Accuracy Improvement of IPMSM Sensorless Drives with On-line Parameter Identification

This paper proposes a position sensorless drive system combined with on-line parameter identification for an interior permanent magnet synchronous motor. The accuracy of the position estimation can be improved by the proposed system, in which the motor parameters used for the position estimation are identified according to the operating conditions. First, the influence of the parameter error on the estimation position error is examined from the simulation and experimental results. Next, the characteristics of the sensorless drive system and the performance of parameter identification are shown. The experimental results show that the proposed system can achieve more accurate position estimation than the drive system without the parameter identification for all operating conditions.