Implementation of a DSP based real-time estimator of induction motors rotor time constant

Implementation of ac drives insensitive to parameter variations is an important need in the field of high performance drives. For drives controlled by the indirect rotor flux oriented control method (IRFOC), the rotor time constant (/spl tau//sub r/ = L/sub r//R/sub r/) exerts a dominant role in the loss of dynamic performance and its variation results in an undesirable coupling between flux and torque of the machine. This paper presents a new scheme for on-line estimation of rotor time constant using dq representation of the model in the stationary reference frame and measurements of accessible motor variables only (voltages, currents and speed). The estimator is tested by simulation in the MATLAB/SIMULINK environment and validated experimentally on a 1/4 hp squirrel cage motor and a 1/4 hp wound rotor motor with implementation on a TMS320C31 digital signal processor.

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