Direct Eigen Control for Induction Machines and Synchronous Motors

Foreword

There is now a significant number of publications relating to the control of electric motors, particularly AC motors: international scientific papers mainly from the academic world, often collective works, which now constitute a valuable source of r­eference in terms of adjustable speed drives.

So why an additional book on this well-known topic?

This is not just a book about the subject. It represents the culmination of in-depth thinking from a uniqe author, an industry expert in the field who is passionate and curious, having spent his entire career in research and development, mainly in the field of railway traction, and who has set a technological challenge of the highest order.

This can be summarized as dealing with the robust discrete-time control of an electrical system used as a static power converter, ensuring all objectives are accurate and dynamic, while respecting a set of technological and industrial constraints.

The author has taken great care to target his method in this very extensive landscape of sometimes very complex control structures for electric motors, justifying precisely the boundaries of his study, particularly in terms of robustness. Based on the latest developments of the ‘direct torque control’ algorithm and the ‘field oriented vector control’ algorithm, this book introduces an original approach to the discrete-time control of electrical systems, through three issues very representative of the constraints encountered with today’s industrial adjustable-speed ...