Sensorless Control of Inverter-fed Induction Motor Drives

Author

Anitha Paladugu
Badrul H. Chowdhury, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

Sensorless control is considered to be a lower cost alternative than the position or speed encoder-based control of induction motors. Two popular sensorless control methods, namely, the model reference adaptive system (MRAS) and the Luenberger observer (LO) methods are compared for speed and torque control characteristics. They are also compared against the well-known vector control principle. For the drive system simulated, the torque and speed obtained from sensorless control are almost identical to those obtained from the vector control method. However, the torque ripple for the sensorless methods is observed to be higher than vector control-based method. The MRAS method introduces higher torque ripple when compared to the Luenberger observer. In addition, speed estimation methods employed in sensorless control are more sensitive to motor parameter variations.

Recommended Citation

A. Paladugu and B. H. Chowdhury, "Sensorless Control of Inverter-fed Induction Motor Drives," Sensorless Control of Inverter-fed Induction Motor Drives, Elsevier, Jan 2007.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsr.2006.05.014

Department(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Keywords and Phrases

Luenberger Observer; Model Reference Adaptive System; Speed Estimation; Vector Control

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2007 Elsevier, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2007