Matlab/Simulink-Based Transient Stability Analysis Of A Sensorless Synchronous Reluctance Motor

This paper deals with stability analysis for synchronous reluctance motors drive. Special attention is paid to the transient performance with variations in motor's parameters such as Ld and Rs. A study of the dynamic control using d-q model is presented first in order to clarify the stability of the motor drive system. Based on the experimental parameters of the synchronous reluctance motor, this paper gives some simulation results using MATLAB/SIMULINK software packages. It is concluded that the motor parameters, especially Ld, affect the estimator stability and hence the whole drive system.

• Mostafa.A. Fellani
• Daw .E. Abaid

• Dynamic Simulation
• MATLAB
• PWM-inverter
• Reluctance Machine
• Sensorless Control

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