Showing papers on "Induction motor published in 2002"

Analysis of electric machinery and drive systems

Abstract: Preface.Basic Principles for Electric Machine Analysis.Direct--Current Machines.Reference--Frame Theory.Symmetrical Induction Machines.Synchronous Machines.Theory of Brushless dc Machines.Machine Equations in Operational Impedances and Time Constants.Linearized Machine Equations.Reduced--Order Machine Equations.Symmetrical and Unsymmetrical 2--Phase Induction Machines.Semicontrolled Bridge Converters.dc Machine Drives.Fully Controlled 3--Phase Bridge Converters.Induction Motor Drives.Brushless dc Motor Drives.Appendix: Trigonometric Relations, Constants and Conversion Factors, and Abbreviations.Index.

FOC and DTC: two viable schemes for induction motors torque control

Abstract: Field-oriented control and direct torque control are becoming the industrial standards for induction motors torque control. This paper is aimed at giving a contribution for a detailed comparison between the two control techniques, emphasizing advantages and disadvantages. The performance of the two control schemes is evaluated in terms of torque and current ripple, and transient response to step variations of the torque command. The analysis has been carried out on the basis of the results obtained by numerical simulations, where secondary effects introduced by hardware implementation are not present.

Sensorless control of induction motor drives

Abstract: Controlled induction motor drives without mechanical speed sensors at the motor shaft have the attractions of low cost and high reliability. To replace the sensor the information on the rotor speed is extracted from measured stator voltages and currents at the motor terminals. Vector-controlled drives require estimating the magnitude and spatial orientation of the fundamental magnetic flux waves in the stator or in the rotor. Open-loop estimators or closed-loop observers are used for this purpose. They differ with respect to accuracy, robustness, and sensitivity against model parameter variations. Dynamic performance and steady-state speed accuracy in the low-speed range can be achieved by exploiting parasitic effects of the machine. The overview in this paper uses signal flow graphs of complex space vector quantities to provide an insightful description of the systems used in sensorless control of induction motors.

Control in Power Electronics: selected problems

Abstract: Part I: PWM Converters: Topologies and Control 1 Power Electronic Converters 2 Resonant dc Link Converters 3 Fundamentals of the Matrix Converter Technology 4 Pulse Width Modulation Techniques for Three-Phase Voltage Source Converters Part II: Motor Control 5 Control of PWM Inverter-Fed Induction Motors 6 Energy Optimal Control of Induction Motor Drives 7 Comparison of Torque Control Strategies Based on the Constant Power Loss Control System for PMSM 8 Modeling and Control of Synchronous Reluctance Machines 9 Direct Torque and Flux Control (DTFC) of ac Drives 10 Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic Control in Power Electronics Part III: Utilities Interface and Wind Turbine Systems 11 Control of Three-Phase PWM Rectifiers 12 Power Quality and Adjustable Speed Drives 13 Wind Turbine Systems Index

What stator current processing-based technique to use for induction motor rotor faults diagnosis?

Abstract: In recent years, marked improvement has been achieved in the design and manufacture of stator winding. However, motors driven by solid-state inverters undergo severe voltage stresses due to rapid switch-on and switch-off of semiconductor switches. Also, induction motors are required to operate in highly corrosive and dusty environments. Requirements such as these have spurred the development of vastly improved insulation material and treatment processes. But cage rotor design has undergone little change. As a result, rotor failures now account for a larger percentage of total induction motor failures. Broken cage bars and bearing deterioration are now the main cause of rotor failures. Moreover, with advances in digital technology over the last years, adequate data processing capability is now available on cost-effective hardware platforms, to monitor motors for a variety of abnormalities on a real time basis in addition to the normal motor protection functions. Such multifunction monitors are now starting to displace the multiplicity of electromechanical devices commonly applied for many years. For such reasons, this paper is devoted to a comparison of signal processing-based techniques for the detection of broken bars and bearing deterioration in induction motors. Features of these techniques which are relevant to fault detection are presented. These features are then analyzed and compared to deduce the most appropriate technique for induction motor rotor fault detection.

