Identification of the Parameters of the Highly Saturated Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (PMSM): Selected Problems of Accuracy

Machines with highly saturated magnetic circuits are utilized to maximize drive efficiency. However, their control is non-trivial due to highly non-linear characteristics, and therefore, an accurate parameter identification procedure is crucial. This paper presents and validates a comprehensive flux linkage identification procedure. Several steps needed for accurate parameter identification and their influence on the estimation results are described. The impact of all main parts of the electrical drive, i.e., dead times introduced between switching off and switching on the power transistors, phase delay from the current low-pass filters, delay from the control system, and misalignment of the d–axis angle due to the machine asymmetries is considered and partially eliminated. An improved identification procedure with the look-up table-based dead time compensation and estimation of equivalent circuit resistance is applied to estimate the parameters of the highly saturated PMSM traction machine from the fourth generation of the Toyota Prius, and the obtained results are compared with a Finite Element Method-based model of this machine. Finally, dynamic test results are conducted to prove the proposed approach’s accuracy.