Co-simulation analysis for performance prediction of synchronous reluctance drives

Vasyl Varvolik; Dmytro Prystupa; Giampaolo Buticchi; Sergei Peresada; Michael Galea; Serhiy Bozhko

doi:10.3390/electronics10172154

Co-simulation analysis for performance prediction of synchronous reluctance drives

Vasyl Varvolik, Dmytro Prystupa, Giampaolo Buticchi, Sergei Peresada, Michael Galea, Serhiy Bozhko

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Abstract

To improve the design of electric drives and to better predict the system performance, numerical simulation has been widely employed. Whereas in the majority of the approaches, the machines and the power electronics are designed and simulated separately, to improve the fidelity, a co-simulation should be performed. This paper presents a complete coupled co-simulation model of synchronous reluctance machine (SynRel) drive, which includes the finite element model of the SynRel, the power electronics inverter, the control system, and application examples. The model of SynRel is based on a finite element model (FEM) using Simcenter MagNet. The power electronics inverter is built using PLECS Blockset, and the drive control model is built in Simulink environment, which allows for coupling between MagNet and PLECS. The proposed simulation model provides high accuracy thanks to the complete FEA-based model fed by actual inverter voltage. The comparison of the simulation results with experimental measurements shows good correspondence.

Original language	English
Article number	2154
Journal	Electronics (Switzerland)
Volume	10
Issue number	17
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/electronics10172154
Publication status	Published - Sept 2021

Keywords

Co-simulation
Electric drive
Finite element analysis
Iron loss
Synchronous reluctance machine

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Systems Engineering
Signal Processing
Hardware and Architecture
Computer Networks and Communications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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