“…Hence, the development of speed estimation FVC IM drives in place of conventional FVC IM drives (rotor position sensor types) is required. In the literature, speed estimation methods for FVC IM drives have been presented: speed identification by an adaptive control system, (2)(3)(4) speed estimation by the application of a neural network or fuzzy logic control approach, (5,6) speed adjustment by flux estimation, (7)(8)(9)(10) and speed determination from an extended Kalman filter. (11)(12)(13) However, an adaptive control system easily traps a chattering effect with large control variables; a neural network or fuzzy logic control approach requires trial-and-error training procedures, iterative computations, a large amount of training data, network parameter assignment, and fuzzy rules; flux estimation requires the construction of an accurate plant model; and an extended Kalman filter requires a large amount of computation and memory.…”