Enhanced Second-Order Sliding Mode Control Technique for a Five-Phase Induction Motor

Abstract

Recently, several research papers have addressed multiphase induction motor (IM) drives, owing to their several benefits compared to the three-phase motors, including increasing the torque pulsations frequency and reducing the rotor harmonic current losses. Thus, designing a robust controller to ensure the proper operation of such motors became a challenge. The present study reports the design of an effective second-order sliding mode control (SO-SMC) approach for a five-phase IM drive. The proposed control approach finds its strongest justification for the problem of using a law of nonlinear control robust to the system uncertainties of the model without affecting the system’s simplicity. The formulation of the proposed SO-SMC approach is a prescribed process to ensure the stability and proper dynamics of the five-phase IM. A detailed stability analysis is also presented for this purpose. To validate the effectiveness of the proposed controller, the five-phase IM drive is tested under different dynamic situations, including load changes and system uncertainties. The presented numerical results prove the ability of the designed SO-SMC to handle high system nonlinearities and maintain high robustness against uncertainties.