Automatic Parameter Identification of Inverter-Fed Induction Motors at Standstill

As a step towards the self-commissioning of the next generation of AC drives, the work deals with an automatic procedure for the identification of the inverse-Gamma equivalent circuit of inverter-fed induction motors (IM) at standstill. The algorithm, cut out for the modern microprocessors, combines different test signals with the aim of extracting and mapping the magnetic model non--linearity. As a key feature, the procedure uses the existing inverter as a precise voltage probe, to get the complete parameter set usually required by the advanced control of AC drives. The theoretical investigations are supported by experimental results, and reported in the paper. A distinguished characteristic of the proposed method among the other existing solutions is the accuracy of the results, confirmed by the comparison with finite-element analysis tools, tailored to the laboratory IM prototypes.