The sensorless control strategy of UAV rotor motor in full speed range

Abstract

UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) has broad application prospects in various fields. In order to meet the needs of stability and efficiency during flight, a surface-mounted permanent magnet synchronous motor is used as its rotor motor, and a position sensorless control technology is used to control the rotor motor with high efficiency and high dynamic response. This paper proposes a position sensorless control strategy in the full speed range for the actual application requirements of UAV. In low speed ange, I/F control strategy with speed-open-loop and current-closed-loop is. In medium and high speed range, a sliding mode observer is adopted to provide estimated rotor position and speed. To achieve smooth switching from I/F control stage to speed closed-loop stage, a switching algorithm is proposed. The feasibility of the proposed hybrid control strategy is verified by simulation results.