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  • Open Access
17 Citations
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19 January 2018

For high-power and high-performance speed control system, speed feedback signals are generally required. The employment of sensorless control technology makes the installation of the system easier and lower-cost, while its reliability needs to be imp...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,761 Views
17 Pages

29 August 2023

In this paper, the model reference adaptive system (MRAS) method has been employed to observe speed in sensorless field-oriented control (FOC) with flux weakening (FW) and maximum torque per ampere (MTPA) operations for the interior permanent-magnet...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,202 Views
16 Pages

30 June 2017

The dual power flow wind energy conversion system (DPF-WECS) is a novel system which is based on the electrical variable transmission (EVT) machine. The proposed sensorless control for the DPF-WECS is based on the model reference adaptive system (MRA...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Electric Machines and Drives for Renewable Energy Harvesting 2017)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
414 Views
20 Pages

13 July 2026

Model reference adaptive system (MRAS)-based techniques are widely used for sensorless speed estimation in permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives. However, conventional MRAS approaches rely on PI/PID controllers in the adaptation mechanism,...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,516 Views
17 Pages

9 September 2025

A PWM-based rotor position and speed estimator is presented in this study. The method is based on the measurement of the current response to conventional space vector pulse width-modulated voltage (SV-PWM) for PMSM drive applications. Model reference...

(This article belongs to the Collection Modeling, Design and Control of Electric Machines: Volume II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
2,789 Views
20 Pages

28 August 2023

This paper introduces a parameter-estimation-based sensorless adaptive direct voltage maximum torque per ampere (MTPA) control strategy for interior permanent magnet synchronous machines (IPMSMs). In direct voltage control, the motor’s electric...

(This article belongs to the Section Electromechanical Energy Conversion Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,077 Views
21 Pages

15 April 2021

This paper presents a nonlinear cascaded control design that has been developed to (1) improve the self-sensing speed control performance of an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor (IPMSM) drive by reducing its speed and torque ripples and its...

  • Article
  • Open Access
23 Citations
5,433 Views
16 Pages

This study presents a new auto-tuning nonlinear PID controller for a nonlinear electric vehicle (EV) model. The purpose of the proposed control was to achieve two aims. The first aim was to enhance the dynamic performance of the EV regarding internal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vehicle Control and Drive Systems for Electric Vehicles)
  • Review
  • Open Access
75 Citations
17,710 Views
39 Pages

Three Phase Induction Motor Drive: A Systematic Review on Dynamic Modeling, Parameter Estimation, and Control Schemes

  • Usha Sengamalai,
  • Geetha Anbazhagan,
  • T. M. Thamizh Thentral,
  • Pradeep Vishnuram and ,
  • Tahir Khurshaid and
  • Salah Kamel
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

4 November 2022

An induction motor is generally used in industrial applications because it is reliable, robust, and low cost. Reliability is one of the essential parameters based on which the motor is selected, and the induction motor primarily comes into force. The...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
9,778 Views
16 Pages

Wind energy conversion systems have become a key technology to harvest wind energy worldwide. In permanent magnet synchronous generator-based wind turbine systems, the rotor position is needed for variable speed control and it uses an encoder or a sp...

(This article belongs to the Section Inventions and Innovation in Electrical Engineering/Energy/Communications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,695 Views
21 Pages

Nonlinear Flux Linkage Observer with Model Reference Adaptive System for Improved Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Control

  • Shaopeng Zhu,
  • Kaida Hu,
  • Jian Lin,
  • Yongqing Liu and ,
  • Huipeng Chen,
  • Weiyang Wang and
  • Jian Gao
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

6 October 2024

This paper addresses performance degradation in nonlinear flux linkage algorithms, arising from estimation errors in rotor flux linkage due to fluctuations in current and temperature. We introduce a parameter-adaptive flux linkage model using MRAS, w...

(This article belongs to the Section Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
2,830 Views
16 Pages

Model Reference Adaptive System of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor Based on Current Residual Compensation Without Position Measurement

  • Yuanchao Cao,
  • Xing Ren,
  • Qing Guo,
  • Haoran Zhan and ,
  • Wei Li,
  • Guicheng Wu and
  • Qiang Long
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

7 November 2024

There exists an inaccurate measurement problem in permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) due to low motor speed operation, high temperatures and humid environments, which will degrade the motion performance and stability of PMSMs. In this study,...

