Control of Electrical Drives Part II - Advanced Control Strategies

What it is about

You deepen control strategies for electrical drives (DC and AC machines). You learn model building in continuous and discrete time, discrete state-space models and advanced control methods such as FOC, MTPA, DTC, predictive and encoderless control as well as their implementation and evaluation.

What you will be able to do

• Understanding of the control strategies covered for DC and AC drives
• Implementing, analyzing and evaluating these control strategies
• Discretizing continuous drive models
• Analyzing the impact of discretization on model accuracy, complexity and controller design
• Design of controllers for AC and DC drives
• Knowledge of current and possible future developments in drive control

What the module consists of

• LectureConveying the theoretical foundations; slides provided in advance; derivations and demonstrations using tablet PCs; simulations for illustration
• Exercise / Worked examplesDiscussion of examples for in-depth understanding; exercises with tablet PCs; problem sheets in advance, solution sheets afterwards
• Self-studyGuided and independent work on lecture materials, notes and simulations

Teaching method

• Presentations in lecturesto convey theoretical foundations and derivations
• Tablet PC demonstrations / derivationsto derive step by step complex results and illustrate
• Simulations with downloadable modelsfor practical understanding and self-study practice
• Exercise sessions with worksheets and model solutionsto deepen and actively apply the lecture material