Improved Performance of Direct Torque Control of Induction Motors

Abstract: This paper presents an improved Direct Torque Control (DTC) of induction motor. DTC drive gives the high torque ripple. In DTC induction motor drive there are torque and flux ripples because none of the VSI states is able to generate the exact voltage value required to make zero both the torque electromagnetic error and the stator flux error. To overcome this problem a torque hysteresis band with variable amplitude is proposed based on fuzzy logic. The fuzzy logic controller is used to reducing the torque and flux ripples and it improve performance DTC especially at low speed.

Keywords: Direct Torque Control, Induction Motor, Fuzzy Logic, Torque Ripple Minimization, Fuzzy Logic Controller.