This paper deals with the Direct Torque Control (DTC) of Brushless DC (BLDC) motor drives fed by four-switch inverters (also known as B4inverters) rather than six-switch inverters (also known as B6 inverters) in conventional drives. The principle of operation of the BLDC motor is firstly recalled considering both cases of B6and B4-inverters in the armature, with emphasis on the twoand three-pha...

The development of high performance variable speed brushless dc motor drive is very important in all industrial applications. Generally, a high performance BLDC motor drive system must have good dynamic speed response, reference speed command tracking capability and load regulating response. Conventional controller such as PI, PID does not provide good dynamic response due to the problem of non...

This contribution deals with an optimal design of a brushless DC motor, using optimization algorithms, based on collective intelligence. For this purpose, the case study motor is perfectly explained and its significant specifications are obtained as functions of the motor geometric parameters. In fact, the geometric parameters of the motor are considered as optimization variables. Then, the obj...

Dirigibles have the ability to take off and land vertically, hover and maintain lift without consuming energy and can be easily deflated for packaging and transportation. As such, dirigibles are well suited for surveillance and surveyance missions such as rescue and aid operations after disasters. This paper reviews hybrid dirigible UAV design considerations and presents a novel hybrid power pl...

Optimization of specific power of axial flux permanent magnet brushless DC (PMBLDC) motor based on genetic algorithm optimization technique for an electric vehicle application is presented. Double rotor sandwiched stator topology of axial flux permanent magnet brushless DC motor is selected considering its best suitability in electric vehicle applications. Rating of electric motor is determined...

The switched reluctance motor is a simple and robust machine, which has found application over a wide power and speed ranges in different shapes and geometries. This paper introduces a new configuration for a two phase unidirectional switched reluctance motor/field assisted generator. The proposed novel motor/generator consists of two magnetically independent stator and rotor sets (layers), whe...

Brushless DC motor with high torque density and slim topology for easy loading for robot system is proposed and manufactured. Electromagnetic design is executed by equivalent magnetic circuit model and numerical analysis. Manufactured motor is tested and verified characteristics comparing with conventional BLDC motor. Keywords—Brushless DC motor, Robot joint module, Torque density, Pole/slot ratio

The mathematical model of the equivalent circuit of a brushless DC motor switches during the operation due to commutation. This issue causes a sudden ripple in the output torque, which is called commutation torque ripple. Brushless DC motor drives suffer from commutation torque ripple, affecting the performance of the motor in practical applications. A discrete-time switched controller is propo...

ermanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor (PMBLDC) is one of the best electrical drives that have increasing popularity, due to their high efficiency, reliability, good dynamic response and very low maintenance. Due to the increasing demand for compact & reliable motors and the evolution of low cost power semiconductor switches and permanent magnet (PM) materials, brushless DC motors become popular in...

This Paper presents a particle swarm optimization (PSO) method for determining the optimal proportional-integralderivative (PID) controller parameters, for speed control of a linear brushless DC motor. The proposed approach has superior features, including easy implementation, stable convergence characteristic and good computational efficiency. The brushless DC motor is modelled in Simulink and...