Experimental investigations on a permanent magnet brushless DC motor fed by PV array for water pumping system
- IIT Delhi, New Delhi (India). Dept. of Electrical Engineering
This paper describes the experimental study carried out on a Permanent Magnet Brushless DC (PMBLDC) Motor drive coupled to a pump load powered by photovoltaic (PV) array for water pumping system. A simple low cost prototype controller has been designed and developed without current and position sensors which reduces drastically the overall cost of the drive system. This controller is used to test the dynamic behavior of the PMBLDC motor drive system. The mathematical model of the system is developed with a view to carrying out a comparison between experimental and simulated response of the drive system. The necessary computer algorithm is developed to analyze the performance under different conditions of varying solar insolation for a pump load. The developed state space equations are simulated to obtain the performance characteristics which are also verified by conducting suitable experiments on the development system.
- OSTI ID:
- 435578
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960805-; TRN: IM9710%%236
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 31. intersociety energy conversion engineering conference, Washington, DC (United States), 9-14 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 31. intersociety energy conversion engineering conference. Volume 3: Policy impacts on energy, renewable energy resources, energy systems, environmental impact; Chetty, P.R.K.; Jackson, W.D.; Dicks, E.B. [eds.]; PB: 684 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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