Weightless Model Predictive Control for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors with Extended State Observer

Abstract

Traditional model predictive torque control (MPTC) predicts the torque and flux values for the next time step and selects the voltage vector that minimizes the cost function as the optimal vector to apply to the inverter. This control approach is straightforward and allows for multi-objective control, but it has some issues in terms of the dynamic steady-state performance and parameter robustness. Therefore, this paper proposes a weightless model predictive control method based on an extended state observer (ESO). By designing an improved ESO to observe and compensate for motor parameter disturbances in real time, and employing a novel 2-D switching table and voltage vector sector selection diagram, the method evaluates three out of eight voltage vectors based on the torque and stator flux error signals. This reduces the computational load while increasing the number of candidate voltage vectors. Finally, a cost function without weighting factors is designed to lower the computational complexity. The simulation results show that the proposed new control method effectively reduces the torque and flux ripple and improves the current waveform compared to traditional MPTC.