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Sensorless Control of Induction Motor Drive During Low Speed Region Using IFLC based MRAS Speed Observer

Abstract

Sensorless controls of induction motor drives are widely used in industry due to their high performance. Of the various Sensorless control technique Model Reference adaptive system (MRAS) is the most widely used, in which PI controllers are conventionally used in the adaptation mechanism. The performance of many of the previously developed sensorless schemes for control of induction motor in low speed region is not found to be satisfactory. To improve the performance in the low speed region a novel method is proposed in this paper in which the conventionally used PI controller is replaced by an integrated fuzzy logic controller (IFLC) which is nothing but the combination of PI and fuzzy logic controller. Simulations are performed in Matlab/Simulink to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method. Simulation results are presented, analysed and compared for both PI and IFLC based MRAS speed observer and it is observed that the performance of motor during low speed region is improved with IFLC when compared to PI controller.

Dr.Mohammad Haseeb Khan, Dr. Arshia Azam

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