Detection of partial demagnetization faults in five-phase permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance machines

This paper analyzes partial demagnetization faults in a five-phase permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motor (fPMa-SynRM) incorporating ferrite permanent magnets (PMs). These faults are relevant because of the application of field weakening, or due to high operating temperatures or shor...

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Autores: Candelo Zuluaga, Carlos Andres|||0000-0003-3845-3294, Riba Ruiz, Jordi-Roger|||0000-0001-8774-2389, Thangamuthu, Dinesh V, García Espinosa, Antonio|||0000-0003-0348-5210
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2020
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/332761
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/332761
https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/en13133496
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Permanent magnet motors
Electric machines design
Multi-phase motors
Synchronous reluctance motors
Fault diagnosis
Partial demagnetization faults
Finite element analysis
Motors d'imants permanents
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria elèctrica
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Sumario:This paper analyzes partial demagnetization faults in a five-phase permanent magnet assisted synchronous reluctance motor (fPMa-SynRM) incorporating ferrite permanent magnets (PMs). These faults are relevant because of the application of field weakening, or due to high operating temperatures or short circuit currents, the PMs can become irreversibly demagnetized, thus affecting the performance and safe operation of the machine. This paper proposes fault indicators to detect such fault modes with low demagnetization levels between 5.0% to 16.7% relative demagnetization. Four partial demagnetization fault detection methods are tested, which are based on the analysis of the harmonic content of the electromotive force (EMF) under no load conditions, the harmonic content of the line currents, the harmonic content of the zero-sequence voltage component (ZSVC) and the analysis of the power factor (PF). This work also compares the sensitivity and performance of the proposed detection methods. According to the fault indicators proposed in this paper, the results show that the analysis of the EMF, ZSVC and PF are the most sensitive detection methods. Experimental results are presented to validate finite element analysis (FEA) simulations.