Detection of Broken Rotor Bars in Nonlinear Startups of Inverter-Fed Induction Motors

[EN] Fault detection in induction motors powered by inverters operating in nonstationary regimes remains a challenge. The trajectory in the time-frequency plane of harmonics related to broken rotor bar develops very in proximity to the path described by the fundamental component. In addition, their...

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Authors: Fernández-Cavero, Vanessa, Duque-Perez, Oscar, Morinigo-Sotelo, Daniel, Pons Llinares, Joan|||0000-0003-3756-1242
Format: article
Publication Date:2021
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repository:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/198019
Online Access:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/198019
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Fault detection
Induction motors (IM)
Inverters
Rotors
Time-frequency domain analysis
INGENIERIA ELECTRICA
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Summary:[EN] Fault detection in induction motors powered by inverters operating in nonstationary regimes remains a challenge. The trajectory in the time-frequency plane of harmonics related to broken rotor bar develops very in proximity to the path described by the fundamental component. In addition, their energy is much lower than the amplitude of the first harmonic. These two characteristics make it challenging to observe them. The Dragon Transform (DT), here presented, is developed to overcome the described problem. In this article, the DT is assessed with nonlinear inverter-fed startups, where its high time and frequency resolutions facilitate the monitoring of fault harmonics even with highly adjacent trajectories to the first harmonic path.