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CHAPTER 10<br />

DUAL STATOR WINDING INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVE<br />

10.1 Introduction<br />

The <strong>dual</strong> <strong>stator</strong> <strong>winding</strong> <strong>induction</strong> machine working as a motor is <strong>an</strong>other potential<br />

application area <strong>of</strong> this machine. Two <strong>stator</strong> <strong>winding</strong> sets <strong>of</strong>fer more flexibility <strong>an</strong>d<br />

controllability when this type <strong>of</strong> <strong>dual</strong> <strong>winding</strong> machine is compared with a normal single<br />

<strong>winding</strong> <strong>induction</strong> machine. For example, at low speed, one <strong>stator</strong> <strong>winding</strong> set works<br />

under the motoring condition <strong>an</strong>d outputs a positive torque while the other <strong>winding</strong> set<br />

c<strong>an</strong> work as a generator producing a negative torque such that the motoring <strong>stator</strong><br />

<strong>winding</strong> has to carry the load torque <strong>an</strong>d the negative torque is contributed by the other<br />

<strong>winding</strong>. This operating condition has been experimentally implemented in [1.11] <strong>an</strong>d<br />

better torque controllability is the adv<strong>an</strong>tage <strong>of</strong> this operating condition. Since the output<br />

torques from both <strong>winding</strong> sets are independently controllable, a relatively high input<br />

voltage magnitude c<strong>an</strong> be obtained at a very low speed. In this situation, the instability<br />

problems associated with the sensorless control <strong>of</strong> a single <strong>winding</strong> <strong>induction</strong> machine<br />

disappear in the sensorless control <strong>of</strong> <strong>dual</strong> <strong>stator</strong> <strong>winding</strong> <strong>induction</strong> machine. Obviously,<br />

the losses <strong>of</strong> the <strong>dual</strong> <strong>stator</strong> <strong>winding</strong> <strong>induction</strong> machine under this operating condition<br />

will be higher, however this operating condition generally only occurs for a short period<br />

<strong>of</strong> time.<br />

Because <strong>of</strong> the similarities between the <strong>dual</strong> <strong>stator</strong> <strong>winding</strong> <strong>induction</strong> machine <strong>an</strong>d the<br />

single <strong>winding</strong> <strong>induction</strong> machine, the control methodologies <strong>of</strong> a single <strong>winding</strong><br />

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