Intelligent control of the regenerative braking in an induction motor drive

TLDR: In this article, a squirrel cage induction motor variable frequency drive and controller and a flywheel representing the inertia of an automobile were compared with a conventional control scheme to test the performance of the intelligent control.

Abstract: This work deal with the problem related to the energy recovered in an induction motor drive. During deceleration, a regenerative braking control strategy allows the recovery of the mechanical energy stored in an inertial mass. This process involves the conversion of the kinetic energy into electric energy. The parts that compose the system are a squirrel cage induction motor variable frequency drive and controller and the mechanical system (flywheel) representing the inertia of the automobile. In order to test the performance of the intelligent control, it is compared with a conventional control scheme. The conventional control scheme is used to generate the samples of the input and output signals, which allows the identification of the dynamics of the system (plant). Also, it is used as a reference for the performance of the intelligent control.