Investigation of control methods for segmented long stator linear drives [Elektronische Ressource] / von Rodrigo Benavides Oswald

Investigation of Control Methods for Segmented Long Stator Linear Drives Vom Fachbereich 18 Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik der Technischen Universität Darmstadt zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktor-Ingenieurs (Dr.-Ing.) genehmigte Dissertation von Dipl.-Ing. Rodrigo Benavides Oswald geboren am 24. November 1975 in Osorno, Chile Referent: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Mutschler Korreferent: Prof. Dr. -Ing. Ralph Kennel Tag der Einreichung: 15. April 2008 Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 21. August 2008 D17 Darmstadt 2008 Preface This PhD thesis is the result of a 5-years work at the Department of Power Electron-ics and Control of Drives, Darmstadt University of Technology. Throughout my project many people contributed to my research in various ways, some directly, others indi-rectly related to the work presented in this thesis, but all were very helpful. First I wish to express my gratitude to Prof. Dr.-Ing. Peter Mutschler, my supervisor and head of the Department, for his guidance, encouragement, inspiration, and valuable arrangements during this research. I greatly appreciate his patience in scrutinizing this thesis. To Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ralph Kennel, I thank for his interest and for acting as co-advisor. I thank the DFG Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for financially supporting my projects MU 1109/12-1 and MU 1109/12-3.