A review of RFO induction motor parameter estimation techniques

Abstract: An induction motor is the most frequently used electric machine in high-performance drive applications. Control schemes of such drives require an exact knowledge of at least some of the induction motor parameters. Any mismatch between the parameter values used within the controller and actual parameter values in the motor leads to a deterioration in the drive performance. Numerous methods for induction machine on-line and off-line parameter estimation have been developed exclusively for application in high-performance drives. This paper aims at providing a review of the major techniques used for the induction motor parameter estimation. The paper is illustrated throughout with experimental and simulation examples related to various parameter estimation techniques.

A simplified thermal model for variable speed self cooled industrial induction motor

Abstract: In this paper, a simplified thermal model for variable-speed self-cooled induction motors is proposed and experimentally verified. The thermal model is based on simple equations that are compared with more complex equations well known in the literature. The proposed thermal model allows one to predict the over temperature in the main parts of the motor, starting from the measured or the estimated losses in the machine. In the paper, the description of the thermal model setup is reported in detail. Finally, the model is used to define the correct power derating for a variable-speed pulsewidth-modulation induction motor drive.

Control and performance of a doubly-fed induction machine intended for a flywheel energy storage system

Abstract: A large-capacity low-speed flywheel energy storage system based on a doubly-fed induction machine basically consists of a wound-rotor induction machine, and a cycloconverter or a voltage-source pulse width modulation (PWM) rectifier-inverter which is used as an AC exciter. Adjusting the rotor speed makes the machine either release the kinetic energy to the power system or absorb it from the utility grid. Thus, the machine has the capability of achieving not only reactive-power control, but also active-power control based on the flywheel effect of the rotating parts. This paper proposes a new control strategy for a doubly-fed induction machine intended as a flywheel energy storage system, which is characterized by the combination of vector control and decoupling control. The control strategy enables the induction machine to perform active-power control independent of reactive-power control even in transient states. The validity of the theory developed in this paper, along with the effectiveness and viability of the control strategy, is confirmed by computer simulation. In addition, this paper discusses a transient behavior of a magnetizing current in the induction machine.

Flying capacitor multilevel inverters and DTC motor drive applications

Abstract: In this paper, the requirements imposed by a direct torque control (DTC) strategy on multilevel inverters are analyzed. A control strategy is proposed in order to fulfill those requirements when a flying-capacitor multilevel inverter is used. Simulation and practical results will confirm the performance of the proposed strategy when using the multilevel inverter to control an induction motor by the DTC principle. Also, the advantages of using a multilevel inverter with a DTC strategy are shown by simulation results.

Drift and parameter compensated flux estimator for persistent zero stator frequency operation of sensorless controlled induction motors

Abstract: The performance of sensorless-controlled induction motors is poor at very low speed. The reasons are the limited accuracy of stator voltage acquisition and the presence of offset and drift components in the acquired signals. To overcome these problems, a pure integrator is employed for stator flux estimation. The time-variable DC offset voltage is estimated from the flux drift in a parallel stator model and used to eliminate the offset by feedforward control. Residual high-frequency disturbances are compensated by feedback flux amplitude control. A linearization of the pulsewidth-modulation inverter transfer function and an improved stator resistance estimation scheme further enhance the system performance. Experiments demonstrate high dynamic performance of sensorless control at extreme low speed and zero stator frequency.

Digital field oriented control for dual three-phase induction motor drives

Abstract: A direct rotor-field-oriented control of a dual-three phase induction motor drive is described in this paper. The induction machine has two sets of stator three-phase windings spatially shifted by 30 electrical degrees. The stator windings are fed by a current-controlled pulsewidth-modulation (PWM) six-phase voltage-source inverter. Three key issues are discussed: (1) the machine dynamic model is based on the vector space decomposition theory; (2) the PWM strategy uses the double zero-sequence injection modulation technique which gives good results with low computational and hardware requirements; and (3) to eliminate the inherent asymmetries of the drive power section, a new current control scheme is proposed. Experimental results are presented for a 10-kW dual three-phase induction motor drive prototype.

Speed estimation of an induction motor drive using an optimized extended Kalman filter

Abstract: This paper presents a novel method to achieve good performance of an extended Kalman filter (EKF) for speed estimation of an induction motor drive. A real-coded genetic algorithm (GA) is used to optimize the noise covariance and weight matrices of the EKF, thereby ensuring filter stability and accuracy in speed estimation. Simulation studies on a constant V/Hz controller and a field-oriented controller (FOC) under various operating conditions demonstrate the efficacy of the proposed method. The experimental system consists of a prototype digital-signal-processor-based FOC induction motor drive with hardware facilities for acquiring the speed, voltage, and current signals to a PC. Experiments comprising offline GA training and verification phases are presented to validate the performance of the optimized EKF.

