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US 9,923,503 · App. 15/159,878 · Granted Mar 20, 2018

Fractional-order proportional-resonant controller

Inventors: Hadi Malek (Dearborn, MI); Sara Dadras (Dearborn, MI)
Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
H02P23/0004B60L11/02G05B6/02H02M7/44H02P23/16B60L2210/10B60L2210/30H02M2001/0025
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Patent No.
US 9,923,503
App. No.
15/159,878
Granted
Mar 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A closed-loop system may include a plant (an elctric machine requiring control) and a fractional-order proportional-resonant controller. The fractional-order proportional-resonant controller may have an order greater than zero and less than or equal to one. The order for the fractional-order proportional-resonant controller may be selected to yield a target amplitude and target slope for frequency response. The frequency response may be such that a steady-state error associated with a speed of the electric machine is inversely proportional to the target amplitude and less than a predetermined threshold. The order of the controller may be 0.9.

Claims (27)

1. A vehicle comprising:

an electric machine; and

a fractional-order proportional-resonant controller programmed

with an order greater than zero and less than or equal to one and

to generate, responsive to a signal indicative of a speed of the electric machine, a target amplitude and target slope for frequency response such that a steady-state error associated with the speed is inversely proportional to the target amplitude and less than a predetermined threshold.

2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein a gain of the controller is 22 dB greater than a proportional-resonant controller having same coefficients.

3. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the order is 0.9.

4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein a natural frequency of the controller is 120π Hz.

5. The vehicle of claim 4 , wherein a proportional gain is four.

6. The vehicle of claim 5 , wherein an integral gain is 300.

7. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the controller has a gain of at least 50 dB at 60 Hz.

8. A vehicle comprising:

an inverter for an electric machine; and

a fractional-order proportional-resonant controller programmed

with at least three degrees of freedom and an order greater than zero and less than or equal to one and

to generate, responsive to a signal indicative of a speed of the electric machine, a target amplitude and target slope for frequency response such that a steady-state error associated with the speed of is inversely proportional to the target amplitude and less than a predetermined threshold.

9. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein a gain of the controller is 22 dB greater than a proportional-resonant controller having same coefficients.

10. The vehicle of claim 9 , wherein the order is 0.9.

11. The vehicle of claim 10 , wherein a natural frequency of the controller is 120π Hz.

12. The vehicle of claim 11 , wherein a proportional gain is four.

13. The vehicle of claim 12 , wherein an integral gain is 300.

14. The vehicle of claim 8 , wherein the controller has a gain of at least 50 dB at 60 Hz.

15. The vehicle of claim 14 , wherein a natural frequency of the controller is adjusted to coincide with a frequency demand.

16. A control system comprising:

an inverter connected to a power grid; and

a fractional-order controller having an order greater than zero and less than or equal to one, inputs having a stationary reference frame, and controller constants selected to yield a target amplitude and target slope for frequency response such that a steady-state error associated with a frequency of the power grid is inversely proportional to the target amplitude and less than a predetermined threshold, wherein a gain of the controller is 22 dB greater than a proportional-resonant controller having same coefficients.

17. The control system of claim 16 , wherein a natural frequency of the controller is 120π Hz.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2016
From: MALEK, HADI; DADRAS, SARA
To: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
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Continuity (1)
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