Abstract:
A system and method for reducing drive motor speed ripple of an electric vehicle are provided. The system includes an inverter that converts DC power supplied from a battery to AC power and supplies the AC power to the drive motor by inverter switching. A resolver is configured to detect a speed of the drive motor and a position of a rotor, a signal generator includes a microcontroller that is configured to generate a square wave signal. An integrator is configured to convert the square wave to a sine wave, and apply a sine-wave excitation input signal to the resolver. Furthermore, a motor controller is configured to operate the inverter through a PWM signal, adjust the frequency of the excitation input signal to prevent the inverter switching frequency of the inverter and the peaks of an output voltage signal sampled for speed calculation from overlapping.
Abstract:
A control method of electric vehicle according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include a battery supplying electricity, a motor receiving electricity from the battery and generating power, and a controller controlling the battery and the motor, wherein the controller executes instructions for: detecting a torque command, a motor speed, and a motor current; calculating a motor voltage from the motor current; determining whether voltage utilization according to a speed range of the motor is higher than a predetermined value; generating an operating point correcting function according to the motor speed when the voltage utilization is not higher than the predetermined value; calculating a current command according to the motor speed from the operating point correcting function; and outputting the calculated current command.
Abstract:
A system and method for reducing drive motor speed ripple of an electric vehicle are provided. The system includes an inverter that converts DC power supplied from a battery to AC power and supplies the AC power to the drive motor by inverter switching. A resolver is configured to detect a speed of the drive motor and a position of a rotor, a signal generator includes a microcontroller that is configured to generate a square wave signal. An integrator is configured to convert the square wave to a sine wave, and apply a sine-wave excitation input signal to the resolver. Furthermore, a motor controller is configured to operate the inverter through a PWM signal, adjust the frequency of the excitation input signal to prevent the inverter switching frequency of the inverter and the peaks of an output voltage signal sampled for speed calculation from overlapping.
Abstract:
A charging device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may include: a battery adapted and configured to store a DC voltage, first and second motors adapted and configured to operate as a motor or a generator, first and second inverters adapted and configured to operate the first and second motors, a voltage transformer adapted and configured to boost the DC voltage of the battery to supply it to the first and second inverters and boosts the DC voltage of the inverter to supply it to the battery, and a charging controller adapted and configured to operate the first and second inverters as a booster or operate the voltage transformer as a buck booster according to a voltage that is input through a neutral point of the first and second motors and the voltage of the battery.
Abstract:
A method of forcibly charging a high-voltage battery using a motor and a Hybrid Starter Generator (HSG) is provided. The method forcibly charges the high-voltage battery with maximum charging power using the motor and the HSG simultaneously. Particularly, the method includes calculating maximum chargeable power for the high-voltage battery using three dimensional (3D) maximum charging power maps of the motor and the HSG and adjusting maximum charging power using energy integration during forced charging using the motor and the HSG simultaneously. Additionally, excessive temperature prevention logics are applied for protecting the motor and the HSG from an excessive temperature in a forced charging mode.
Abstract:
A torque control apparatus includes: a flux linkage estimator estimating a variation of flux linkage based on a difference between a current temperature of a motor measured by a temperature sensor and a predefined reference temperature; a torque compensation value calculator calculating a torque compensation value corresponding to the current temperature of the motor based on the estimated variation of flux linkage; and a torque compensator compensating for an error of required torque of a torque command by applying the calculated torque compensation value in response to a change in temperature of the motor and outputting a final torque command including the error-compensated required torque to a current map of a motor controller.
Abstract:
An offset compensation method of a current sensor is provided for determining whether an offset compensation of the current sensor is abnormal, and a motor driving system includes the current sensor. The offset compensation method includes: compensating for an offset of the current sensor, and determining whether the offset compensation of the current sensor is abnormal.
Abstract:
An apparatus and a method for controlling a motor are provided. The apparatus for controlling a motor includes a temperature sensor that is configured to detect a temperature of an inverter, and a variable amplifier that is configured to variably set an amplification gain that corresponds to the detected temperature of the inverter and amplify and output a resolver signal output from a resolver based on the variably set amplification gain, based on an excitation signal. A controller is then configured to estimate a position of a motor rotor based on the amplified resolver signal to calculate a flux angle and an excitation signal generator is configured to generate the excitation signal that corresponds to the calculated flux angle and output the generated excitation signal to the resolver.
Abstract:
A method and a system for compensating an offset of a resolver, may include sampling an output signal of the resolver at a predetermined sampling frequency, comparing magnitudes of the sampled output signals of the resolver, when a difference in magnitude between the sampled output signals of the resolver is greater than a predetermined reference value, controlling the motor by a random pulse width modulation (RPWM) scheme in which switching frequencies of the switching elements in the inverter are arbitrarily changed, and compensating an offset of the resolver coupled to the motor while controlling the motor with the RPWM scheme.
Abstract:
A plug-in vehicle capable of wired-charging a battery through a charging connector using an external charger and a method for controlling the same are provided. The method for controlling charging of a vehicle configured to perform a charging operation using external power includes determining whether a refrigerant circulation device operates normally and the amount of refrigerant is normal when a temperature sensor of a charger malfunctions. When the refrigerant circulation device operates normally and the amount of refrigerant is normal, a temperature of the charger is estimated using a temperature of a heat dissipation device through which the refrigerant passes and the output of the charger is adjusted based on the estimated temperature.