(This article belongs to the Section Actuators for Manufacturing Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
19 Citations
3,871 Views
19 Pages

24 September 2022

To solve the problem of the sensorless control method of a permanent magnet synchronous motor, based on the study of a mathematical model for a permanent magnet synchronous motor and model adaptation theory, a reference model equation and adjustable...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,858 Views
29 Pages

Normalized-Model Reference System for Parameter Estimation of Induction Motors

  • Adolfo Véliz-Tejo,
  • Juan Carlos Travieso-Torres,
  • Andrés A. Peters,
  • Andrés Mora and
  • Felipe Leiva-Silva

21 June 2022

This manuscript proposes a short tuning march algorithm to estimate induction motors (IM) electrical and mechanical parameters. It has two main novel proposals. First, it starts by presenting a normalized-model reference adaptive system (N-MRAS) that...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Control of Electrical Motor Drives II)
  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
2,478 Views
15 Pages

10 March 2023

A sliding mode control-based model reference adaptive system (SMC-MRAS) estimator for sensor-less control of doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) systems in wind turbine applications is proposed in this paper. The proposed SMC-MRAS estimator uses th...

(This article belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,392 Views
16 Pages

29 May 2024

To improve the speed observation accuracy of the bearingless induction motor (BL-IM) and achieve its high-performance speed sensorless control, an improved sliding mode variable structure model reference adaptive system speed identification method ba...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Topologies and Control Strategies in Electric Machines and Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,048 Views
20 Pages

29 November 2025

This paper presents a sensorless control strategy for a six-phase induction generator (6PIG) operating at low speed (125 rpm). The proposed approach is based on the Model Reference Adaptive System (MRAS), with an initial estimation scheme developed u...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Design and Production Process Optimization for High Performance and Energy Efficiency in Electrical Machines—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,132 Views
27 Pages

Control Strategy of Flywheel Energy Storage System for Improved Model Reference Adaptive System Based on Tent-Sparrow Search Algorithm

  • Gengling Song,
  • Zhenkui Wu,
  • Xuechen Zheng,
  • Jihong Zhang and ,
  • Peihong Yang and
  • Zilei Zhang
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

This study addresses speed sensor aging and electrical parameter variations caused by prolonged operation and environmental factors in flywheel energy storage systems (FESSs). A model reference adaptive system (MRAS) flywheel speed observer with para...

  • Article
  • Open Access
166 Views
34 Pages

Piecewise Linear Fuzzy Adaptive Speed Observer with Torque Error Compensation for Electric Vehicle Traction Drives

  • Saqib Jamshed Rind,
  • Saba Javed,
  • Hashim Raza Khan,
  • Khaled Assaleh and
  • Kamran Arshad

This paper presents a piecewise-linear single-input fuzzy-controller-based model reference adaptive system (SFC-MRAS) for speed estimation in speed-sensorless vector-controlled induction motor drives for electric vehicle (EV) traction applications. C...

(This article belongs to the Section Propulsion Systems and Components)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,352 Views
19 Pages

24 June 2024

This paper proposes a novel finite speed-set model reference adaptive system (FSS-MRAS) based on the current predictive control (CPC) of a permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) in wind energy turbine systems (WETSs). The mathematical models o...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical Machines and Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
24 Citations
8,111 Views
19 Pages

27 November 2019

In this paper an induction motor parameters estimator, based on the Model Reference Adaptive System (MRAS), is presented and described. A comprehensive literature study on MRAS type parameters estimators for induction motors is also provided. The aut...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
3,163 Views
15 Pages

Model Reference Adaptive System with Finite-Set for Encoderless Control of PMSGs in Micro-Grid Systems

  • Mohamed Abdelrahem,
  • Christoph M. Hackl,
  • José Rodríguez and
  • Ralph Kennel

16 September 2020

In micro-grid systems, wind turbines are essential power generation sources. The direct-driven surface-mounted permanent-magnet synchronous generators (SMPMSGs) in variable-speed wind generation systems (VS-WGSs) are promising due to their high effic...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Local Energy Systems: Modeling, Control, Optimization, and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,113 Views
18 Pages

Model Reference Adaptive Sensorless Control of Variable-Speed Pumped Storage Doubly Fed Induction Machine Under Reversible Operations

  • Zhi Zheng,
  • Ziqiang Man,
  • Shuxin Tan,
  • Wei Yan and ,
  • Yu Lu,
  • Jie Tian,
  • Weiqun Liu and
  • Xu Wang
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

5 June 2025

The sensorless control of doubly fed induction machine (DFIM) rotor magnetic flux based on a model reference adaptive system (MRAS) is proposed to improve the reliability of a large-scale variable-speed pumped storage (VSPS) system and reduce operati...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Control Strategies for Multiphase Induction Generators: Design, Optimization, and Application 2024)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
7,182 Views
20 Pages

26 August 2015

This paper evaluates different types of AC machines and various control techniques for their suitability for the drive system of Alternative Energy Vehicles (AEV). An Indirect Field Oriented (IFO) drive system for the AEV application is chosen and it...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Plug-in Hybrid Vehicles and Hybrid Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
1,838 Views
21 Pages

Sensorless Direct Field-Oriented Control of Induction Motor Drive Using Artificial Neural Network-Based Reactive Power MRAS

