TY - GEN
T1 - Detection of broken outer cage bars for double cage induction motors under the startup transient
AU - Antonino-Daviu, Jose
AU - Riera-Guasp, Martin
AU - Pons-Llinares, Joan
AU - Park, Jongbin
AU - Lee, Sang Bin
AU - Yoo, Jiyoon
AU - Kral, Christian
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Unlike single cage rotor fault detection, FFT-based steady state spectrum analysis techniques can fail to detect outer cage faults in double cage induction motors due to the small outer cage current under running conditions. Double cage motors are typically employed in applications that require loaded starts. This makes the outer cage vulnerable to fatigue failure since it must withstand the high starting current and long startup time frequently. However, there are only a few publications that investigate detection techniques specifically for double cage motors. In this paper, considering that the influence of the faulty outer cage is strong at startup due to the large outer cage current, detection of outer cage faults under the startup transient is investigated. A Discrete Wavelet Transform-based method is proposed as a viable solution to detection of outer cage faults for double cage motors. An experimental study on fabricated copper double cage induction motors shows that the proposed method provides sensitive and reliable detection of double cage rotor faults compared to FFT.
AB - Unlike single cage rotor fault detection, FFT-based steady state spectrum analysis techniques can fail to detect outer cage faults in double cage induction motors due to the small outer cage current under running conditions. Double cage motors are typically employed in applications that require loaded starts. This makes the outer cage vulnerable to fatigue failure since it must withstand the high starting current and long startup time frequently. However, there are only a few publications that investigate detection techniques specifically for double cage motors. In this paper, considering that the influence of the faulty outer cage is strong at startup due to the large outer cage current, detection of outer cage faults under the startup transient is investigated. A Discrete Wavelet Transform-based method is proposed as a viable solution to detection of outer cage faults for double cage motors. An experimental study on fabricated copper double cage induction motors shows that the proposed method provides sensitive and reliable detection of double cage rotor faults compared to FFT.
KW - AC Machine
KW - Condition Monitoring
KW - Double Cage Rotor
KW - Fast Fourier Transform (FFT)
KW - Fault Diagnostics
KW - Induction Motor
KW - Motor Current Signature Analysis (MCSA)
KW - Outer Cage Fault
KW - Transient Analysis
KW - Wavelet Transform
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U2 - 10.1109/DEMPED.2011.6063594
DO - 10.1109/DEMPED.2011.6063594
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:81255147310
SN - 9781424493036
T3 - SDEMPED 2011 - 8th IEEE Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives
SP - 1
EP - 8
BT - SDEMPED 2011 - 8th IEEE Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives
T2 - 8th IEEE Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives, SDEMPED 2011
Y2 - 5 September 2011 through 8 September 2011
ER -