Comparative Analysis of Control Methods with Model Reference Adaptive System Estimators of a Seven-Phase Induction Motor with Encoder Failure

• Main Authors: Jacek Listwan, Krzysztof Pieńkowski
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: MDPI AG 2021-02-01
• Series: Energies
• Subjects: seven-phase squirrel-cage induction motor; MRAS-type estimator; direct torque control; fault tolerant control
• Online Access: https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/14/4/1147

This article presents a comparative analysis of the direct torque control with space vector modulation method for seven-phase squirrel-cage induction motor during the encoder failure. The direct torque control with space vector modulation method with model reference adaptive system with current model and current estimator and model reference adaptive system—flux based estimator applied in the control loop of the motor speed have been analyzed. The mathematical model of the seven-phase induction motor and model reference adaptive system-type estimators have been described. The method of space vector modulation applied to the seven-phase voltage source inverter, controlled seven-phase induction motor, has been described. The operation of direct torque control with space vector modulation has been verified via simulation tests, and the results of performed simulation studies have been analyzed and presented. The authors’ original contribution and work novelty includes comparison studies of the performance of the direct torque control method with space vector modulation of a seven-phase induction motor with two estimators: model reference adaptive system—flux based estimator and the novel model reference adaptive system with current model and current estimator.