PERFORMANCE OF INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVE BY INDIRECT

VECTOR CONTROLLED METHOD USING PI AND FUZZY

CONTROLLERS
Dr. Ch. Chengaiah and I Siva Prasad (M. Tech)
Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University
College of Engineering, Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India-517502
E-mails: [email protected] / [email protected]


Abstract: The most commonly used controller for the speed control of Induction motor is
Proportional plus Integral (PI) controller. However, the PI controller has some disadvantages
such as: the high starting overshoot, sensitivity to controller gains and sluggish response due
to sudden disturbance. So, the relatively a new intelligent controller based on Fuzzy set
theory is proposed in this work to overcome the disadvantages of the PI controller. So, this
paper presents a study the speed control of Indirect Vector Controlled Induction motor drive.
The performance of the intelligent controller has been investigated through Matlab/Simulink
environment, for different operating conditions. Finally, the results are compared with PI
controller and intelligent Fuzzy controller. It is observed that fuzzy logic based controllers
give better responses than the traditional PI controller for the speed control of Indirect Vector
Controlled Induction motor drives.
Keywords: Indirect Vector control, Fuzzy Logic Intelligent controller, PI controller,
Induction motor drives, Speed control.

I. Introduction
The electromagnetic forces or torques developed in the driving motor tend to
propagate motion of the drive system. This motion may be uniform if the linear velocity or
the angular velocity is constant. Therefore the electrical drives good dynamic performance is
mandatory so as to respond the changes in command speed and torques. The most commonly
used controller for the speed control of Induction motor is Proportional plus Integral (PI)
controller [1]. However, the PI controller has some demerits such as: the high starting
overshoot, sensitivity to controller gains and sluggish response due to sudden disturbance. To
overcome these problems, replacement of PI controller by an intelligent controller based on
Fuzzy set theory is proposed in this work. The fuzzy logic has certain advantages compared
to the classical controllers such as simplicity of control, low cost, and the possibility to
design without knowing the exact mathematical model. The vector control methods are
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this paper the Indirect Vector Control method is used [2-3]. Since, it is a fast dynamic
response and speed response without cogging or torque pulsations at low speed, smooth
speed reversal under any torque conditions.
In this paper application of Fuzzy logic to the intelligent speed control of Indirect
Vector Controlled Induction Motor Derive is investigated. The analysis design and
simulation of the controller is carried out based on the fuzzy set theory [4-5]. This can be
accomplished by vector control of induction machines, which emulate the performance of dc
motor and brushless dc motor servo drives. Compared to dc and brushless dc motors,
induction motors have a lower cost and a more rugged construction. Operation of the drive
with constant full torque below base speed and above base speed with reduced flux. Torque
is the fundamental variable of an induction machine, to get the accurate control of speed and
position by controlling the torque of induction machines.
A new control of a drive system is formulated and it is often convenient to study the
system performance by using Matlab/Simulink package, when compared to other packages
like PSPICE and EMTP etc. The Matlab Simulator has an ease in modeling, the transients of
electrical machines and drives and to include controls in the simulation. The superior control
performance of the proposed controllers is demonstrated at Simulink platform using the
Fuzzy logic tool box for different operating conditions.
II. Methodology
This paper is organized as follows: at first step, describes the Indirect Vector Control
System; Section III discussed the design and description of PI controller and intelligent based
fuzzy controller. The case study of this paper is presented in section IV, Section V and
conclusions of the work.
A. Indirect Vector Control System
Fig.1 shows an Indirect Vector Control Method. It consists of a slip frequency
calculation, Inverter, Voltage and Current sensing Elements, integrator of error speed signal
Speed sensor element and the corresponding Phase diagram is shown in Fig.2.
classified into two types, such as direct vector control and indirect vector control methods. In
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Fig.1 Indirect Vector Control method of induction Motor.
The Vector control techniques have made possible the application of induction motors
for high-performance applications, where traditionally only DC drives were applied. The
vector control scheme enables the control of the induction motor in the same way as
separately excitation DC motors. As in the DC motor, torque control of induction motor is
achieved by controlling the torque current component and flux current component
independently. In the indirect vector control method, the rotor field angle and thus the unit
vectors are indirectly obtained by summation of the rotor speed and slip frequency [6-7]
The machine parameters are given in APPENDIX.
For high performance drive the indirect method of vector control is preferred. The
indirect vector control method is essentially same as the direct vector control except that the
rotor angle
e
is generated in an indirect manner using the measured speed
r
and the slip
speed
sl
. To implement the indirect vector control strategy, it necessary to take the
following dynamic equations into consideration. With respect to phasor diagram of Indirect
Vector Control method of induction motor, which is shown in Fig.2.


