Direct Torque Control of Induction Motor Based on Particle Swarm Optimization

Abstract

Induction Motor (IM) is most commonly used in different industrial applications, that require fast dynamic response and accurate control over wide speed ranges. Therefore, this paper proposes high performance Direct Torque Control (DTC), which is closed loop control system to improve the dynamic performance of IM. The main objective of this work is to improve the speed response of IM during different load and speed conditions. Proportional-Integral (PI) controller based on Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique is used for optimal gains tuning. The results show the improvement in the speed response of DTC using PSO technique when compared with conventional PI and the conventional DTC (without PI), in terms of reducing steady state error, settling time, overshoot and ripple reduction which make this controller more robust to variation in load and speed. The simulation of the overall drive system is performed using MATLAB/Simulink program version 7.10 (R2010a).Keywords: Induction Motor (IM), Direct torque control, PI controller and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO).