Fault signal propagation through the PMSM motor drive systems

This paper describes how a mechanical disturbance on the shaft of a variable speed permanent magnet motor (PMSM) is propagated to the supply input side of the drive system, and therefore may be detected by monitoring specific frequency components in the rectifier input current. The propagation of th...

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Main Authors: Li, Jing, Sumner, M., Arellano-Padilla, J., Zhang, He
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Published: IEEE 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41147/
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author Li, Jing
Sumner, M.
Arellano-Padilla, J.
Zhang, He
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Sumner, M.
Arellano-Padilla, J.
Zhang, He
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description This paper describes how a mechanical disturbance on the shaft of a variable speed permanent magnet motor (PMSM) is propagated to the supply input side of the drive system, and therefore may be detected by monitoring specific frequency components in the rectifier input current. The propagation of the disturbance from the torque disturbance, to the motor current, then to the dc link current and finally to the rectifier input current is derived as a series of transfer functions so that both the frequency and the amplitude of the disturbance component in the rectifier input current can be predicted for a specific mechanical disturbance. The limitations to detect the mechanical fault by monitoring only the supply currents are also addressed. Simulation and experimental results are presented to demonstrate the accuracy of the quantitative analysis, and the potential for fault detection using the rectifier input currents.
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spelling nottingham-411472020-05-04T18:36:16Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41147/ Fault signal propagation through the PMSM motor drive systems Li, Jing Sumner, M. Arellano-Padilla, J. Zhang, He This paper describes how a mechanical disturbance on the shaft of a variable speed permanent magnet motor (PMSM) is propagated to the supply input side of the drive system, and therefore may be detected by monitoring specific frequency components in the rectifier input current. The propagation of the disturbance from the torque disturbance, to the motor current, then to the dc link current and finally to the rectifier input current is derived as a series of transfer functions so that both the frequency and the amplitude of the disturbance component in the rectifier input current can be predicted for a specific mechanical disturbance. The limitations to detect the mechanical fault by monitoring only the supply currents are also addressed. Simulation and experimental results are presented to demonstrate the accuracy of the quantitative analysis, and the potential for fault detection using the rectifier input currents. IEEE 2017-03-03 Article PeerReviewed Li, Jing, Sumner, M., Arellano-Padilla, J. and Zhang, He (2017) Fault signal propagation through the PMSM motor drive systems. IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications, 53 (3). pp. 2915-2924. ISSN 1939-9367 Mechanical Faults Motor Drive System Fault Signal Propagation PWM inverter Fault Detection http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7870572/ doi:10.1109/TIA.2017.2677881 doi:10.1109/TIA.2017.2677881
spellingShingle Mechanical Faults
Motor Drive System
Fault Signal Propagation
PWM inverter
Fault Detection
Li, Jing
Sumner, M.
Arellano-Padilla, J.
Zhang, He
Fault signal propagation through the PMSM motor drive systems
title Fault signal propagation through the PMSM motor drive systems
title_full Fault signal propagation through the PMSM motor drive systems
title_fullStr Fault signal propagation through the PMSM motor drive systems
title_full_unstemmed Fault signal propagation through the PMSM motor drive systems
title_short Fault signal propagation through the PMSM motor drive systems
title_sort fault signal propagation through the pmsm motor drive systems
topic Mechanical Faults
Motor Drive System
Fault Signal Propagation
PWM inverter
Fault Detection
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/41147/
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