Fig.2 Phasor diagram indirect vector control method of Induction motor.

0
c
= ]
c
Jt = ](

+
sI
) Jt = 0

+0
sI
(1)
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The rotor circuit equations

d
dr
dt
+
R
r
L
r

d
-
L
m
L
r
R

i
ds
-
sI

q
= u (2)
d
qr
dt
+
R
r
L
r

q
-
L
m
L
r
R

i
qs
+
sI

d
= u (3)
For decoupling control
q
= u , So the total flux

directs on the d
e
axis
Now from equations (1) and (2) we get
L
r
R
r
d
r
dt
+

= I
m
i
ds
(4)
As well, the slip frequency can be calculated as:

sI
=
L
m

r
R
r
L
r
i
qs
=
R
r
L
r

qs

ds
(5)
The slip gain is
K
s
=
o
sl
-

qs
-
=
L
m
R
r
L
r

r
(6)
It is found that the ideal decoupling can be achieved if the above slip angular speed
command is used for making field orientation. The constant rotor flux

and
d
r
dt
=0 can be
substituted in equation (4), so that the rotor flux sets as

= I
m
i
ds
(7)
The electromechanical torque developed is given by
I
c
=
3
2
P
2
L
m
L
r

i
qs
(8)
B. Generalized Design Analysis of PI Controller
Historically, the first tuning rule (formula) for setting up controller parameters was
defined in 1934 for the design of a Proportional Plus Derivative (PD) controller for a process
exactly modeled by an Integrator Plus Delay (IPD) model. Subsequently, tuning rules were
defined for PI, PD and PID controllers out of which
the PI and PID controllers have been at the heart of control engineering practice. However in
this paper PI controller is considered, in which the controller parameters are adapted to the
controller structure, and structurally optimized controllers, in which the controller structure
and parameters are adapted optimally to the structure and parameters of the process model.
The proportional controller is a device that produces an output signal which is proportional
to the input signal. It improves the steady state tracking accuracy, disturbance signal rejection
and relative stability. It also decreases the sensitivity of the system to parameter variations.
The PI controller produces an output signal consisting of two terms- one proportional to input
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signal and the other proportional to the integral of input signal. The concerns of PI controller
in the system is to reduce the steady state error and increased the order and type of the system
by one[8] which is shown in Fig.3.

Fig.3 Block Diagram of PI controller
The transfer function of the PI controller is:
K
P
S +K
I
S
= K
P
+
K
I
S


Transfer function (PI) = K
p
+K
I
/S (9)
i
qs
-
= K
p
A

+K

]A

Jt (10)
From equations (1)-(10), the variable (A

) represents the tracking error, the difference

between the desired input value (

-
) and the actual output (

). This error signal (A

) will
be sent to the PI controller, which is shown in Fig.1, and the controller computes the integral
of this error signal. The signal (i
qs
-
) just past the controller is now equal to the proportional
gain (K
P
) times the magnitude of the error plus the integral gain (K
I
) times error. The output
signal of the controller will be sent to the Vector rotator, and finally control the Induction
motor drive. So, the use of the PI controller is ubiquitous in industry. It has been stated, for
example, that in process control applications, and more than 95% of the controller is PI type.
A. SIMULATION RESULTS


(a) Speed and Torque response at 400 rpm (at load disturbance torque is 50-Nm)


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(b)

Speed and Torque response at 600 rpm (at load disturbance torque is 50-Nm)

(c) Speed and Torque response at 1000 rpm (at load disturbance torque is 50-Nm)
Fig.4 PI controller of Load Torque Disturbance

