This work proposes an optimization algorithm to control speed of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) during starting and speed reversal of motor, as well as during load disturbance conditions. The objective is to minimize the... more
This work proposes an optimization algorithm to control speed of a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) during starting and speed reversal of motor, as well as during load disturbance conditions. The objective is to minimize the integral absolute control error of the PMSM shaft speed to achieve fast and accurate speed response under load disturbance and speed reversal conditions. The maximum overshoot, peak time, settling time and rise time of the motor is also minimized to obtain efficient transient speed response. Optimum speed control of PMSM is obtained with the aid of a PID speed controller. Modified Particle Swarm Optimization (MPSO) and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) techniques has been employed for tuning of the PID speed controller, to determine its gain coefficients (proportional, integral and derivative). Simulation results demonstrate that with use of MPSO and ACO techniques improved control performance of PMSM can be achieved in comparison to the classical Ziegler-Nichols (Z-N) method of PID tuning.
Maximum power point tracking is an essential and vital technique generally applied in SPV technology under uniform and partial shading conditions. The existence of partially shaded conditions leads to the presence of several peaks on PV... more
Maximum power point tracking is an essential and vital technique generally applied in SPV technology under uniform and partial shading conditions. The existence of partially shaded conditions leads to the presence of several peaks on PV curves, which decrease the efficiency of conventional techniques. Hence, the proposed algorithm, which is based on the modified particle-swarm optimization (MPSO) technique, increases the output power of PV systems under such abnormal conditions and has a better performance compared to other methods. The proposed method is examined under several scenarios for partial shading condition and non-uniform irradiation levels using Matlab and to investigate its effectiveness adequately. The experimental results show that the proposed method can decrease the interference of the local maximum power-point to cause the PV system to operate at a global maximum power-point. The efficiency of the MPSO is achieved with the least number of steady-state oscillations under partial shading conditions as compared with the other methods.
