An Adaptive Control of Electric Vehicle Based on Nine Switches Inverter Fed Two Induction Motors

Abstract

This paper deals with an adaptive control of two driving-wheels electric vehicle. Indeed, an Indirect Field Oriented Control of two induction motors fed simultaneously by Nine Switches Inverter has been included. Hence, to ensure an independent control of the two induction motors, a specified Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation strategy for Nine Switches Inverter is developed. For this, a switching table and a switch-over bloc are proposed. The effectiveness of the proposed control strategy is evaluated and validated by simulations and experimental tests. In this context, the developed system can be used as a promising solution for an independent control of two driving wheels of electric vehicle using a software differential.

KEYWORDS:

• Electric vehicle
• Indirect field oriented control
• Induction motor
• Nine switches inverter
• Space vector pulse width modulation
• Software differential

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Notes on contributors

Mohand Amokrane Abbache

Abbache Mohand Amokrane received the BTech, MTech degrees in electrical engineering, from the Polytechnic Military Academy, Algiers, Algeria, in 2006 and 2015, respectively. He is currently pursuing PhD in electrical engineering. E-mail: [email protected]

Bekheïra Tabbache

Bekheira Tabbache received the BTech, MTech and PhD degrees in electrical engineering, from the Polytechnic Military Academy, Algiers, Algeria, in 2003, 2007 and 2013, respectively. Since 2004, he has been with the Electrical Engineering Department of the Polytechnic Military Academy, Algiers, Algeria. His current research interests are control of electrical drives, power electronics, and fault-tolerant control.

Mohamed El Hachemi Benbouzid

Mohamed Benbouzid received the BTech degree in electrical engineering, in 1990, the MTech and PhD degrees in electrical and computer engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute of Grenoble, Grenoble, France, in 1991 and 1994, respectively. Since September 2004, he has been with the University of Brest, Brest, France. He is also with the Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai, China. His main research interests and experience include analysis, design, and control of electric machines, variable-speed drives for traction, propulsion, and renewable energy applications, and fault diagnosis of electric machines. Email: [email protected]