Examination and Evaluation of High-Efficiency Motor Drive Using Motors for Electric Vehicle Equipped with Optimization Algorithms

We have proposed a novel control method that in which proportional-integral (PI) control and optimized control are combined to stabilize permanent-magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) for electric vehicles (EVs). The inverter current, which maximizes the torque and minimizes power, is calculated by the optimized control method. The simulations and experiments were performed to verify the effectiveness of the control. The experiment was carried out using the RX62T microcomputer, which is an IC for automobile control, and a digital control system (PE-Expert4). Compared with the conventional speed PI control, the optimized control suppresses the decrease in motor speed and shortens the recovery time. As a result, we confirmed that the responsiveness was improved by 33%. From this result, the optimized control method, which simultaneously controls and monitor speed, was shown to be effective in solving the problems of the conventional method.