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Self-Sensing Hysteresis-Type Bearingless Motor

Systems and Control 2022-02-10 v1 Systems and Control

Abstract

Bearingless motors use a single stator assembly to apply torque and magnetic suspension forces on the rotor, making these machines compact with frictionless operation and thus well suited to high-speed applications. One major challenge that prevents wide usage of bearingless motors is the need for air-gap position sensors, which are typically expensive. Here we present a method to estimate the radial position of a hysteresis-type bearingless motor using the inductance variation of the stator coils amplified by an injected high-frequency signal. We have carried out finite element (FE) simulations to demonstrate its feasibility, and have constructed a prototype self-sensing bearingless motor for experimental validations.

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@article{arxiv.2202.04547,
  title  = {Self-Sensing Hysteresis-Type Bearingless Motor},
  author = {Laura Homiller and Lei Zhou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2202.04547},
  year   = {2022}
}
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