  • Marek Kubatko,
  • David Bielesz,
  • Stepan Kirschner,
  • Kamal Hamani and ,
  • Martin Kuchar,
  • Tomas Mrovec and
  • Michal Prazenica
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

22 November 2025

In this paper, advanced sensorless control methods of an induction machine (IM) with the use of a model reference adaptive system (MRAS) estimator are presented, specifically an MRAS using reactive power (Q-MRAS) with an implemented feedforward artif...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
2,842 Views
18 Pages

6 November 2022

In the speed control system of an Interior Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor (IPMSM) without a speed sensor, PI controllers using only a fixed set of parameters cannot achieve accurate tracking of the estimated speed in a wide speed domain and also...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
4,257 Views
14 Pages

6 November 2023

Aiming at the problem that online parameter identification, based on the Model Reference Adaptive System (MRAS), is easily affected by the high-frequency noise of the sensor, an improved MRAS, based on variable bandwidth linear Active Disturbance Rej...

(This article belongs to the Section Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,545 Views
19 Pages

19 October 2021

Mathematical models of induction motor (IM) used in direct field-oriented control (DFOC) strategies are characterized by parametrization resulting from the IM equivalent circuit and model-type selection. The parameter inaccuracy causes DFOC detuning,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Modeling and Simulation of Power Systems and Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
940 Views
19 Pages

23 May 2025

Precise speed estimation of sensorless induction motor (SIM) drives remains a significant challenge, particularly at zero and very low speeds. This paper proposes a mathematically modeled and enhanced stator current-based Model Reference Adaptive Sys...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Artificial Neural Networks and Dynamic Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
1,939 Views
15 Pages

Sensorless DFIG System Control via an Electromagnetic Torque Based on MRAS Speed Estimator

  • Abdelbadia Lama,
  • Hicham Serhoud and
  • Mohamed Toufik Benchouia

5 October 2024

The main goals of this research are to develop a method for obtaining the rotor position and speed in a doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) without using sensors in a variable-speed wind turbine installation. The considered method is based on the M...

(This article belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
26 Citations
3,995 Views
12 Pages

Marine permanent magnet synchronous propulsion motors have problems, such as low reliability and difficult maintenance in the traditional control. In this paper, a sensorless control system for a permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) based on par...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
11 Citations
4,349 Views
9 Pages

26 October 2023

This paper presents the sensorless speed control of induction motors using a Model Reference Adaptive System (MRAS) method and field-oriented control. The main objective is to minimize the cost related to speed sensors, thereby improving both the aff...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 4th International Electronic Conference on Applied Sciences)
  • Article
  • Open Access
440 Views
43 Pages

6 September 2026

This paper presents a novel robust sensorless control strategy for Five-Phase Induction Motor (FPIM) drives based on an enhanced Direct Field-Oriented Control (DFOC) framework. The proposed approach integrates an extended Third-Order Super-Twisting S...

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
5,600 Views
17 Pages

The accurate identification of permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) parameters is the basis for high-performance drive control. The traditional PMSM multiparameter identification method experiences problems with the uncertainty of the identifica...

(This article belongs to the Section Systems & Control Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
4,812 Views
18 Pages

MRAS-Based Switching Linear Feedback Strategy for Sensorless Speed Control of Induction Motor Drives

  • Mohamed Amine Fnaiech,
  • Jaroslaw Guzinski,
  • Mohamed Trabelsi,
  • Abdellah Kouzou and ,
  • Mohamed Benbouzid and
  • Krzysztof Luksza
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

26 May 2021

This paper presents a newly designed switching linear feedback structure of sliding mode control (SLF-SMC) plugged with an model reference adaptive system (MRAS) based sensorless field-oriented control (SFOC) for induction motor (IM). Indeed, the per...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Applications of Modern Methods to Control of Electric Drives)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,169 Views
24 Pages

13 August 2025

This paper introduces a speed-sensorless dual-field-oriented control (DFOC) strategy for induction motors (IMs). DFOC combines the advantages or rotor- and stator-field orientation to significantly reduce the parameter sensitivity of the control rega...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends in Sustainable Energy Technology)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,464 Views
19 Pages

Sensorless Control Strategy of Novel Axially Magnetized Vernier Permanent-Magnet Machine

  • Bowen Xu,
  • Jien Ma,
  • Qiyi Wu,
  • Lin Qiu and ,
  • Xing Liu,
  • Chao Luo and
  • Youtong Fang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

28 July 2022

Vernier permanent-magnet machines have been attracted more and more attention because of their high torque density. In this paper, the sensorless control strategy of the novel axially magnetized Vernier permanent-magnet (AMVPM) machine is presented....

