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Sensorless Speed Control of Brushless DC Motor by MATLAB
Vinithaasri. S
1
, D. Sri Vidhya
2
1
M. E. Power Systems Engineering, K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu - 637 215,
India.
2
Associate Professor /EEE, K. S. Rangasamy College of Technology,Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu - 637 215, India.
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Abstract - Sensorless BLDC motors are widely used in
household appliances, vehicles, aircraft, consumer electronics,
medical devices, automated industrial equipment, and
instrumentation. Because of their design, these motors are
employed in a variety of industrial areas. Sensorless BLDC
motors are popular due to their increased efficiency,
reliability, power, acoustic noise, smaller size, lighter weight,
greater dynamic response, enhanced speed vs load torque,
wider speed range, and extended life. It offers a number of
advantages, including the elimination of the motor's neutral
voltage, a predetermined phase shift network, a low starting
speed, and a low cost. This study use MATLAB SIMULINK to
give a straightforward and dependable method for detecting
reverse emf zero-crossings for sensorless operation. An
abstract summarizes, in one paragraph (usually), the major
aspects of the entire paper in the following prescribed
sequence. The zero crossings of the reverse emf are projected
obliquely from the terminal voltages that are monitored in
relation to the dc negative pole, and thus approach never
involves any integration. Furthermore, when using line
voltages, neutral potential and common mode noise are no
longer needed. Through simulation, the efficiency of the
control strategy based on zero-crossing detection from
terminal voltage differences was studied.
Key Words: Sensorless operation, Zero Crossing
Detector, Reverse EMF, Speed control method, Brushless
DC Motor
1. INTRODUCTION
It has several advantages, including the elimination of motor
neutral voltage, a set phase shift circuit, a low beginning
speed, and inexpensive cost. Instead of brushes, this BLDC
motor is commutated electronically using power switches.
The voltage surges are caused by the remaining current that
is restricted when power switches produce armature
current. In the condition of sensorless BLDC motor driving,
commutation torque ripple has already been reduced.
Analysis, design, and implementation of a high-performance
sensorless method for BLDC motors are completed. BLDC
motors also referred to as Permanent Magnet Direct Current
Synchronous motors are still one of the motor types that
have grown in popularity in recent years, owing to their
superior features and performance. The BLDC motor, which
lacks position and speed sensors, has received a lot of
interest. Square wave control and sinusoidal current control
are the two most common BLDC motor control techniques.
To calculate the zero-crossing time of the reverse emf,
multiply the terminal voltage of the floating winding by the
motor's neutral point. Integration begins when the reverse
emf crosses zero and ends when the given threshold value is
reached, resulting in immediate commutation. Frequency-
independent phase shifter for sensorless BLDC motor
control, capable of shifting the zero-crossing point of the
input signal with a defined phase delay. Jung and Ha have
developed an extended Kalman filter estimator for a
brushless dc motor to estimate speed and rotor position. The
rotor position is obtained indirectly by sensing the reverse
emf from one among the three motor terminal voltages of a
three-phase motor. The necessity to establish the right
values for the covariance matrix parameters, which
represent the errors in modeling and measurements, is a
barrier to using the extended Kalman filter technique for
rotor position estimation. Sensorless control techniques
based on the reverse emf's Zero Cross Point (ZCP) have been
widely employed in low-cost applications. The zero-crossing
detector (ZCD) detects the ZCP of the reverse emf, and the
pulse is created by moving 30° from the ZCP. When the BLDC
motor is at rest or at zero speed, the reverse emf cannot be
calculated using the ZCP technique.
As a result, a unique control is required for the smooth and
dependable sensorless control operation of BLDC motors.
Furthermore, the intricacies of sensorless motor starting
were not discussed. However, the direct commutation
instant detection approach suggested lacks the flexibility to
advance the commutation instant, which may be
implemented utilizing reverse emf zero-crossing detection
techniques. By measuring the motor terminal voltages, we
devised and constructed an integrated circuit enabling the
sensorless operation of a BLDC motor. Frequency
independent phase shifter for sensorless BLDC motor
control, capable of shifting the zero-crossing point of the
input signal with a defined phase delay. For speed and rotor
position estimation, an extended Kalman filter estimator for
a brushless dc motor has been created. commutation instant
boosts torque generation, especially in high-speed BLDC
motor operating. The technique of zero-crossing detection
was utilized to start the BLDC machine successfully in
sensorless mode. The concept is developed in this paper to
present a simple running mode algorithm. In this paper, we
present a simple and reliable approach for detecting reverse
emf zero-crossings in sensorless operation using
MATLAB/SIMULINK, as well as hardware implementation
using DSP. DSP is required in hardware circuits to generate