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May 27, 2025
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Permanent Magnet Brushless DC Motor Sensorless Control for Solar-Powered and Grid-Integrated Water-Pumping Systems

Publicated to:International Journal Of Engineering, Transactions B: Applications. 38 (11): 2760-2775 - 2025-11-01 38(11), DOI: 10.5829/ije.2025.38.11b.22

Authors: Sen, A; Singh, B; Moradzadeh, A; Mahtani, K

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Indian Inst Technol Delhi, Dept Elect Engn, New Delhi, India - Author
Univ Politecn Madrid, Dept Elect & Elect Engn, Madrid, Spain - Author
Univ Tabriz, Fac Elect & Comp Engn, Tabriz, Iran - Author

Abstract

Permanent magnet brushless DC motors (PMBLDCM) are at the core of most water-pumping systems, which are increasingly moving towards the integration of solar photovoltaic power in domestic, agricultural and industrial applications. However, these systems often face power intermittency due to variable environmental conditions and nighttime outages, leading to underperformance. This study tackles the inherent challenges in ensuring efficient, stable, and cost-effective operation of PMBLDCMs in hybrid solar-grid water-pumping systems without position sensors. The proposed control method integrates an adaptive proportional resonant controller-based phase-locked loop (PLL) to enhance system reliability and performance, ensuring smooth grid interaction with minimal power fluctuations, along with a novel sensorless commutation algorithm for precise rotor position estimation. The proposed control system requires only one line voltage for position estimation, and one phase current for estimation refinement under varying dynamic conditions. The proposed system is validated through an experimental approach, Ademonstrating its potential to significantly improve the efficiency of solar-powered grid-integrated water-pumping systems, by allowing forAa 17% load capacity increase, and 13 % reduction in system costs, making it a significant improvement over existing methods.

Keywords

Brushless motorsDc motorsDriveEnergyMpptPosition controlSensorless controlSolar energyStrategWater pumpWater pumps

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal International Journal Of Engineering, Transactions B: Applications due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2025, it was in position 44/175, thus managing to position itself as a Q2 (Segundo Cuartil), in the category Engineering, Multidisciplinary. Notably, the journal is positioned en el Cuartil Q2 para la agencia Scopus (SJR) en la categoría .

Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2025-07-31:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 3 (PlumX).

Leadership analysis of institutional authors

This work has been carried out with international collaboration, specifically with researchers from: India; Iran.

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (MAHTANI MAHTANI, KUMAR VIJAY).