Induction motors broken rotor bars detection using RPVM and neural network

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study aims to focus on the detection and identification of the broken rotor bars (BRBs) of a squirrel cage induction motor (SCIM). The presented diagnosis technique is based on artificial neural networks (NNs) that use as inputs the results of the spectral analysis using the fast Fourier transform (FFT) of the reduced Park’s vector modulus (RPVM), along with the load values in which the motor operates.

Design/methodology/approach

First, this paper presents a comparative study between FFT applied on Hilbert modulus, Park’s vector modulus and RPVM to extract feature frequencies of BRB faults. Moreover, the extracted features of FFT applied to RPVM and the load values were selected as NNs’ inputs for the detection of the number of BRBs.

Findings

The obtained simulation results using MATLAB (Matrix Laboratory) environment show the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed NNs based approach.

Originality/value

The current paper presents a novel diagnostic method for BRBs’ fault detection in SCIM, based on the combination between the signal processing analysis (FFT of RPVM) and artificial intelligence (NNs).

Citation

Bensaoucha, S., Bessedik, S.A., Ameur, A. and Teta, A. (2019), "Induction motors broken rotor bars detection using RPVM and neural network", COMPEL - The international journal for computation and mathematics in electrical and electronic engineering, Vol. 38 No. 2, pp. 596-615. https://doi.org/10.1108/COMPEL-06-2018-0256