inverter (FL-VSI) drive is a classical topology controller enables phase angle regulation to minimize the
current [24], [25], the current response is still slow due to the
for system cost reduction and fault-tolerant solutions [8], [9],
cascaded control structure.
[10]. Compared to other topologies, such as four-leg VSI and
Therefore, this article proposes a novel MPC scheme
three-leg dual parallel drive topology, it retains a larger incorporating the suppression of common-leg overcurrent
degree of freedom of control and is especially applicable to into the cost function. To simplify control complexity, the
non-rigidly connected dual-motor systems [11], [12]. duty cycle partitioning principle is adopted to achieve the
In decades, many control strategies have been put forward decoupling drive of dual motors. Furthermore, the angle of
to realize dual motors drives independently under FL-VSI, slave motor is given from the master motor under the same
such as hysteresis current control, field-oriented control with speed. To this end, the cooperative control of motor speed and
PI controller, and model predictive control (MPC) [13], [14]. current phase angle are achieved meantime. And finally, the
In [13], a simple dual-level hysteresis current control strategy simulation verification and comparisons are carried out to
is utilized to control a dual-PMSM system without any motor prove the availability and superiority.
- j =1
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The flowchart of the proposed predictive control scheme TABLE II
MAIN PARAMETERS OF PMSMS
is shown in Fig. 3.
Symbol Quantity Value
Start
p Number of pole pairs 5
Speed[r/min]
400
Cost minimization of slave 350
motor (8) 300
250
Synthesize switching commands
2 M1 M2
of FL-VSI
Current [A]
Phase-A
0
End
-2
2
IV. SIMULATION RESULTS
d/q-
1
A three-motor simulation model is built up to empirically
validate the efficacy of the proposed scheme. All motors are 0
of same design, and their main performances are listed in -1
Table II. The classical MPC scheme without overcurrent Fig. 4. Steady-state performance under the proposed scheme.
consideration [19] and the angle control scheme are chosen as
contrasts [26]. Time [100 ms/div]
450
A. Steady-State Performance M1 M2
Speed[r/min]
400
Firstly, the steady-state performance is tested. The steady- 350
state performance under the proposed scheme and the classical 300
MPC scheme is demonstrated in Fig. 4 and Fig. 5, respectively.
The dual motors operate steadily at 350 r/min with 0.8 Nm 250
load torque. Besides, the common leg currents of two scheme M1 M2
are shown in Fig. 6. The steady-state performance of speed 2
Current [A]
Phase-A
and d/q axis currents under two strategies are very similar. The
0
main difference of control effects under two schemes is the
current phase difference. It is controlled as 180° at the -2
proposed strategy. The peak value of common leg current
increases to 3.5 A at the conventional scheme, which is almost 3
1.6 times the phase current. On the contrary, the proposed iq1 id1 iq2 id2
Current [A]
2
scheme includes overcurrent elimination into cost function,
d/q-
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Time [100 ms/div] 500
5 M1 M2
Speed[r/min]
Proposed scheme Traditional scheme 400
Common Leg
2.5
Current [A]
300
0 200
-2.5 100
0
-5
3
Fig. 6. Common leg currents of two schemes. M1 M2
Current [A]
1.5
Phase-A
0
B. Transient Performance
-1.5
Next, the transient performance is tested in this subsection.
At 0.2 s, the step-load torques from 0.8 Nm to 0.5 Nm and -3
from 0.2 Nm to 0.5 Nm are applied to dual motor respectively, 4
iq1 id1 iq2 id2
then, the step-speed command from 200 r/min to 300 r/min is
Current [A]
2
given at 0.3 s. From Fig. 7 and Fig. 8, it can be observed that
d/q-
both schemes realize fast dynamic response and torque output, 0
while the classical MPC yields a more stable d-axis current of
slave motor around zero value, which is due to the different -2
considerations of cost function. In the proposed scheme, the 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
Time [s]
slave motor follows a reference d-axis current calculated from Fig. 8. Transient performance under the classical MPC scheme [19].
master motor, which may fluctuate and deviate from zero.
Moreover, the common leg currents are presented in Fig. 5 Proposed scheme Traditional scheme
9. The proposed scheme eliminates overcurrent in common
Common Leg
Current [A]
2.5
leg with fast response. When the loads of motors are the same,
0
the current can even be suppressed to zero. Besides, to clearly
compare the control effect of overcurrent, the common leg -2.5
currents at start-up process are shown in Fig. 10. The proposed -5
scheme and angle controller are effective to minimize the 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
Time [s]
current flowing in common leg. However, from the zoom in
Fig. 9. Common leg currents of two schemes.
figure, it can be observed that it still exists overcurrent under
the angle controller-based method. On the contrary, this 4
phenomenon is removed under the proposed scheme. The
Common Leg
Current [A]
3
Current [A]
M1 M2
0
Current [A]
1.5
Phase-A
0 -4
-1.5 Method 1 Method 2 Method 3
-8
-3 0 0.025 0.05 0.075 0.1
Time [s]
4
iq1 id1 iq2 id2
Fig. 10. Common leg currents at start-up process. Method 1: Proposed
Current [A]
-2 V. CONCLUSION
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4
Time [s] This paper proposes a novel MPC strategy that realizes
Fig. 7. Transient performance under the proposed scheme.
independent dual-PMSMs control, fast transient response, and
is reduced by 76.2%. In short, the simulation outcomes effective overcurrent elimination simultaneously. A classical
substantiate that the presented MPC method can maintain a duty cycle partitioning scheme is adopted to decouple the
fast dynamic response and reduce the overcurrent of common association of each motor drive. A master-slave structure is
leg significantly. utilized to coordinate the current phase angle relation and keep
dual PMSMs running synchronously. Under the circumstance,
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the overcurrent term of the common leg is inserted in the cost system," IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics, vol. 62, no. 10,
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