Analysis of indirect rotor field oriented control-based induction machine performance under inaccurate field-oriented condition

Indirect rotor field oriented control (IRFOC) plays an important role in the high performance induction machine drives. In the indirect rotor field oriented control — based induction machine adjustable speed control system, the rotor field angle is usually obtained by the rotor angular velocity and the slip angular velocity. The rotor angular velocity can be sensed by an encoder with sufficient accuracy. However, the slip angular velocity is affected by the rotor parameters variations and the current control performance degradation especially in the field-weakening region. Therefore, the field angle used in the indirect rotor field oriented control may have considerable error. In the paper, the angle error caused by rotor resistance variation is analyzed and the impact on the output torque and the rotor field intensity of the induction machine is studied. Simulations and experimental verification in base-speed region and field-weakening region are presented.