This study presents a blower for air management system of fuel cell modules. A blower is composed of BLDC motor and impeller. Magnetic equivalent circuit model and finite element analysis are used to design the motor, and an improved structure is considered to reduce a mechanical loss induced from bearing units. Finally, air blower system combined with the motor and an impeller is manufactured ...

This study focused on efficiency improvement of BLDC motors via reduction of torque ripple, core loss, and permanent magnet loss. To achieve this objective, we proposed an improved 150° commutation method for three-phase permanent magnet brushless DC (BLDC) motors to improve the current waveform. Although the 120° commutation method is generally employed for a BLDC motor, the 150° commutation m...

Direct Torque Control of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors With Non-Sinusoidal Back-EMF. (May 2008) Salih Baris Ozturk, B.S., Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey; M.S., Texas A&M University, College Station Chair of Advisory Committee: Dr. Hamid A. Toliyat This work presents the direct torque control (DTC) techniques, implemented in fourand six-switch inverter, for brushless dc (B...

The space vector modulation (SVPWM) of Brushless DC motor (BLDC) is different from that of permanent magnet synchronous motor for its turn-off phase and trapezoidal back electromotive force. To overcome these problems, a SVPWM method is presented in this paper. The application of SVPWM to Brushless AC drives has been investigated extensively. This paper describes its application to BLDC drives ...

Due to the intensified BLDC motor applications in recent decades, Power factor correction (PFC) converters have attracted several researchers. In previous research works, SEPIC converter with the Tapped Inductor model operating in Discontinuous Conduction Mode (TI-SEPIC-DCM) to produce significant results. This work proposes a novel idea of bridgeless rectifier for PFC to enhance rectifier powe...

In this paper, we address the leader following consensus of BLDC motor by considering the effect of delay in the network. Since BLDC motors are used in a variety of application such as Automobiles, Servo drives, UAV’s, Aeronautics and other areas requiring higher efficiency and ease of control, therefore we think it is necessary to study the behavior of motor from the Multi-Agent point of view....

This paper presents an efficient and robust control scheme of Fuzzy Logic Electronic Differential Controller (FLEDC) for sensorless drive based electric vehicle. The proposed system consists of two Brushless DC motors (BLDC) that ensure the drive of the two back driving wheels of an electric vehicle. Electronic differential controller (EDC) ensures the maximum torque and it can control both the...

The main purpose of this paper is to describe the four-switch brushless dc (BLDC) motor drive for varoius applications. For effective utilization of the developed system, a novel direct current controlled pulse width modulation scheme is designed and implemented to produce the desired dynamic and static speed–torque characteristics. Also, t h e feasibility of the four-switch converter. Keywords...

Brushless Direct current (BLDC) motors are gaining attention these days in many applications because of their simplicity in its control and high power density. Due to their usage many advances are taking place in field of automobiles in general and locomotives in particular. To have an effective control over the locomotive it is desirable to have control over starting, running and braking of a ...

In this paper, a fault diagnosis algorithm for brushless DC (BLDC) motor drives is proposed to maintain control performance under switch open-damage. The proposed fault diagnosis algorithm consists of a simple algorithm using measured phase current information and it detects open-circuit faults based on the operating characteristic of BLDC motors. The proposed algorithm quickly recovers control...