Electric Motors

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User Manual: Permanent Magnets Electric Motors

Diagnosis of Mechanical Faults in Electric Motors

The ability to monitor the condition of an electrical machine has been a concern of industry for many years. Knowing when a machine requires maintenance allows users to perform the required maintenance at their convenience, rather than during costly unscheduled shutdowns. This need for improved industrial monitoring techniques has produced a number of studies on the detection of mechanical faul...

Parameter estimation and reliable fault detection of electric motors

Accurate model identification and fault detection are necessary for reliable motor control. Motor-characterizing parameters experience substantial changes due to aging, motor operating conditions, and faults. Consequently, motor parameters must be estimated accurately and reliably during operation. Based on enhancedmodel structures of electric motors that accommodate both normal and faulty mode...

Reference frames for simulation of electric motors and drives

Simulations of AC electric machines are usually performed in a coordinate system, or reference frame, with two axes (often denoted by d and q, or represented as a complex space vector). A third axis, the zero-sequence axis, is a homopolar axis that is necessary for handling certain unbalanced conditions. Historically, the transformation was essential to getting reasonable results, since computa...