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Abstract— Induction machines have become very widely used in industrial and domestic applications due to their robustness, low cost
and high efficiency. The induction machines are using simple structure for delivering mechanical power from electrical power. The need for
variable exact driving speed of some industrial machines implies the use of speed control methods of induction machines. We can control
its speed by using scalar or vector control method. One of the methods in vector control is Conventional Direct torque control (CDTC). The
drawbacks of CDTC are high torque ripples, high ripples in flux and poor dynamic response. To overcome these drawbacks, in this paper
we proposed the improved CDTC using fuzzy logic controller called Fuzzy Direct Torque Control (FDTC). It uses the simple relations
between speed, torque, flux, and voltage to generate control voltages of a machine. The results of proposed method are validated using
MATLAB/Simulink software.
Index Terms— Asynchronous motor, Direct torque control, DTC, Fuzzy logic, FDTC, Induction motor, Vector control.
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1 INTRODUCTION
THE DC machines were broadly utilized for variable speed accessed under any condition. No need for brushes like in DC
industrial applications as an effect of the decoupled control of machines; or slip rings like in synchronous and wound AC
torsion and flux that will be attained by independent control machines [3]. This fact increases the use of induction motor in
of armature and field current. DC drives has advantages in environments where the danger of fire exists. Because brushes
several factors like starting torque, simple management and and moving contacts cause sparks that can be a source of fire.
nonlinear performance. DC machine-based drive systems are Another dimension of strength in squirrel cage motors resides
not majorly used in industrial applications because of the in the lack of wiring in their rotors. These rotors windings are
presence of commutator and brush arrangement in their built of strong bars that can withstand higher currents and work
construction [1]. The induction motor is the most used motor under heavy electrical and mechanical overloads.
type in the industrial and domestic applications. These types Wound-rotor induction motors are less common in industry
of motors are preferred due to its simple and robust and used in limited applications where there is need for access
construction, reliability and has self-starting capability. to the rotor‘s circuit [4]. The rotor in these motors is provided
Induction motors are also called asynchronous motor because with slip rings to give access to the moving windings from
the mechanical speed they offer is different from their outside to add some external resistance to control the
electrical speed. characteristics of the motor.
Three phase induction motor is a single excitation motor When the motor reaches its nominal speed, the external
whose stator winding is supplied from three phase source. The resistances can be removed, and the ends of the rotor‘s
rotor of an induction motor gains its energy by means of windings are short-circuited. Speed control of industrial motors
induction from the stator. The three-phase voltage creates a is a very important subject due to the vital influence of speed on
rotating magnetic field in the air gap. This rotating field some applications [5]. Although squirrel cage motors are cheap
interacts with the windings of the rotor inducing voltage and in comparison with other six types of motors, their control is a
current in it. The rotating field rotates at a constant speed of bit costly. Different speed and torque control methods exist for
synchronization [2]. It forces the rotor to rotate generating induction motors. The speed control of motors implies the use
mechanical torque at all speeds except for the synchronous of power electronic converters to provide the desired control of
speed. Induction motors can‘t run at synchronous speed, that‘s different parameters of voltage and frequency [6].
why they are also known as asynchronous machines. Induction
motors are using a simple structure of electromechanical energy 2. REVIEW OF EXISTING WORK
conversion. In the squirrel-cage motors, the rotor can‘t be The concept of direct torque control (DTC) is very
advanced when compared with many other techniques. Many
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were implemented this technique in different ways. Some of
K.B.Ravindrakumar, Professor, Department of EEE, Vel Tech Multi Tech
Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai. the methods are flux compensated DTC of asynchronous
E-mail id: eeeravikumar@gmail.com motor drive for operation at low speed [7], DTC of
K.Karthick, Associate Professor, Department of EEE, GMR Institute of asynchronous motors using three-level voltage source
Technology, Rajam.
inverters (VSI) [8], global less torque ripple design for DTC of
E-mail id: kkarthiks@gmail.com, karthick.k@gmrit.edu.in
D.Sivanandakumar, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE, Erode asynchronous motor drives [9], discrete control method of
Sengunthar Engineering College, Erode. duty cycle for DTC of asynchronous based drives [10] and
E-mail id: sivanandakumar@gmail.com. DTC of asynchronous motor using space vector modulation
S.Sivarajan, Assistant Professor, Department of EEE, Vel Tech Multi Tech
Dr.Rangarajan Dr.Sakunthala Engineering College, Avadi, Chennai. (SVM) [11]. In flux compensated DTC of asynchronous motor
E-mail id: sivarajan@veltechmultitech.org drives [7], a new sensor less asynchronous motor drive which
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utilizes an adaptive observer of flux for speed assessment and controller and switching table in conventional DTC. The fuzzy
discrete-time DTC method for torque and stator field control. logic based controller is planned to have three inputs and one
The type of observer requires a model of mechanical to output. It determines the desired inverter vector state. The
advance the speed estimation for the duration of speed fuzzy logic-based DTC is very easy to implement, and it
transients. The assessed stator field of the adaptive observer is reduces the torque and stator flux ripples in induction motor
utilized in the discrete-time DTC method to offer fast response drive.
