DTC-SVM-based position regulation of an induction motor: a comparison between different strategies

Abstract

This work is aimed at looking into potential advantages of direct torque control (DTC) strategies for position regulation applications. Of particular interest is the capability exhibited by DTC strategies to develop the maximum torque at standstill. Within this background, the paper is devoted to the presentation of a comparison study between three DTC strategies dedicated to position control of an induction motor, such that: 1) the basic DTC strategy; 2) the DTC strategy with a look-up table including only active voltage vectors; 3) the DTC-SVM strategy with hysteresis controllers and imposed commutation frequency. Following simulation works, it has been found that the third strategy offers the lower torque ripples. Furthermore, it exhibits a high capability to reject the demagnetisation problem which penalises the stator flux regulation at low speeds in the Takahashi basic strategy. However, the DTC-SVM requires a control system with higher CPU frequencies in such a way its implementation scheme is more complex than the basic DTC strategy.