(This article belongs to the Topic Advanced Electrical Machines and Drives Technologies)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
810 Views
28 Pages

Fuzzy MRAS Speed Sensorless Induction Motor Drive Control for Electric Vehicles

  • Saqib Jamshed Rind,
  • Saba Javed,
  • Hashim Raza Khan,
  • Muhammad Hashir Bin Khalid and ,
  • Kamran Arshad and
  • Khaled Assaleh
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 March 2026

This paper proposes a new fuzzy logic-based rotor flux model reference adaptive system (FLC-MRAS) for rotor speed estimation in induction motor drives, replacing the constant-gain PI controller used in conventional MRAS schemes. The proposed observer...

(This article belongs to the Section E: Electric Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
542 Views
20 Pages

Online Multi-Parameter Identification of PMSM Drives Using a Fuzzy PI-Tuned MRAS Observer

  • Jishun Neng,
  • Bo Huang,
  • Shen Xu,
  • Xiao Ju and ,
  • Xu Wang and
  • Jingbin Niu
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) are widely used in AC drive systems, and their control performance depends strongly on accurate motor parameters. Conventional proportional-integral model reference adaptive system (PI-MRAS) observers use f...

(This article belongs to the Section Vehicle Control and Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,822 Views
22 Pages

26 December 2024

After eliminating the speed sensor in the linear induction motor (LIM) high-performance closed-loop control system, the speed feedback information is missing in the speed closed loop. The accuracy of speed observation results is affected by changes i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advanced Theory and Application of Magnetic Actuators—2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
250 Views
21 Pages

2 October 2026

Electromagnetic sleds require high-performance sensorless control for linear synchronous motor (LSM) propulsion systems, yet model-based methods suffer from position estimation errors caused by parameter mismatches due to temperature rise and stator...

(This article belongs to the Section Control Systems)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
582 Views
28 Pages

8 May 2026

This paper analyzes a nonlinear compressor system to characterize its dynamic behavior and develop a control scheme that improves operational efficiency. A mathematical approach based on the Greitzer–Moore (GM) model is employed to predict the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,739 Views
41 Pages

Modulated twelve-voltage-vector model predictive current control (MPCC), which applies two or three voltage vectors per control period, exhibits superior steady-state performance compared to modulated six-active-voltage-vector MPCC and conventional M...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Trends in Electrical Drives for EV Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,292 Views
23 Pages

MRAS Using Lyapunov Theory with Sliding Modes for a Fixed-Wing MAV

  • T. Espinoza-Fraire,
  • Armando Saenz,
  • Isaac Gandarilla and
  • Wojciech Giernacki

6 March 2024

This work applies an adaptive PD controller based on MRAS (Model Reference Adaptive System) using Lyapunov theory with sliding mode theory to a Fixed-wing MAV (Mini Aerial Vehicle). The objective is to design different adjustment mechanisms to obtain...

(This article belongs to the Section Robotics and Automation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,914 Views
20 Pages

21 April 2019

This paper deals with the diagnosis of stator winding inter-turn faults for an induction motor drive operating without a speed sensor in a speed-sensorless mode. The rotor direct field oriented control structure (DFOC) was applied, its reference curr...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Condition Monitoring and Diagnosis of Electrical Machines)
  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
3,322 Views
19 Pages

9 March 2023

Speed feedback is indispensable not only for closed-loop controlled induction motors (IM) but also for the state monitoring systems of open-loop controlled IMs. Replacing speed sensors with speed estimations has many advantages including, e.g., hardw...

(This article belongs to the Section F: Electrical Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Views
20 Pages

4 November 2026

In induction motor drive systems employing indirect field-oriented control (IFOC), variations in the rotor time constant lead to inaccurate estimation of the rotor field phase, thereby preventing accurate decoupling of torque and flux. To solve this...

  • Article
  • Open Access
241 Views
25 Pages

Permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs) are widely employed in electric vehicles (EVs) owing to their high efficiency, high power density, and reliability. Although sensors may raise costs, the accurate estimation of both rotor position and actua...

(This article belongs to the Section Propulsion Systems and Components)
  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
2,177 Views
14 Pages

13 December 2024

Among the existing sensorless control algorithms for permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSMs), the model reference adaptive system (MRAS) is widely utilized due to its merits of good robustness, high stability, and rapid response. Nevertheless, th...

(This article belongs to the Section F3: Power Electronics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
6,272 Views
21 Pages

Robust Speed Controller Design Using H_infinity Theory for High-Performance Sensorless Induction Motor Drives

  • Ahmed A. Zaki Diab,
  • Abou-Hashema M. El-Sayed,
  • Hossam Hefnawy Abbas and
  • Montaser Abd El Sattar

12 March 2019

In this paper, a robust speed control scheme for high dynamic performance sensorless induction motor drives based on the H_infinity (H∞) theory has been presented and analyzed. The proposed controller is robust against system parameter variatio...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Rotating Electric Machines)

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