in torque and free from ripple in the operation over the wide
speed range. From this technique, it is seen that there is only a 2.1 Vector Control Techniques
small speed estimation error during the speed transient. The Vector control has become the most popular control
sensor less drive can operate at high speed and the dynamic method of induction machines during the last 20 years. Vector
performance is very good, both during transient operation and control enables induction machines to be utilized in
steady state operation. applications where DC machines used to be applied in the
In DTC of induction motors using three-level VSI [8], the past [12]. The advantages of induction machines over DC
technique to produce the torque by stator flux compensation machines are lower cost of purchase and maintenance, better
in effective way that makes the DTC applicable to reliability in hostile environment, higher efficiency, simplicity,
asynchronous electrical drives in the operating region at low ruggedness, absence of brushes, etc. However, vector control
speed. Instead of indirectly estimating the stator resistance to method requires more hardware and software than the control
compensate the stator flux, this study directly uses the speed system of DC machines.
error to compensate the stator flux without identifying the Vector control principles utilize reference frame
stator resistance when the motor is being operated at low transformation to refer three phase quantities to a rotating
speeds. reference frame with fictitious direct and quadrature axes. In
The flux compensator is effective only in the operating simple terms, vector control can be defined as a set of control
region at low speed, because in the high-speed region the algorithms that enable conversion of an AC machine into its
estimated stator flux is precise enough so that the DTC equivalent DC machine counterpart from the control point of
switching table can output a proper voltage vector. The flux view.
compensator is activated only when speed error always exists. The main characteristic of vector control is the independent
Once the speed error is reduced, the flux compensated DTC is and indirect control of torque and flux by two components d
the same as the usual DTC. In global low torque ripple design and q of the stator current in a rotating reference frame [13].
for DTC of asynchronous motor drives [9], a control strategy However, this is achieved by using co-ordinate transformation
for asynchronous motors based on DTC is described that and current control loops, which make the control system
applies a three-level inverter in its place of the regular two- more complicated. The main characteristics and shortcomings
level inverter. [14] of vector control may be summarized as follows.
The stator currents harmonic distortion and the power In addition to other controllers, current controllers (in
semiconductor switching frequency are also minimized in the stationary or rotating reference frame) are required.
proposed system. The three-level VSI has merits over the At least one co-ordinate transformation has to be
standard two-level VSI such as a more level in the output executed on-line, in real time.
voltage, low harmonic distortion, and low switching A separate PWM block is required for the inverter
frequency. control.
In discrete duty cycle based control method for DTC of A decoupling circuit is required, unless rotor flux-
asynchronous motor drives with model predictive solution oriented control with current control in stationary
[10], they proposed a DTC which provides a global less torque reference frame is used.
ripple, which satisfies the root-mean-square torque ripple A precise estimate of the instantaneous position of the
criteria. The global less torque ripple DTC is a two-step selected flux space vector is necessary.
design. The first step derives the torque error to zero at the All the schemes are to some extent affected by variation
end of the control period. Then, the next step minimizes the of induction machine parameters.
torque bias and rms ripple by changing the voltage vector There are different vector control methods of an induction
asymmetry pattern in switching of the first step into symmetry machine. Among which DTC is one of best possible solution
ones. The common concept to reducing the torque ripple is the for variable frequency drives to control the torque and speed
synthesis of a higher amount of voltage space vectors with of induction motors.
respect to those used in basic DTC techniques. In DTC of
asynchronous motor using SVM [11], they proposed a new 3. FUZZY BASED APPROACH FOR DIRECT TORQUE
duty cycle based control technique to minimize torque and CONTROL
flux ripples of the conventional DTC. The optimal voltage vector is selected to limit the torque
A new approach is presented to choose the suitable voltage and flux errors within the hysteresis bands. The advantages of
vector and by implanting the zero- voltage vector along with this control method are rapid response of torque in transient
the chosen one. Lower torque and flux ripples are achieved in operation and enhancement in the steady state efficiency. The
this method. The implementation of conventional DTC using conventional DTC has high torque ripples and poor dynamic
above methods are hard to implement and has some response [15].
drawbacks. To get better performance, fuzzy logic based The electric drives used in industry are adjustable speed
controller has been presented to replace the hysteresis drives and in most of these drives AC motors are used.
