Modeling of Alternating Current Motor Performance for Increased Production Using Fuzzy Logic Controller

Bakare Kazeem,Ugwu Kevin Ikechukwu,Aneke Nnamere Ezekiel,Ngang Bassey Ngang

doi:10.11648/j.ijecec.20210701.13

Abstract

The low productivity experienced in our industries is as a result of not imbibing intelligence in its production mechanism. We know that induction motors are reliable, robust and with good operating characteristics. A means of starting, regulating and controlling operating parameters are very necessary to improve motor efficiency. This low productivity witnessed in our brewery industry is surmounted by modeling of alternating current (a.c) motor performance for increased production output using fuzzy logic controller. To achieve this it is done in this manner, characterizing and modeling a conventional AC motor so as to establish its operational features while working on variable frequency drive (VFD) control model with known production output, designing a rule base for the use of fuzzy controller for a stable and improved production output of AC motor and designing SIMULINK model for the performance of AC motor under operational condition for an increased output using fuzzy controller for a brewery industry. The results obtained are the highest conventional quantity of bottles of beer produced was 3240 while that of fuzzy controller was 3245 at a stable time of 4 through 10 seconds. With these results obtained, it shows there is an improvement in the production capacity in brewery industry when fuzzy controller is incorporated in the system.

Highlights

From the field engineer’s point of view, the concern about an alternating current machine is the way the terminal voltage varies with changes of load, and, with changes of the power factor
Unlike the usual methods of starting three phase induction motors, with voltage drops using direct on-line starting; the introduction of a controller like the Fuzzy controller does improve the efficiency of the machine performance
The low production capacity experienced in our brewery industry is as a result of not imbibing intelligence in its production mechanism

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Introduction

From the field engineer’s point of view, the concern about an alternating current machine is the way the terminal voltage varies with changes of load, and, with changes of the power factor. When current is being supplied by a synchronous generator, there will be a voltage ‘drop’ in the machine due to its impedance. Adjustable speed AC Motor drives these days, are used in the industry for many applications, electrical and mechanical energy conversion using power electronics concept has given rise to increased output; Rotating electrical machines are electromechanical energy converters with a fundamental impact on the production and conversion of energy [1]. [2] Alternating Current (AC) Motors are electromechanical devices, driven by an alternating current (AC) and used to convert electrical power, in the form of alternating voltage and current, into mechanical energy. Improving the energy efficiency of electric machines is a subject of high interest. Electrical machines are widely used in industries, transportation and home applications

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