Fig. 4.is carried out to examine the disturbance rejection of a controller, when the machine
is operated at 400 rpm, 600rpm and 1000rpm when load disturbance torque (50-Nm) is
suddenly applied, first, at 0.05sec and then at 0.08sec. The PI controller takes much longer to
return to speed command and presents an overshoot i.e the speed with a maximum drop of
11.5rpm for 400 rpm,12.5rpm for 600 rpm and 8.5rpm for 1000 rpm respectively. The PI
controllers disturbance rejection performance can be improved by readjusting the gains at
the expense of speed tracking performance. For larger integral gains can be used to reduce
the errors, but will cause serious speed overshoots and long Settling times which is shown in
Figs 4(a), (b) and (c). This problem can be overcome by introducing intelligent Fuzzy logic
controller (FLC). This can be described in the following section.
III. Design and Description of Intelligent Fuzzy
Logic Controller
The implementation of offline tuning of PI controller is difficult in dealing with continuous
parametric variation in the induction motor as well as the nonlinearity present in the entire
system.
However, the fuzzy logic bases intelligent controller is used instead of the PI controller,
excellent control performance can be achieved even in the presence of parameter variation
and drive nonlinearity. In addition, the fuzzy logic possesses the following advantages: (1)
the linguistic, not numerical, variables make the process similar to the human think process.
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(2) It relates output to input, without understanding all the variables, permitting the design of
system more accurate and stable than the conventional control system. (3) Simplicity allows
the solution of previously unsolved problems. (4) Rapid prototyping is possible because, a
system designer doesnt have to know everything about the system before starting work. (5)
It has increased robustness. (6) A few rules encompass great complexity.
The work presented in uses a Fuzzy Logic Controller to set the torque component of
reference current based on speed error and change of speed error. The inverter is then
switched to follow the reference current within hysteresis band. However, the constant
hysteresis band of the current regulated Voltage Source Inverter of the Fuzzy logic based
indirect vector control system possesses problem in achieving superior dynamic
performance, even the drive control system includes the efficient Fuzzy logic controller.
This paper discusses the fuzzy logic speed control for VSI fed indirect vector controlled
induction motor drives.
Fig. 6 shows the block diagram of Fuzzy logic based speed control system. Such a Fuzzy
logic controller consists of four basic blocks viz., Fuzzification, Fuzzy Inference Engine,
Knowledge base and defuzzification.
The overall model for fuzzy logic based speed control system for indirect vector controlled
induction motor drive is shown in Fig. 5. The parameters of the motor are given in
Appendix.

Fig. 5 Block diagram of Fuzzy logic speed control system for Indirect Vector Controlled
Induction Motor Drive

A. Input/ Output variables
The design of the fuzzy logic controller starts with assigning the input and output variables.
The most significant variables entering the fuzzy logic speed controller has been selected as
the speed error and its time variation. Two input variables e(k) and ce(k) are calculated at
every sampling instant as:
e (k)=

-
(k)-
r
(k) (11)
ce (k)=e(k)-e(k-1) (12)
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Where

-
(k) is the reference speed,
r
(k) is the actual rotor speed and e(k-1) is the value
of error at previous sampling time.
The output variable of the fuzzy logic speed controller is the variation of command
current,ci
qs
-
(k) which is integrated to get the reference command current, i
qs
-
(k) as shown
in the following equation.
i
qs
-
(k) = i
qs
-
(k -1) + ci
qs
-
(k) (13)
B. Fuzzification
In this stage, the crisp variables e(k) and ce(k) are converted in to fuzzy variables
and respectively. The membership functions associated to the control variables [9] have been
chosen with triangular shapes as shown in Fig. 6.
The universe of discourse of all the input and output variables are established as (-1,1). The
suitable scaling factors are chosen to bring the input variables to this universe of discourse.
The universe of discourse is divided into seven overlapping fuzzy sets: NL (Negative Large),
NM (Negative Medium), NS (Negative Small), ZE (Zero), PS (Positive Small), PM (positive
Medium), and PL (Positive Large) and the output variables to this universe of discourse is
divided into nine overlapping fuzzy sets with an addition of NVL (Negative Very Large) and
PVL (Positive Very Large) to the input variables. Each fuzzy variable is a member of the
subsets with a degree of membership varying between 0 (nonmember) and 1 (full member).


(a) Speed error (b) Change of Speed error


(c) Change of Command current
Fig.6 Membership function for fuzzy speed control
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C. Knowledge base and Inference Stage
Knowledge base involves defining the rules represented as IF-THEN statements governing
the relationship between input and output variables in terms of membership functions. In this
stage, the variables e and ce are processed by an inference engine that executes 49 rules
which is shown in Table.1. These rules are established using the knowledge of the system
behavior and the experience of the control engineers. For illustration purpose the each rule is
expressed in th followingway: IF (e) is Negative Large AND (ce) is Positive Large)
THEN (ci
qs
-
) is zero (ZE). Different inference engines can be used to produce the fuzzy set
values for the output fuzzy variableci
qs
-
. In this paper, the Maxproduct inference method is
used [4-5].
Table 1 Rule Matrix for Fuzzy Speed Control
e
ce
NL NM NS ZE PS PM PL
NL NVL NVL NVL NL NM NS ZE
NM NVL NVL NL NM NS ZE PS
NS NVL NL NM NS ZE PS PM
ZE NL NM NS ZE PS PM PL
PS NM NS ZE PS PM PL PVL
PM NS ZE PS PM PL PVL PVL
PL ZE PS PM PL PVL PVL PVL

