A new sliding mode position controller with adaptive load torque estimator for an induction motor

A new sliding mode control algorithm with an adaptive load torque estimator is presented to control the position of the induction motor in this paper. First, the rotor flux is estimated with the simplified rotor flux observer in the rotor reference frame and the feedback linearization theory is used to decouple the rotor position and the rotor flux amplitude. Then, a new sliding mode position controller with an adaptive load torque estimator is designed to control the position of the induction motor such that the chattering effects associated with the classical sliding mode position controller can be eliminated. Stability analysis is carried out using the Lyapunov stability theorem. Experimental results are presented to confirm the characteristics of the proposed approach. The good position tracking and load regulating responses can be obtained by the proposed position controller.