Electrical Testing for Detection and Classification of Open Damper Bar and Shorted Field Winding Failures in Wound Field Synchronous Motors

Muhammad Faizan Shaikh, Jongsan Park, Yonghyun Park, Sang Bin Lee, Jose A. Antonino-Daviu

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Abstract

Broken damper bars and shorted field winding turns degrade the starting and running performance of industrial wound field synchronous motors (WFSMs), and can lead to a forced outage of the motor and driven process. Testing of WFSM rotor windings mainly relies on off-line tests, which cannot be performed frequently and are known to lack reliability. Shorted turns in the field winding can be detected on-line from the airgap flux measurement, but require a sensor to be installed on the stator bore. In this paper, a new test method for detecting and classifying damper and field winding faults based on electrical signals is proposed. The proposed method can provide remote testing during the motor starting transient without disassembling the motor. Test results on a 30 kW, salient pole WFSM show that the test method can provide reliable detection and classification of damper and field winding faults.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives, SDEMPED 2021
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages72-78
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781728192970
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2021
Event13th IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives, SDEMPED 2021 - Dallas, United States
Duration: 2021 Aug 222021 Aug 25

Publication series

Name2021 IEEE 13th International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives, SDEMPED 2021

Conference

Conference13th IEEE International Symposium on Diagnostics for Electrical Machines, Power Electronics and Drives, SDEMPED 2021
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityDallas
Period21/8/2221/8/25

Keywords

  • Damper bar
  • Fault Diagnostics
  • Field Winding
  • Spectral Analysis
  • Wound Field Synchronous Motor

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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