Speed and efficiency control of an induction motor with input-output linearization

Abstract

A combination of a composite adaptive speed controller and an explicit efficiency control algorithm is proposed to control the speed and power efficiency of the induction motor in this paper. First, the input-output linearization method is used to dynamically decouple the motor speed and rotor flux. Then, a composite adaptive control algorithm is designed to control the speed of the induction motor. At steady-state light-load condition, the magnetizing current command is adjusted on the basis of the product of magnetizing current command and torque current command such that the steady-state power loss is minimum. A PC-based experimental drive system has been implemented, and some experimental results are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the presented approach.