Description
Analysis of DC Current Regulators for High Performance Drives
You are the controls engineer for XYZ Company and your boss has asked you to analyze and
“tune” a current controller for a DC motor drive system. Not having a lot of experience tuning
current regulators, you decide to systematically analyze the system and simulate its dynamic
response.
To do:
a. Given the two different DC motors from HW1, determine the values of Kp and Ki to yield
a 1000 Hz bandwidth at locked rotor (zero speed). Assume that there is a voltage
amplifier gain 𝐾𝑣 = 680 𝑉
𝑉
. See figure 1. Note: the current regulator gain formula in the
notes don’t assume there is a voltage amplifier gain so you will need to account for this
additional gain when calculating the values of Kp and Ki.
b. Implement proportional plus integral (PI) control in PLECS.
c. Using PLECS, simulate the motors at locked rotor conditions using an ideal voltage
source. Use a saturation block to limit the maximum voltage to +/- 680V.
d. Given a current command of i*(t) = Io sin(2fct) where Io = 5A and fc = 1, 10, 100, and
1000 Hz, plot the command and response of the current regulator as functions of time.
e. Evaluate the performance of the system when the rotor is free to rotate. What
improvements can be made to enhance this performance?
f. Repeat steps c-e with an H-bridge inverter with a 680V bus.
g. Provide a highly organized report with very clear figures and equations. The report
should detail the design and analysis of the current regulator and list observations. (Keep
main body of report to four pages or less.)
Figure 1: Implementation of Locked Rotor DC Motor in PLECS
