Development and Investigation of Inverter-Fed IPMSM Drive for Electric Vehicles

Abstract

This paper is devoted to development and investigations of an inverter-fed interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) drive for battery electrical vehicles (BEV). The main purposes are comparative investigation of two torque and speed control algorithms: vector control (FOC) and model predictive control (MPC) both with and without maximum torque per ampere algorithm. The theoretical considerations are illustrated by stationary and dynamic performance tests of the 20 kW IPMSM laboratory model.