“…Such a situation arises when compensation of detuning due to main ux saturation and/ or iron loss is to be achieved. Model-based approach has been extensively used in the past to achieve main ux saturation compensation (Levi and Vuckovic, 1989;Levi et al, 1990;Levi and Vuckovic, 1993;Williamson and Healey, 1996;Levi and Sokola, 1997) and iron loss compensation (Levi, 1995;Levi et al, 1996) in vector-controlled drives that do posses a speed (position) sensor; however, so far very little eOE ort has been put into compensation of these phenomena by means of the model-based approach in sensorless vector-controlled induction motor drives, the exceptions being the works of (Levi et al, 1999;Blasco-Gimenez et al, 1996c). A modi ed rotor ux-based speed estimator of MRAC type that provides compensation of iron loss in conjunction with the modi ed indirect feedforward vector controller is introduced by (Levi et al, 1999), and its suitability is con rmed by steady-state analysis.…”