Rotor-position estimation for induction machines at zero and low frequency utilizing zero-sequence currents

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 105-112

  Staines, Cyril Spiteri ^a   Asher, Greg M ^b   Sumner, Mark ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Induction machine (IM); Position estimation; Rotor slotting saliency; Sensorless control; Zero sequence current (ZSC)

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC COILS; ESTIMATION; FAST FOURIER TRANSFORMS; PULSE WIDTH MODULATION; ROTORS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

POSITION ESTIMATION; ROGOWSKI COIL; ROTOR-SLOTTING SALIENCY; SENSORLESS CONTROL; ZERO-SEQUENCE CURRENT;

ASYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

EID: 32144446201     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2005.861367     Document Type: Article

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