Abstract
The impact of rotor design on the accuracy of a saliency based zero-speed sensorless position estimation technique is investigated. An existing prototype machine is used as the basis of the development and a number of possible buried magnet rotor designs are analysed before an optimal design is selected. It is shown that whilst it is possible to achieve the desired torque from a number of rotor variants, only a limited number of these are suitable for sensorless position estimation. Experimental results confirm the initial finite element based analyses.
| Translated title of the contribution | Impact of Rotor Design on Sensorless Position Estimation |
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| Original language | English |
| Title of host publication | IECON 2006, IEEE 32nd Annual Conference on Industrial Electronics |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) |
| Pages | 787 - 792 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 142440391X |
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| Publication status | Published - Nov 2006 |