In this article, basic concepts, operating principles and important characteristics of continuous control set-predictive controllers (CCS-PCs) applied to AC motors are explained in detail. Based on the existence or absence of cost function as well as the method used to find the optimal control action, CCS-PCs can be categorised into the following three categories: predictive controllers without cost function, predictive controllers with a cost function (or model predictive controllers) and deadbeat controllers. To identify the advantages and disadvantages of each category, one of the recent algorithms of each category is selected and implemented experimentally. Then, various experimental tests are conducted where performances of all the algorithms are assessed in a comprehensive manner by evaluating stator-flux ripple, torque ripple, stator current harmonics, robustness against parameter changes, computational complexity, memory requirement and torque dynamic response. To achieve general and meaningful conclusions, the analysis is performed on a traditional three-phase two-level voltage source inverter used to control an interior permanent-magnet synchronous motor. Based on the theoretical discussions and experimental results, it is indicated that which category of CCS-PCs can be adopted in high performance AC motor drives.

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用于交流电动机驱动器的连续控制集预测控制器的分类方法

在本文中，将详细介绍应用于交流电动机的连续控制集预测控制器（CCS-PC）的基本概念，工作原理和重要特性。根据成本函数的存在与否以及用于找到最佳控制措施的方法，CCS-PC可以分为以下三类：不具有成本函数的预测控制器，具有成本函数的预测控制器（或模型预测）控制器）和无差拍控制器。为了确定每个类别的优缺点，选择并通过实验实现了每个类别的最新算法之一。然后，进行各种实验测试，通过评估定子磁通脉动，转矩脉动，定子电流谐波，抗参数变化的鲁棒性，计算复杂性，存储要求和转矩动态响应。为了获得一般和有意义的结论，需要对用于控制内部永磁同步电动机的传统三相两电平电压源逆变器进行分析。根据理论讨论和实验结果，表明在高性能交流电动机驱动器中可以采用哪种CCS-PC。