A comparative study of speed control of D.C. brushless motor using PI and fuzzy controller

This paper presents an intelligent control architecture for a sensor based brushless DC motor. A BLDC motor is superior to a brushed DC motor, as it replaces the mechanical commutation unit with an electronic one; hence improving the dynamic characteristics, efficiency and reducing the noise level marginally. Conventionally a PI-controller is used for speed control purpose in many industrial BLDC motor drives. But the accuracy level obtained by the PI-controlled drive is insufficient for advanced sophisticated applications. So as a better choice, a fuzzy logic control technique is applied to this motor to achieve a greater accuracy in controlling the speed.