D. Defuzzification
In this stage a crisp value of the output variable ci
qs
-
(k) is obtained by using height
defuzzufication method, in which the centroid of each output membership function for each
rule is first evaluated. The final output is then calculated as the average of the individual
centroid, weighted by their heights (degree of membership) as follows:
ci
qs
-
(k) =
_ |(c
qs
-
)
i
](c
qs
-
)
i
n
i=0
_ |(c
qs
-
)
i
n
i=1
(14)
The reference value of command current i
qs
-
(k) that is applied to vector control system is
computed by the equation (14).



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E. SIMULATION RESULTS

(a) Speed and Torque response at 400 rpm (at load disturbance torque is 50-Nm)


(b) Speed and Torque response at 600 rpm (c) Speed and Torque response at 1000 rpm
(at load disturbance torque is 50-Nm) (at load disturbance torque is 50-Nm)
Fig.7 FLC controller: Load Torque Disturbance

Fig. 7 is carried out to examine the disturbance rejection of a controller, when the
machine is operated at 400rpm, 600rpm and 1000rpm and same load disturbance torque (50-
Nm) is suddenly applied, at 0.05 s and then at 0.08s. It returns the speed to the command
speed within 0.002 s with a maximum drop of 2rpm for 400rpm, 1rpm for 600rpm and 4rpm
for 1000 rpm respectively. So, the proposed method of Fuzzy logic controller rejects the
load disturbance very quickly with no overshoot and with a negligible Steady state error
which is shown in Figs.9 (a), (b) and (c). So, this proves the robustness of the FLC
controller.
V. CONCLUSION
The performance of Fuzzy logic based intelligent controller for the speed control of
Indirect Vector Controller, Voltage Source Inverter Fed Induction Motor Drive has been
verified and compared with that of conventional PI controller performance. The simulation
results were obtained and it will confirm that, it is very good dynamic performance and
robustness of the Fuzzy Logic Controller during the transient period and during the sudden
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loads. It is concluded that the proposed intelligent Fuzzy logic controller has shown superior
performance than that of the parameter fixed PI controller of conventional method
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APPENDIX
Motor Rating
Rated Power 1.5KW
Poles 4
Voltage 220/380 V
Current 6.4/3.7 A
Phase 3
Frequency 50Hz
Motor Speed 1420 rpm
Stator resistance(R
s
) 4.85
Rotor resistance(R
r
) 3.805
Stator
Inductance(L
ls
)
27.4mH
Rotor
Inductance(L
lr
)
27.4mH
Mutual
Inductance(L
m
)
25.8mH
Inertial mass(J) 0.031 Kg.m
2
Coefficient of
dashpot(B)
0.00114Kg.m
2
/s

Notations:
d
e
-q
e
Synchronously rotating
reference frame (or rotating frame) direct
and quadrature axes
d
s
-q
s
Stationary reference frame direct and
quadrature axes (also known as - axes
i
dr
s
d
s
-axis rotor current (Ampere)
i
ds
s
d
s
-axis stator current
i
qr
q
e
-axis rotor current
i
qs
q
e
-axis stator current
J Moment of inertia (Kg-m
2
)

e
Angle of synchronously rotating frame ()

r
Rotor angle

sl
Slip angle
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L
m
Magnetizing inductance
L
r
Rotor inductance
L
lr
Rotor leakage inductance
L
ls
Stator leakage inductance
P Number of poles (also active power)
R
r
Rotor resistance (Ohm)
R
s
Stator resistance
T
e
Developed torque (Nm)

r
Rotor flux linkage

dr
s
d
s
-axis rotor flux linkage

ds
s
d
s
-axis stator flux linkage

qr
q
e
-axis rotor flux linkage

qs
q
e
-axis stator flux linkage

r
Rotor electrical speed

sl
Slip frequency
K
P
Proportional gain
K
I
Integral gain
A

Change in Rotor electrical speed