Research articlePI controller design for indirect vector controlled induction motor: A decoupling approach

- Sensitivity of current PI controller gains shows that larger gains may reduce current coupling.
- A method is proposed to design the regulating PI gains that minimize coupling without anyrequirement of the additional decoupler.
- A comparison between feedforward and proposed decoupling schemes is presented throughsimulation and experimental results.

Decoupling of the stator currents is important for smoother torque response of indirect vector controlled induction motors. Typically, feedforward decoupling is used to take care of current coupling that requires exact knowledge of motor parameters, additional circuitry and signal processing. In this paper, a method is proposed to design the regulating proportional-integral gains that minimize coupling without any requirement of the additional decoupler. The variation of the coupling terms for change in load torque is considered as the performance measure. An iterative linear matrix inequality based H∞ control design approach is used to obtain the controller gains. A comparison between the feedforward and the proposed decoupling schemes is presented through simulation and experimental results. The results show that the proposed scheme is simple yet effective even without additional block or burden on signal processing.