A processing apparatus acquires a first rise transition that is a rise transition of the temperature of a winding and a second rise transition that is a rise transition of the temperature detected by a temperature sensor in a state where voltage application for raising the temperature of the winding to a predetermined temperature is performed, determines a predetermined temperature characteristic model by calculating a predetermined parameter on the basis of the second rise transition, and further determines a winding temperature characteristic model by calculating a winding related parameter on the basis of the first rise transition.

The invention provides a motor nonlinear system modeling method including steps of: obtaining a chirp signal of a first frequency band, and a chirp signal of a second frequency band; exciting the motor by using the chirp signal; obtaining a higher harmonic frequency response of the first frequency band; exciting the motor by using the chirp signal of the second frequency band; obtaining a higher harmonic frequency response of the second frequency band; obtaining a higher harmonic frequency response by splicing the higher harmonic frequency response of the first frequency band and the higher harmonic frequency response of the second frequency band in the frequency domain. The higher harmonic frequency response of the working frequency of the motor is a nonlinear system model of the motor. By virtue of the method provided by the present invention, the accuracy of motor modeling is effectively improved.

A condition-based monitoring system receives a plurality of measurements from sensors measuring mechanical and electrical aspects of a prime mover and a synchronous machine. The condition-based monitoring system determines a correlation between the mechanical measurements and electrical measurements to estimate parameters of the model. The condition-based monitoring system also updates the model as sensors obtain additional measurements during operation of the prime mover.

A method of controlling an electric motor to optimize system efficiency of an electric motor operable in a pulsed mode and a continuous mode is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a requested torque for the electric motor, calculating a pulsed system efficiency, calculating a continuous system efficiency, and operating the electric motor in the pulsed mode when the pulsed system efficiency is greater than the continuous system efficiency. The pulsed system efficiency is calculated for delivering the requested torque from the electric motor in a plurality of torque pulses greater than the requested torque. The continuous system efficiency is calculated for delivering the requested torque from the electric motor as a continuous torque. The system efficiency may be at least partially based on a battery efficiency and a motor efficiency.

A fuzzy finite-time optimal synchronization control method for a fractional-order permanent magnet synchronous generator, and belongs to the technical field of generators. A synchronization model between fractional-order driving and driven permanent magnet synchronous generators with capacitance-resistance coupling is established. The dynamic analysis fully reveals that the system has rich dynamic behaviors including chaotic oscillation, and a numerical method provides stability and instability boundaries. Then, under the framework of a fractional-order backstepping control theory, a fuzzy finite-time optimal synchronous control scheme which integrates a hierarchical type-2 fuzzy neural network, a finite-time command filter and a finite-time prescribed performance function is provided.

A motor parameter estimation method includes obtaining an operation signal of a motor, wherein the operation signal includes an encoder signal, a phase current and a driving voltage, obtaining a number of poles according to the encoder signal and the phase current, performing a simulation procedure according to the driving voltage, the number of poles and an initial random parameter set, wherein the simulation procedure is calculating a simulation response current, calculating an error value between the simulation response current and the phase current, determining whether the error value falls into a threshold range, if the error value falls outside of the threshold range, performing the simulation procedure according to the driving voltage, the number of poles and an update random parameter set, and if the error value falls into of the threshold range, outputting the number of poles and the initial random parameter set.

A motor parameter estimation method includes obtaining an operation signal of a motor, wherein the operation signal includes an encoder signal, a phase current and a driving voltage, obtaining a number of poles according to the encoder signal and the phase current, performing a simulation procedure according to the driving voltage, the number of poles and an initial random parameter set, wherein the simulation procedure is calculating a simulation response current, calculating an error value between the simulation response current and the phase current, determining whether the error value falls into a threshold range, if the error value falls outside of the threshold range, performing the simulation procedure according to the driving voltage, the number of poles and an update random parameter set, and if the error value falls into of the threshold range, outputting the number of poles and the initial random parameter set.

A motor selection device is equipped with a speed calculation unit that calculates an average speed from a speed waveform of a motor that drives a predetermined driven object, the speed waveform being obtained when the driven object is made to perform a prescribed operation, a current calculation unit that calculates a root mean square current from a current waveform of the motor that drives the driven object, the current waveform being obtained when the driven object is made to perform the prescribed operation, a storage unit that stores a motor characteristic corresponding to a speed of a target motor serving as an object to be selected, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the prescribed operation by the target motor is possible, using the motor characteristic corresponding to the average speed, and the root mean square current.

A motor selection device is equipped with a speed calculation unit that calculates an average speed from a speed waveform of a motor that drives a predetermined driven object, the speed waveform being obtained when the driven object is made to perform a prescribed operation, a current calculation unit that calculates a root mean square current from a current waveform of the motor that drives the driven object, the current waveform being obtained when the driven object is made to perform the prescribed operation, a storage unit that stores a motor characteristic corresponding to a speed of a target motor serving as an object to be selected, and a determination unit that determines whether or not the prescribed operation by the target motor is possible, using the motor characteristic corresponding to the average speed, and the root mean square current.

A control device for an electric motor includes a control circuit that controls an operation of an inverter circuit on the basis of a voltage command value corresponding to a difference between a current command value calculated on the basis of the position of a rotor of the electric motor, and a current flowing through the electric motor. A current estimation unit estimates the current flowing through the electric motor by substituting the voltage command value, a parameter unique to the electric motor, and a rotational speed calculated on the basis of the position of the rotor into a voltage equation serving as a model of the electric motor. An LR estimation unit estimates an inductance and a resistance of the electric motor serving as parameters on the basis of the difference between the current obtained by a current acquisition unit and the current estimated by the current estimation unit.