Model-free predictive current control based on improved sliding mode disturbance observer

The motor parameters of permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) can be mismatched in operation due to temperature variations and magnetic saturation. The parameter mismatch leads to a significant decrease in the robustness of traditional deadbeat predictive current control (DPCC), which leads to issues such as current static error and motor vibration noise. In this paper, a model-free predictive current control (MFPCC) method based on an improved sliding mode disturbance observer (SMDO) was proposed. The method estimated the total disturbance of the system using the improved SMDO, which could effectively suppress sliding mode chattering and accelerate the convergence speed of current errors. Subsequently, the predicted control voltage was calculated using a hyper-local model and compensated for the time delay. The experimental results demonstrated that the improved MFPCC-SMDO method generated lower motor noise compared to the traditional DPCC method when the controller’s inductance parameters are mismatched.