Fault-Tolerant Control of a Triple Redundant PMA-SynRM for Minimum Torque Ripple

In this article, a new fault-tolerant control (FTC) strategy based on minimum torque ripple is proposed for a triple redundant permanent magnet-assisted synchronous reluctance motor (PMA-SynRM) under single-phase and double-phase faults. Different from removing the faulty modules (single six-phase (S6) operation or single three-phase (S3) operation), the proposed strategy makes full use of the healthy phase of the faulty modules. By precisely controlling the $d$ – $q$ axes currents of each module, the ripple of permanent magnet (PM) torque and reluctance torque can be suppressed simultaneously, thus achieving the minimum output torque ripple. Moreover, the ratio ( $k$ ) of the $d$ – $q$ axes current to the stator current can be determined under the constraint of minimum copper loss. In addition, by changing the ratio $k$ , the proposed strategy can be combined with S6 or S3 strategy to achieve the minimum copper loss in a wide torque range. In summary, the proposed FTC strategy not only achieves the minimum torque ripple but also ensures the minimum copper loss. Finally, experiments are carried out to verify the accuracy and validity of the theory.