International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 8(5) 2021, Pages: 59-66
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Speed control of the asynchronous motor using LabVIEW
Petru Livinti *
Department of Energy and Computer Science, Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacău, Bacău, Romania
ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT
Article history:
Received 1 October 2020
Received in revised form
20 December 2020
Accepted 19 January 2021
In this paper a comparative study on the methods of adjusting the speed of a
three-phase asynchronous motor with a rotor in a short circuit was
presented. For the same structure of the experimental stand used, two
programs were created, implemented, and validated in LabVIEW. For the
first method, the program in LabVIEW was made with the PI (proportional-
integrative) controller and for the second method, the program in LabVIEW
was made with the Fuzzy Logic controller. Following the analysis of the
resulting graphs, it was found that the speed control system made with the
fuzzy logic controller ensures an increase in its performance compared to the
speed control system made with the conventional PI type controller. The
indicial responses of the adjustment system of the three-phase asynchronous
motor speed with PI controller or Fuzzy Logic controller have been
determined in real-time by means of the experimental stand. The override of
the speed adjustment system is decreased from the value of 26.9%
corresponding to the PI controller to the value of 2.3% corresponding to the
Fuzzy Logic controller and the duration of the transient time is decreased
from the value of 2.2 s related to the PI controller to the value of 0.5 s, related
to the Fuzzy Logic controller. By using the Fuzzy Logic controller, the amount
of electrical energy required to supply the electric drive system made with a
three-phase asynchronous motor will be reduced. This three-phase
asynchronous motor speed adjustment algorithm can be implemented for
other electric drive systems from different industrial applications.
Keywords:
Three-phase asynchronous motor
Fuzzy logic
Speed control
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1. Introduction
*The frequency static converters allow the
modification of the electric energy parameters
(voltage and frequency) by transforming the A.C.
currents of constant voltage and frequency from the
industrial mains supply into A.C. currents of variable
voltage and frequency. The frequency static
converters are used for the power supply of three-
phase electric motors. Real-time ordering of the
frequency static converters is realized with the
microcontrollers from the Compact RIO control
board structure. In works Kumar and Patnaik
(2015), Aggarwal et al. (2015), and Salim (2015) was
presented the speed adjustment algorithms with
proportional-integrative (PI) controller or Fuzzy
Logic controller that was implemented in LabVIEW
for DC motors or servomotors. A comparison of the
* Corresponding Author.
Email Address: plivinti@ub.ro
https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2021.05.007
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results obtained through the Fuzzy Logic controller
versus the conventional PI controller for controlling
the speed of the D.C. motors or induction motors has
been presented in the works of Nagarajan et al.
(2019), Acikgoz (2018), Shaija and Daniel (2016),
Rajpoot et al. (2018) and Usha and Subramani
(2018). In the works of Asija (2010), Faisal and
Paliwal (2018), Kalhoodashti and Shahbazian
(2011), and Manjunatha (2017); the speed
adjustment algorithms with PI controllers and Fuzzy
Logic controllers have been presented that were
simulated in MATLAB-SIMULINK for three-phase
asynchronous motors. In the study of Livinti and
Pusca (2012), a speed control algorithm with a PI
controller implemented in LabVIEW for the three-
phase asynchronous motor was presented. The
purpose of this work is to present two methods for
adjusting the speed of a three-phase asynchronous
motor with short-circuit rotor in real-time, supplied
from a static frequency converter. In the case of the
first method, a conventional controller of
proportional-integrative type (PI) is used, whilst in
the case of the second method, a Fuzzy Logic
controller is used. If the designing of the PI controller
requires the determination of the transfer function