A method for predicting a rotor temperature of an electric motor for an electric vehicle. The method includes measuring at least one of an operating parameter of the electric motor; inputting the at least one of the operating parameter of the electric motor into a predetermined regression model to predict a rotor temperature of the electric motor; and communicating the rotor temperature of the electric motor to a vehicle control module for managing the electric motor. The operating parameters includes a measured stator temperature, a torque level output, a rotor speed, and a coolant flowrate of the fixture electric motor. The electric motor may be that of an induction motor.

A network of an electric vehicle has an energy supply interface, an inverter, an energization interface and a soft starter. The inverter has a first inverter connection configured to connect the inverter to the energy supply interface and a second inverter connection configured to connect the inverter to the energization interface and the soft starter. The inverter is configured to convert a DC voltage applied to the first inverter connection to an AC voltage and to supply same at the second inverter connection. The soft starter is configured to reduce an input voltage applied to the first soft starter connection and to supply the operating voltage, which is reduced compared to the input voltage, at the second soft starter connection.

A system for limiting charging current of capacitive filters of power cells of a cascaded modular power converter during the start-up period where a low-voltage power source is used, supplying a controlled power switching arrangement controlled by the general controller of the cascaded modular power converter, making it possible to limit the charging current of the capacitors of the power cells during the start-up period of the cascaded modular converter. The controlled power switching arrangement communicates with the general controller of the cascaded modular power converter over a communication channel. The communication means send the commands to start or end the start-up process of the cascaded modular converter.

A system and method for integrated charging a vehicle includes a hybrid excitation machine, operable as a traction motor and including a rotor separated by an air gap from a stator with AC windings. An AC utility line power supply is connected to the AC windings providing an electrical current to the vehicle and inducing a magnetic flux across the air gap and in the rotor. A short circuit, an open circuit, or a DC voltage may be applied to a DC winding in the stator to reduce the magnetic flux into the rotor. A field coil in the rotor may be excited with a DC voltage using a secondary coil on the rotor in a traction mode. The secondary coil is excited by the stator windings using field-oriented control in a “self-excited machine” embodiment, and is directly excited by a separate primary coil in an “externally-excited machine” embodiment.

Provided are a controller and a program with which it is possible to easily output the state of mechanical loss in an induction motor. A controller for controlling industrial machinery that has an induction motor comprises: an electric power cutoff unit that cuts off the supply of electric power to the induction motor; a speed acquisition unit that acquires the speed of the induction motor; an acceleration calculation unit that calculates acceleration on the basis of the acquired speed; a moment-of-inertia acquisition unit that acquires the moment of inertia of a spindle of the induction motor; a mechanical loss calculation unit that calculates mechanical loss in the induction motor on the basis of the acquired speed, the calculated acceleration, and the acquired moment of inertia; and an output unit that outputs the calculated mechanical loss.

There is provided an induction machine (100) comprising a rotor (120); a stator (140); and a phase-shift oscillator (160). The stator comprises: a first winding (141); and a second winding (142), arranged at a first angle (101) relative to said first winding. The phase-shift oscillator comprises: a transistor (170), the transistor (170) being a high-electron mobility transistor, HEMT; and a phase-shift network (180). The first winding is connected to a first node (181) of the phase-shift network and wherein the second winding is connected to a second node (182) of the phase-shift network, wherein the phase-shift oscillator is configured to provide a first phase electric signal at the first node and a second phase electric signal at the second node, wherein a difference between the first and second phase corresponds to the first angle. There is also provided an electric aircraft propulsion system comprising the induction machine.

Disclosed are exemplary embodiments of systems and methods for controlling inducer motor speed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method includes changing stator voltage of an inducer motor (e.g., by changing a firing angle of a triac, using a transistor, a silicon controlled rectifier or semiconductor controlled rectifier (SCR), other switching device, etc.); determining actual inducer motor speed (e.g., by using a hall effect sensor or other speed sensor, etc.); and after determining the actual inducer motor speed, changing the motor stator voltage (e.g., by changing the firing angle of the triac, etc.) to a value at which the actual inducer motor speed is controllably regulated and/or maintained substantially at a set speed.

A method of a control system (2200) controls an inductance motor in a blower including an impeller and volute using a pressure compensation control system. The control system may be implemented in a respiratory pressure therapy device. The control system may include a sensor configured to provide a pressure signal indicative of the pressure of a flow of fluid produced by the blower. A measured pressure may be compared to a set pressure to determine a pressure error. A slip frequency may be adjusted as a function of the pressure error in an attempt to eliminate or minimise the pressure error.

Reduced computation time for model predictive control (MPC) of a five level dual T-type drive considering the DC link capacitor balancing, the common-mode voltage (CMV) along with torque control of an open-ends induction motor based on determining a reduced set of switching states for the MPC. The reduced set of switching states are determined by considering either CMV reduction (CMVR) or CMV elimination (CMVE). Cost function minimization generates a voltage vector, which is used to produce gating signals for the converter switches. The reduced switching state MPC significantly reduces computation time and improves MPC performance.

A method for starting and stopping an asynchronous motor by way of a soft starter. The method includes the following steps: determining ignition options of one or more thyristors of the soft starter that are possible at a future calculation time; predicting the motor behavior for the determined ignition options, if an ignition of one or more thyristors of the soft starter is carried out; based on the predicted motor behavior, deciding whether an ignition option is to be selected and which is to be selected; and generating one or more ignition signals for one or more thyristors, if the decision for an ignition option has been made.