BLDC Motor speed control with dynamic adjustment of PID coefficients: Comparison of fuzzy and classic PID

Abstract

Brushless DC (BLDC) motors, which have small volumes, are widely used in many areas from the aviation industry to industrial applications due to their high efficiency and torque. In parallel with the development of technology, the field of use continues to expand with the development of BLDC engine (BLDCM) control strategies and the decrease in control costs. In this thesis study, it is aimed to minimize the observed changes in rotor speed compared to the reference speed. To achieve this, PID parameters were tried to be changed simultaneously with fuzzy control techniques, taking the error value as a reference. The control system of the BLDC engine was designed in the MATLAB/Simulink environment. In the simulation, the operating stability of classical PID and PID with updated fuzzy-based parameters on two engines with the same features was compared at different speeds. As a result of the research, it was concluded that the correction of the speed observed in the rotor of the PID-controlled motor, whose fuzzy logic-based coefficients were updated, based on the reference speed was more stable and the percentage of exceedance for the reference value was lower, compared to the classical PID controlled motor.