Speed control of brushless DCmotors using (conventional, heuristic, and intelligent) methods-based PID controllers

Abstract

One of the most often utilized types of direct current (DC) motors in both the industrial and automotive sectors are brushless DC motors (BLDC). This research presents a comparative analysis on brushless DC motor speed management. A mathematical model of the BLDC motor is developed using MATLAB/Simulink, and its speed is tested using three alternative controller types. The first controller is a traditional proportional integral derivative (PID) controller for BLDC motor speed control. The second controller used the particle swarm optimization (PSO) approach with PID which give the best response for BLDC motor speed. The PID controller in the third method based on neural network also give best reaction on motor speed. Finally, comparison made in speed and torque profiles by using sudden changes in speed and load torque under the three proposed methods. The results show when using first controller the speed rise to 1,526 r.p.m and drop to 1,400 r.p.m at the test conditions. These oscillations will disappear when using the second and third controller.