A rotating equipment system with in-line drive-sense circuit (DSC) electric power signal processing includes rotating equipment, in-line drive-sense circuits (DSCs), and one or more processing modules. The in-line DSCs receive input electrical power signals and generate motor drive signals for the rotating equipment. An in-line DSC receives an input electrical power signal, processes it to generate and output a motor drive signal to the rotating equipment via a single line and simultaneously senses the motor drive signal via the single line. Based on the sensing of the motor drive signal via the single line, the in-line DSC provides a digital signal to the one or more processing modules that receive and process the digital signal to determine information regarding one or more operational conditions of the rotating equipment, and based thereon, selectively facilitate one or more adaptation operations on the motor drive signal via the in-line DSC.

A rotating equipment system with in-line drive-sense circuit (DSC) electric power signal processing includes rotating equipment, in-line drive-sense circuits (DSCs), and one or more processing modules. The in-line DSCs receive input electrical power signals and generate motor drive signals for the rotating equipment. An in-line DSC receives an input electrical power signal, processes it to generate and output a motor drive signal to the rotating equipment via a single line and simultaneously senses the motor drive signal via the single line. Based on the sensing of the motor drive signal via the single line, the in-line DSC provides a digital signal to the one or more processing modules that receive and process the digital signal to determine information regarding one or more operational conditions of the rotating equipment, and based thereon, selectively facilitate one or more adaptation operations on the motor drive signal via the in-line DSC.

A method for controlling a planar drive system includes determining values of magnetic stator fields for different energizing currents and spatial regions in a two-dimensional array of magnetic field sensors, generating at least one magnetic stator field by applying energizing currents to stator conductors to electrically control a rotor, determining measured values of a total magnetic field via the magnetic field sensors for a plurality of the spatial regions to determine a position of the rotor, compensating contributions of the magnetic stator fields to the measured values of the total magnetic field determined by the magnetic field sensors, generating measured values of the magnetic field determined by the respective magnetic field sensors for the respective space regions, and determining a position of the rotor based on the generated measured values of the magnetic fields. The planar drive system includes at least a controller, a stator module, and a rotor.

A method for controlling a planar drive system includes determining values of magnetic stator fields for different energizing currents and spatial regions in a two-dimensional array of magnetic field sensors, generating at least one magnetic stator field by applying energizing currents to stator conductors to electrically control a rotor, determining measured values of a total magnetic field via the magnetic field sensors for a plurality of the spatial regions to determine a position of the rotor, compensating contributions of the magnetic stator fields to the measured values of the total magnetic field determined by the magnetic field sensors, generating measured values of the magnetic field determined by the respective magnetic field sensors for the respective space regions, and determining a position of the rotor based on the generated measured values of the magnetic fields. The planar drive system includes at least a controller, a stator module, and a rotor.

The invention relates to a method (400) for calibrating a controller of an electric machine (120). The method comprises the following steps: specifying (410) a first signal (S_1) for generating a sinusoidal phase current for energising a winding of an electric machine (120); superposing (420) the first signal (S_1) with a test signal (S_Test_i) in order to generate a harmonic oscillation with a predetermined excitation amplitude and/or phase position relative to the phase current, which harmonic oscillation superposes the phase current; detecting (430) a response signal (S_Antw_i), resulting from the superposition of the phase current and the harmonic oscillation, by means of a sensor (130); determining (450) a calibrated signal (S_kal) for generating a harmonic oscillation with a predetermined excitation amplitude and a phase position relative to the phase current on the basis of a determined minimum of a response plane (A_Antw); operating (460) the controller (110) of the electric machine (120) on the basis of the determined minimum

The invention relates to a method (400) for calibrating a controller of an electric machine (120). The method comprises the following steps: specifying (410) a first signal (S_1) for generating a sinusoidal phase current for energising a winding of an electric machine (120); superposing (420) the first signal (S_1) with a test signal (S_Test_i) in order to generate a harmonic oscillation with a predetermined excitation amplitude and/or phase position relative to the phase current, which harmonic oscillation superposes the phase current; detecting (430) a response signal (S_Antw_i), resulting from the superposition of the phase current and the harmonic oscillation, by means of a sensor (130); determining (450) a calibrated signal (S_kal) for generating a harmonic oscillation with a predetermined excitation amplitude and a phase position relative to the phase current on the basis of a determined minimum of a response plane (A_Antw); operating (460) the controller (110) of the electric machine (120) on the basis of the determined minimum

A method for estimating at least one leakage inductance of a 3n-phase electrical machine includes performing a first machine investigation scheme and a second machine investigation scheme, the first scheme including ordering a machine drive stage to control one of the 3-phase windings, obtaining a first set of measured currents from the 3-phase winding and processing the first set of measured currents to obtain primary characteristics of an electrical quantity of the electrical machine, the second scheme including ordering the machine drive stage to control all the 3-phase windings using a VSD control model, the controlling involving only controlling a first fundamental subspace of the VSD control model, obtaining a second set of measured currents from all 3-phase windings and processing the second set of measured currents to obtain a leakage inductance estimate and secondary characteristics of the electrical quantity, for which leakage inductance estimate the primary and secondary characteristics match.

A control system may include: a motor configured to power a driven object; and circuitry configured to: generate a first driving force command to drive the motor during a first control; estimate a first force acting on the motor during the first control based, at least in part, on the first driving force command; generate a second driving force command to drive the motor during a second control after the first control; estimate a second force acting on the motor during the second control based, at least in part, on the second driving force command; and estimate an external force acting on the driven object during the second control based, at least in part, on a comparison between the first force and the second force.

A control system may include: a motor configured to power a driven object; and circuitry configured to: generate a first driving force command to drive the motor during a first control; estimate a first force acting on the motor during the first control based, at least in part, on the first driving force command; generate a second driving force command to drive the motor during a second control after the first control; estimate a second force acting on the motor during the second control based, at least in part, on the second driving force command; and estimate an external force acting on the driven object during the second control based, at least in part, on a comparison between the first force and the second force.

A motor drive monitors operation of a motor and adaptively track disturbances experienced by the motor. The motor drive receives a command signal and a cycle position signal. An estimated disturbance observed throughout a cycle of operation is stored in a look up table, and the motor drive uses the stored values as a feedforward value into a control module. The motor drive adaptively monitors operation of the motor and generates a new estimated disturbance value throughout each subsequent cycle of operation. The values of the estimated disturbance are updated within the look up table as a function of the new estimated disturbance values and of the previously stored values. The stored disturbance values adaptively track cyclic disturbances in the controlled machine or process and to reduce the effects of these cyclic disturbances on tracking error in the controlled machine or process.