access icon free Complex state variable- and disturbance observer-based current controllers for AC drives: an experimental comparison

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Received 24/12/2012, Accepted 20/05/2013, Revised 03/04/2013, Published

In vector-controlled AC drives, the design of current controller is usually based on a machine model defined in synchronous frame coordinate, where the drive performance may be degraded by both the variation of the machine parameters and the cross-coupling between the d- and q-axes components of the stator current. In order to improve the current control performance an alternative current control strategy was proposed previously aiming to avoid the undesired cross-coupling and non-linearities between the state variables. These effects are assumed as disturbances arisen in the closed-loop path, extracted by a disturbance observer and then injected into the current controller. In this study, a revised version of a disturbance observer-based controller and a well known complex variable model-based design with a single set of complex pole are compared in terms of design aspects and performance evaluation by simulation and by experiment for two different sampling rates. Several comparative results that verify the promising performance of the proposed control scheme are presented. The advantages of the proposed controller are an easy implementation and offering a unique solution for the variation of the parameter and the cross-coupling effect. Moreover, it provides a better performance, smooth and low noisy operation with respect to the complex variable controller.

Inspec keywords: machine theory; closed loop systems; electric current control; stators; AC motor drives

Other keywords: vector-controlled AC drives; d-axes components; q-axes components; machine parameters; complex variable model; stator current; disturbance observer; closed-loop path; complex state variable-current controllers; machine model; cross-coupling effect; synchronous frame coordinate

Subjects: a.c. machines; Control of electric power systems; Current control; Drives

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