Mechanical imbalances are common mechanical faults in induction motors. Vibration monitoring techniques have been widely used for the diagnosis of mechanical faults in induction motors, but electrical detection methods have been preferred in recent years. For many years, researchers have concentrated on the Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA). This paper examines the effect of mechanical im...

Noise in large high voltage induction motors (500Hp 18000Hp) may be airborne or magnetic in nature. Usually, large high voltage induction motors are custom built and tailored to meet customer’s demand. Since every motor is unique in its design, it is imperative to predict accurately the magnetic noise generation during design phase, this way avoiding expensive rework cost and not loosing the cu...

the efficiency of induction motors decreases at light loads. efficiency optimizer control systemsadjust the motor flux value to achieve the best efficiency in a wide range of load variations. reduced fluxoperation has some other benefits such as power factor improvement and torque ripple reduction. the latter isan important issue in a direct torque controlled induction motor drive. in this pape...

Accurate computing of the saturated inductances of Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine (PMSM) is very important during the design process. In this paper, a new method is presented based on the B-H characteristic of the stator material and unsaturated inductances formulations. This method is used to calculate the saturated inductances of the axial flux PMSM. The synchronous inductance and all o...

This paper presents an indirect adaptive system based on neuro-fuzzy approximators for the speed control of induction motors. The uncertainty including parametric variations, the external load disturbance and unmodeled dynamics is estimated and compensated by designing neuro-fuzzy systems. The contribution of this paper is presenting a stability analysis for neuro-fuzzy speed control of inducti...

Amongst many types of electrical motors, induction motors still enjoy the same popularity as they did a century ago. Several factors which include robustness, low cost and low maintenance have made them popular for industrial applications when compared to dc and other ac motors. Another aspect in induction motor drives which has been researched recently is the use of mult iphase induction motor...