Abstract—Due to increase in energy demand and fast depleting conventional energy sources, the energy concerns have gone up. To accommodate the energy concerns, more attention is being given to explore and utilize the abundantly available solar energy, which is a promising renewable energy resource. In this paper a vector controlled induction motor drive fed through a Photo voltaic (PV) Array is implemented using Simulink/MATLAB Software. The performance of the drive is analyzed for wide range of operations. Further to add to its features minimal rule based fuzzy logic speed controller is introduced. The performance characteristics of the proposed drive system are obtained for different operating conditions. 

Index Terms—fuzzy logic controller (FLC), induction motor, PV Array, vector control

Cite: Bhavnesh Kumar, Yogesh K. Chauhan, and Vivek Shrivastava, "Solar Powered Fuzzy Logic Controller based Vector Controlled Induction Motor Drive," Jounal of Automation and Control Engineering, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 296-300, Dec., 2013. doi: 10.12720/joace.1.4.296-300