Motor control system
A motor control system include an inverter configured to convert boosted direct-current electric power output from a boost converter to alternating-current electric power and supply the alternating-current electric power to an alternating current motor, and a control unit configured to adjust boosted voltage of the boost converter. The control unit includes an optimal boosted voltage map which defines optimal boosted voltage for operating the alternating current motor with a required number of revolutions and required torque, and a boosted voltage changing program that sets boosted voltage of the boost converter to a voltage which is higher than an optimal boosted voltage when the carrier frequency is a predetermined threshold value or lower.
1. A motor control system comprising:
a boost converter configured to turn a plurality of first switching elements on/off at a predetermined carrier frequency to boost voltage of a battery and obtain boosted direct-current electric power;
an inverter configured to turn a plurality of second switching elements on/off at a predetermined carrier frequency to convert the boosted direct-current electric power output from the boost converter to alternating-current electric power, the inverter supplying the alternating-current electric power to a motor; and
a control unit configured to adjust boosted voltage of the boost converter, wherein
the control unit includes an optimal boosted voltage map that defines optimal boosted voltage for operating the motor with a required number of revolutions and required torque, wherein the optimal boosted voltage is a first voltage that is lower than a system maximum voltage when the number of revolutions of the motor is between 0 and a first number of revolutions; the optimal boosted voltage is a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage when the number of revolutions of the motor exceeds the first number of revolutions but is equal to or smaller than a second number of revolutions; and the optimal boosted voltage increases to a voltage between the second voltage and the system maximum voltage in accordance with the number of revolutions of the motor when the number of revolutions of the motor exceeds the second number of revolutions, and
the control unit sets the boosted voltage of the boost converter to a voltage which is higher than the first voltage defined by the optimal boosted voltage map, when the number of revolutions of the motor is between 0 and the first number of revolutions and the carrier frequency of the inverter is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold value.
2. The motor control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit sets the boosted voltage of the boost converter to a system maximum voltage when the number of revolutions of the motor is between 0 and the first number of revolutions and the carrier frequency is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value.
3. The motor control system according to claim 1 , wherein
the control unit increases a deviation of the boosted voltage of the boost converter from the first voltage as the torque of the motor is larger, when the number of revolutions of the motor is between 0 and the first number of revolutions and the carrier frequency is equal to or lower than the predetermined threshold value.
4. A motor control system comprising:
a boost converter configured to turn a plurality of first switching elements on/off at a predetermined carrier frequency to boost voltage of a battery and obtain boosted direct-current electric power;
an inverter configured to turn a plurality of second switching elements on/off at a predetermined carrier frequency to convert the boosted direct-current electric power output from the boost converter to alternating-current electric power, the inverter supplying the alternating-current electric power to a motor; and
a control unit including a CPU and configured to adjust boosted voltage of the boost converter, wherein
the control unit includes an optimal boosted voltage map that defines optimal boosted voltage for operating the motor with a required number of revolutions and required torque, wherein the optimal boosted voltage is a first voltage that is lower than a system maximum voltage when the number of revolutions of the motor is between 0 and a first number of revolutions; the optimal boosted voltage is a second voltage that is lower than the first voltage when the number of revolutions of the motor exceeds the first number of revolutions but is equal to or smaller than a second number of revolutions; and the optimal boosted voltage increases to a voltage between the second voltage and the system maximum voltage in accordance with the number of revolutions of the motor when the number of revolutions of the motor exceeds the second number of revolutions, and
the control unit causes the CPU to execute a boosted voltage changing program for setting the boosted voltage of the boost converter to a voltage which is higher than the first voltage defined by the optimal boosted voltage map, when the number of revolutions of the motor is between 0 and the first number of revolutions and the carrier frequency of the inverter is equal to or lower than a predetermined threshold value.