In this paper, a novel method for broken bars fault detection in the case of three-phase induction motors and under different payloads will be presented and experimentally evaluated. In the presented approach, the cases of a partially or full broken rotor bars are being also considered, caused by: (a) drilling 4 mm and 8 mm out of the 17 mm thickness of the same rotor bar and (b) fully drilled ...

The problem of failures in induction motors is a large concern due to its significant influence over industrial production. Therefore a large number of detection techniques were presented to avoid this problem. This paper presents the comparison results of induction motor rotor fault detection using three methods: motor current signature analysis (MCSA), surface vibration (SV), and instantaneou...

In order to better identify the fault of rotor system,one new method based on local fuzzy clustering margin fisher discriminant (LFCMFD) was proposed. For each point on manifold, the farthest point in local neighborhood and the nearest point outside local neighborhood usually constituted the local margin. LFCMFD introduced fuzzy cluster analysis algorithm, eliminated the influence of pseudo-mar...

In this work, Self Organizing Map (SOM) is used in order to detect and classify the broken rotor bars and misalignment type mechanical faults that often occur in induction motors which are widely used in industry. The feature vector samples are extracted from the sampled line current of motors with fault and healthy one. These samples are the poles of the AR model which is obtained from the spe...

In this paper, a prototype wavelet and probabilistic based neural network classifier for recognizing rotor bar defects is implemented and tested under various transient signals. The wavelet transform (WT) technique is integrated with the neural network model to extract rotor fault features. Firstly, the multiresolution analysis technique of WT and the particle swarm optimization (PSO) theorem a...

Winding function method (WFM) provides a detailed and rather simple analytical modeling and simulation technique for analyzing performance of faulty squirrel-cage induction motors (SCIMs). Such analysis is mainly applicable for designing on-line fault diagnosis techniques. In this paper, WFM is extended to include variable degree of magnetic saturation by applying an appropriate air gap functio...

In recent years, individual pitch control has been developed for wind turbines, with the purpose of reducing blade and tower loads. Such algorithms depend on reliable sensor information. The azimuth angle sensor, which positions the wind turbine rotor in its rotation, is quite important. This sensor has to be correct as blade pitch actions should be different at different azimuth angle as the w...

This paper proposes a method of fault analysis for induction motors. The method is based on frequency domain and time-frequency domain analysis. Extended Discrete-Furrier Transform or EDFT is a proposed technique of signal processing. The principle is that any fault either in the stator or the rotor may distort the sinusoidal response of the motor RPM and the main frequency. Because the EDFT re...

In diagnosing mechanical faults of rotating machinery, it is very important to know the vibration feature of the machine with various forms of fault. A rotor system with fault is generally a complicated non-linear vibrating system. Its vibration is in a very complex form. Rotating machinery is very popular in industrial applications. Most of the mechanical failures are due to vibrations. It is ...

A number of research studies has shown that faults in a stator or rotor generally show sideband frequencies around the mains frequency (50 Hz) and at higher harmonics in the spectrum of the Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA). However in the present experimental studies such observations have not been seen, but any fault either in the stator or the rotor may distort the sinusoidal response ...