MODELING AND SIMULATION OF SIX-PHASE PERMANENT MAGNET SYNCHRONOUS MOTOR DRIVE

Abstract

The use of six-phase permanent magnet synchronous  motor for industrial drives presents several advantages over the conventional three phase drive such as improved reliability, magnetic flux harmonic reduction, torque pulsations minimization and  reduction on the power ratings for the static converter. This paper investigates a six- phase permanent magnet synchronous motor supplied by two independent voltage source three-phase inverters with PWM generators. This paper presents the modeling and simulation of six phase permanent magnet synchronous motor using MATLAB/SIMULINK software. The proposed model is simulated under various loading conditions and the results found to be satisfactory.