On Accuracy of Virtual Signal Injection based MTPA Operation of Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine Drives

This correspondence analyzes the accuracy of maximum torque per ampere (MTPA) operations of interior permanent magnet machines based on the technique described in [T. Sun, J. Wang, and X. Chen, “Maximum Torque Per Ampere (MTPA) Control for Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine Drives Based on Virtual Signal Injection,’’ IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol. 30, no. 9, pp. 5036-5045, Sep. 2015] in responses to a few inquiries made by the readers. It is shown that due to parameter variations with stator currents, any technique for MTPA tracking based on piecewise constant parameter assumption, i.e., the machine parameters are assumed as constants during the calculation of ∂Te/∂β, would result in tracking error even though the machine parameters are obtained from lookup table or online machine parameter estimations. The error is dependent on machine nonlinear characteristics and operating conditions. It is also shown that for the prototype interior permanent magnet synchronous machine the virtual signal injection control technique described in the paper mentioned above yields a better tracking accuracy.