An induction motor is generally used in industrial applications because it is reliable, robust, and low cost. Reliability is one of the essential parameters based on which the motor is selected, and the induction motor primarily comes into force. The well-founded induction motor gives good results under various operating states. To achieve this, the values of the motor are kept in mind. Dynamic simulation plays a significant part in evaluating the model’s design process to eliminate design errors in typical construction types and when testing the motor drive system. The induction motor is modeled in a synchronously revolving rotor flux-oriented frame, which is used as a reference. For sensorless vector control and induction motor control methods, accurate knowledge of a few induction motor parameters is necessary. The presentation of the drive will degrade if the original data in the motor do not match the values utilized in the controller. Various mechanisms have been developed to calculate the online and offline parameters of the induction machine for its application in high-performance drives. The foremost grail of this review paper is to present dynamic modeling and other considerable approaches used for estimating the induction motor parameter. This paper also constitutes some simulation examples related to dynamic modeling and parameter estimation techniques, which may be useful for specialists in the field of electric drive control systems.

Electric vehicles could be a significant aid in lowering greenhouse gas emissions. Even though extensive study has been done on the features and traits of electric vehicles and the nature of their charging infrastructure, network modeling for electric vehicle manufacturing has been limited and unchanging. The necessity of wireless electric vehicle charging, based on magnetic resonance coupling, drove the primary aims for this review work. Herein, we examined the basic theoretical framework for wireless power transmission systems for EV charging and performed a software-in-the-loop analysis, in addition to carrying out a performance analysis of an EV charging system based on magnetic resonance. This study also covered power pad designs and created workable remedies for the following issues: (i) how power pad positioning affected the function of wireless charging systems and (ii) how to develop strategies to keep power efficiency at its highest level. Moreover, safety features of wireless charging systems, owing to interruption from foreign objects and/or living objects, were analyzed, and solutions were proposed to ensure such systems would operate as safely and optimally as possible.

The usage of electric vehicles is gaining momentum in recent time’s thus providing support to the growth in sales of electric vehicles. The Battery management system is the most important aspect to ensure the smooth functioning of an electric vehicle. This research highlights some key statements on the background of electric vehicles. The increase in the overall growing importance of electric vehicles has also been explained in this work. Battery management system has an importance in the functioning of electric vehicles, thus presenting the key highlights of this article. The finding presents the importance of batteries and their type used in EVs. The simulation results of the Lithium battery cell – 1 RC, 2 RC equivalent circuit parameters such as charging current, terminal voltage, state of charge, and battery current have been simulated and analysed in Matlab. The future scope of BMS and its development has been discussed.

Multi-level inverters have outstanding construction, making it feasible to achieve high voltage levels with less THD value. These harmonics can be mitigated by decreasing the number of voltage switches and DC links in the modified cascaded H-bridge multi-level inverter. This research deals with the novel 15-level inverter and reducing the number of power switches. The proposed work consists of three simulation circuits, one with 10 switches and the second with 12 switches. The mitigation of harmonics, voltage stress, and common-mode voltage is achieved with the help of modifying the pulses of the switches in the proposed 10 switches topology. Additionally, a filter is applied at the terminal to reduce the overall THD value for variable AC load applications. The multi-level inverter can generate the high-level output with less harmonics, losses, and common-mode voltage with the help of low switching frequencies. These types of a multi-level inverters are used in renewable energy applications. Finally, the simulation of a 15-level novel inverter is carried out with the help of MATLAB/Simulink software and compared with the conventional cascaded H-bridge multi-level inverter. The total harmonics distortion for modified CHBMI with 12 switches with or without filter and modified CHBMI with 10 switches with or without are mitigated as 13.53, 6.91, 12.86, and 4.56, respectively, compared to the conventional method with 28 switches. The proposed method is implemented in the hardware to validate the simulated results of the proposed topology.

This paper proposes the modified, extended Kalman filter, neural network-based model reference adaptive system and the modified observer technique to estimate the speed of a five-phase induction motor for sensorless drive. The proposed method is generated to achieve reduced speed deviation and reduced torque ripple efficiently. In inclusion, the result of speed performance and torque ripple under parameter variations were analysed and compared with the conventional direct synthesis method. The speed estimation of a five-phase motor in the four methods is analysed using MATLAB Simulink platform, and the optimum method is recognized using time domain analysis. It is observed that speed error is minimized by 60% and torque ripple is reduced by 75% in the proposed method. The hardware setup is carried out for the optimized method identified.

Induction motors are popularly used in various applications because of the proposed modest construction, substantiated process, and limited size of specific power. The traditional AC traction drives are experimentally analyzed. There is a high circulating current due to the high Common-Mode Voltage (CMV). The high Circulating Bearing Current (CBC) is a major problem in conventional two-level voltage source inverter fed parallel-connected sensor-based induction motors for traction applications. A sensorless method is well known for shrinking costs and enhancing the reliability of an induction motor drive. The modified artificial neural network-based model reference adaptive system is designed to realize speed estimation methods for the sensorless drive. Four dissimilar multilevel inverter network topologies are being implemented to reduce CBC in the proposed sensorless traction motor drives. The multilevel inverter types are T-bridge, Neutral Point Clamped Inverter (NPC), cascaded H-bridge, and modified reduced switch topologies. The four methods are compared, and the best method has been identified in terms of 80% less CMV compared to the conventional one. The modified cascaded H-bridge inverter reduces the CBC of the proposed artificial neural network-based parallel connected induction motor; it is 50% compared to the conventional method. The CBC of the modified method is analyzed and associated with the traditional method. Finally, the parallel-connected induction motor traction drive hardware is implemented, and the performance is analyzed.