Taking advantage of the induction motor inherent eccentricity aiming to discriminate the broken bar fault from load oscillations

K. N. Gyftakis, D. V. Spyropoulos, J. C. Kappatou, E. D. Mitronikas

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Abstract

It has been noted that, in the induction motor the mechanical load oscillations can produce stator current spectrum harmonics, similar to the ones of the broken bar fault. As a consequence, these two different conditions have to be reliably distinguished. This paper proposes a new method aiming to this direction. More specifically, it is proposed to monitor the inherent eccentricity harmonics and their sidebands in order to reliably distinguish whether there is a broken bar fault or not, in the presence of mechanical load oscillations. The proposed method has been tested experimentally for different load and saturation levels of a cage induction motor and the results prove to be satisfying for all studied conditions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2014 International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages1933-1939
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781479943890
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2014
Event21st International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2014 - Berlin, Germany
Duration: 2 Sept 20145 Sept 2014

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Electrical Machines, ICEM 2014
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityBerlin
Period2/09/145/09/14

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • Broken bar
  • Fault diagnosis
  • Induction motor
  • Load Oscillations
  • MCSA

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