Detection of Incipient Faults in Three-Phase Motors Through Analysis of Stator Currents

Fausto Méndez, Luis Calupiña, Marcelo V. García, Gustavo Caiza

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Abstract

The detection of incipient faults in three-phase induction motors is a fundamental pillar in the preventive maintenance at the industrial level. Three-phase motors are used in most industrial processes, and thus it is essential to know in advance the fault being generated by the motor, with the objective of avoiding a production stop, there are in the market equipment that help to detect incipient faults, but their cost is very high and it is necessary to process in a computer the information obtained from the equipment to determine the fault. The proposed prototype is a low-cost and easy to use system which detects two types of electric faults, broken bars and short circuits in the windings. Authors describe the general architecture of the prototype, parameters for determining the fault and give details about the implementation and tests of the prototype in WEG W22 High Eff motors. The results obtained show that when the amplitude of the power spectrum in the sidebands varies at particular frequencies, an incipient fault is determined.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInformation and Communication Technologies - 9th Conference of Ecuador, TICEC 2021, Proceedings
EditorsJuan Pablo Salgado Guerrero, Janneth Chicaiza Espinosa, Mariela Cerrada Lozada, Santiago Berrezueta-Guzman
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages250-263
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783030899400
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event9th Conference on Information and Communication Technologies of Ecuador, TICEC 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 24 Nov 202126 Nov 2021

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1456 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference9th Conference on Information and Communication Technologies of Ecuador, TICEC 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period24/11/2126/11/21

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
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Keywords

  • Incipient faults
  • Low-cost system
  • Preventive maintenance
  • Three-phase motors

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