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Induction motors are the best in these drives [16]. So active at angle θ as shown and the voltages across 𝑖𝑠𝛼 and 𝑖𝑠𝛽 axes to
control of asynchronous motor parameters like speed, torque be 𝑣𝑑𝑠𝑠 and 𝑣𝑞𝑠𝑠 consecutively, the two-phase stationary
and flux are of utmost importance. The machine learning voltages can be transformed to 3 phase voltages based on
algorithms applied in other applications [17-20] can also be math equations as follows:
used for speed control with certain modifications. From the 𝑣𝑎𝑠=𝑣𝑞𝑠𝑠 cos 𝜃+𝑣𝑑𝑠𝑠 sin 𝜃 (3)
study of the control approaches, it is identified that torque 𝑣𝑏𝑠=𝑣𝑞𝑠𝑠 cos (𝜃 − 120°) + 𝑣𝑑𝑠𝑠 sin (𝜃 − 120°) (4)
control of AC motor could be accomplished according to 𝑣𝑐𝑠=𝑣𝑞𝑠𝑠 cos (𝜃 + 120°) + 𝑣𝑑𝑠𝑠 sin (𝜃 + 120°) (5)
various methods ranging from low-cost Volts/Hz ratio
approach to sophisticated sensor less based vector control The phase voltages in matrix form can be written as:
method. But every scheme has its disadvantages like losses,
the requirement of separate current control loop, coordinate = (6)
transformation, current ripple and torque etc. In this work, the
principles of DTC method combined with artificial intelligent By inverse transformation, 𝑣𝑑𝑠𝑠 and 𝑣𝑞𝑠𝑠 can be written in
controller based on fuzzy logic will be discussed and used. terms of three phase voltages in matrix form as follows:
The controller with DTC control will be simulated on an
induction machine of squirrel type under different conditions. (7)
a) Clarke transformation
Transformation from 3 phase to 2 phase stationary axes 𝑖𝑠𝛼 Here, θ is the rotor flux position. The torque and flux
and 𝑖𝑠𝛽. A 3-phase symmetrical machine is deliberated with components of the current vector are determined by the
stationary a-b-c axes at 1200 difference as shown in figure 2. following equations:
𝑖𝑠𝑞=𝑖𝑠𝛽 cos 𝜃+𝑖𝑠𝛼 sin 𝜃 (8)
𝑖𝑠𝑑=𝑖𝑠𝛼 cos 𝜃+𝑖𝑠𝛽 sin 𝜃 (9)
The voltages 𝑣𝑑𝑠𝑠 and 𝑣𝑞𝑠𝑠 can be transformed to voltages on
axis 𝑖𝑠𝑑 and 𝑖𝑠𝑞 based on the below equations:
𝑣𝑑𝑠=𝑣𝑞𝑠𝑠 cos(𝜃𝑒) - 𝑣𝑑𝑠𝑠 sin(𝜃𝑒) (10)
𝑣𝑞𝑠=𝑣𝑑𝑠𝑠 cos(𝜃𝑒) + 𝑣𝑞𝑠𝑠 sin(𝜃𝑒) (11)
The rotating frame arguments to stationary frame
transformation is given in below equations:
Fig. 2. Axis transformation from as-bs-cs to 𝒊𝒔𝜶- 𝒊𝒔𝜷 𝑣𝑞𝑠𝑠 = 𝑣𝑞𝑠 cos(𝜃𝑒) + 𝑣𝑑𝑠 sin(𝜃𝑒) (12)
𝑣𝑑𝑠 = −𝑣𝑞𝑠 sin(𝜃𝑒) + 𝑣𝑑𝑠 cos(𝜃𝑒)
𝑠 (13)
The above projection modifies the three -phase system into
the (α, β) two-dimension orthogonal system as stated below 3.2 Results and Discussion
𝑖𝑠𝛼=𝑖𝑎 (1) In this work, the construction of the induction machine, the
structure of fuzzy logic controller and the DTC method for the
𝑖𝑠𝛽 = (2)
speed control of induction machine have been discussed. The
The voltages 𝑣𝑎𝑠, 𝑣𝑏𝑠, 𝑣𝑐𝑠 are the voltages of as, bs, cs phases DTC method as one of the most important and simple control
consecutively. Now if the stationary axes 𝑖𝑠𝛼 and 𝑖𝑠𝛽 are tailored methods of induction machines has been discussed and
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Fig. 14. Reference torque and Electromagnetic torque
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