Space Vector PWM Based Vector Control in an Electric Vehicle with Induction Motor Drive

The speed of an Induction Motor (IM) can be controlled through various techniques but FOC (Field Oriented Control) being one of the most used speed control technique, under which there are Hysteresis current control technique (a current control technique) and Space Vector Pulse Width Modulation (SVPWM, a voltage control technique). In this paper we are going to discuss briefly about SVPWM based speed control technique and its application in an IM for an Electric Vehicle. Further a detail study of how the model is going to behave in different scenarios such as steady state analysis, transient state analysis, load change, speed change, torque change is given by the use of MATLAB Simulink and experimentally verified with 2.2 kW IM drive.