Energy Storage Science and Technology ›› 2022, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (7): 2233-2240.doi: 10.19799/j.cnki.2095-4239.2022.0086

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Bidirectional power flow strategy design of BLDC motor for flywheel energy storage

Xiaojie YANG1(), Haiyun WANG1(), Zhongchuan JIANG2, Zhanghua SONG1   

  1. 1.College of Electrical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830017, Xinjiang, China
    2.Xinjiang Goldwind Technology Co. Ltd. , Urumqi 830026, Xinjiang, China
  • Received:2022-02-21 Revised:2022-03-10 Online:2022-07-05 Published:2022-06-29
  • Contact: Haiyun WANG E-mail:1069441764@qq.com;why@xju.edu.cn

Abstract:

Motor is the core of flywheel system to realize the mutual conversion of electric energy and mechanical energy. BLDC motor has the advantages of small volume, low noise and high economic benefit. It has been applied in energy storage. In order to avoid large winding loss during the charging and discharging process of the motor or introduce auxiliary circuit to stabilize the output voltage, based on the BLDC motor model applied to flywheel energy storage, a motor charging and discharging control strategy is proposed to change the turn-on and turn-off sequence of thyristor, change the winding back EMF and current flow direction, and realize the charging and discharging function of the motor. The simulation results show that the BLDC motor model can correctly represent the operating characteristics of the flywheel. It also shows that the proposed motor charge discharge control strategy can make the motor absorb power in the charging state, convert electric energy into flywheel kinetic energy, release power in the discharging state and convert flywheel kinetic energy into electric energy without introducing additional circuit topology, And the relevant electrical quantities are controllable in the process of charge and discharge, so as to realize the two-way flow process of power. The design of this control strategy provides a certain theoretical basis for the realization of mechatronics products of flywheel energy storage.

Key words: flywheel energy storage, bidirectional power flow, charge and discharge control strategy

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