Five-phase induction motor drives with DSP-based control system

Abstract: This paper introduces two kinds of control schemes: vector control and direct torque control (DTC). These control schemes can be extensively applied to the operation of a five-phase induction motor using a fully digital implementation. Vector control of the five-phase induction motor not only achieves high drive performance, but also generates the desired nearly rectangular current waveforms and flux profile in the air-gap resulting in an improvement in air gap flux density and an increase of 10% in output torque. The DTC method has additional advantages when applied to multiphase, in this case a five-phase, induction motor. The five-phase inverter provides 32 space voltage vectors in comparison to 8 space voltage vectors provided by the three-phase inverter. Therefore, a more elaborate flux and torque control algorithm for the five-phase induction motor can be employed. Direct torque control of the five-phase induction motor reduces the amplitude of the ripples of both the stator flux and the torque, resulting in a more precise flux and torque control. A 32-b floating-point TMS320C32 digital signal processor (DSP) enables these two sophisticated control techniques to be conveniently implemented with high control precision. Experimental results show that an ideal control capability is obtained for both control methods when applied to the five-phase induction motor and further validates theoretical analysis.

Performance analysis of a three-phase induction motor under mixed eccentricity condition

Abstract: A substantial portion of induction motor faults is eccentricity related. In practice, static as well as dynamic eccentricities happen to exist together. With this point in mind, an analytical approach to evaluate performance of a three-phase induction motor under mixed eccentric condition has been presented in this paper. Clear and step-by-step theoretical analysis, explaining completely the presence of certain harmonics in the line current spectrum in presence of eccentricity, is discussed. More importantly, it is shown for the first time that a link exists between the lowi and the high-frequency elements of these harmonics. It is also shown that these high-frequency components are not very strong in all types of machines. These results will be useful in generating rules and laws to formulate on-line tools for machine condition monitoring. Finite element results to substantiate the inductance values used in the simulation are also included. The analysis is validated by the line current spectrum of the eccentric machine obtained through simulation using modified winding function approach (MWFA) and experimentation.

Torque ripple reduction in DTC of induction motor driven by three-level inverter with low switching frequency

Abstract: A torque ripple reduction technique of direct torque control (DTC) for high power induction motors driven by three-level inverters with the inverter switching frequency limited around 0.5-1 kHz level is presented. It is noted that conventional two-level DTC algorithms to reduce torque ripple are devised for applications with relatively high switching frequency above 2-3 kHz and cannot accomplish satisfactory torque ripple reduction for three-level inverter systems with such lower switching frequencies. A new DTC algorithm, especially for low switching frequency inverter system, illustrates quite reduced torque ripple characteristics all over the operating speed region. Simulation and experimental results show effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm.

Induction motor fault diagnosis based on neuropredictors and wavelet signal processing

Abstract: Early detection and diagnosis of incipient faults is desirable for online condition assessment, product quality assurance and improved operational efficiency of induction motors running off power supply mains. In this paper, a model-based fault diagnosis system is developed for induction motors, using recurrent dynamic neural networks for transient response prediction and multi-resolution signal processing for nonstationary signal feature extraction. In addition to nameplate information required for the initial setup, the proposed diagnosis system uses measured motor terminal currents and voltages, and motor speed. The effectiveness of the diagnosis system is demonstrated through staged motor faults of electrical and mechanical origin. The developed system is scalable to different power ratings and it has been successfully demonstrated with data from 2.2-, 373-, and 597-kW induction motors. Incremental tuning is used to adapt the diagnosis system during commissioning on a new motor, significantly reducing the system development time.

Regenerating-mode low-speed operation of sensorless induction motor drive with adaptive observer

Abstract: Speed estimation methods for sensorless induction motor drives can be divided into two groups. One is based on information about fundamental components of stator currents and voltages. The other is based on high-frequency components injection in stator voltages or currents. The latter may operate stably under zero frequency, which occurs in regenerating mode at low speeds. It, however, causes loss increasing and torque ripple. The former is difficult to operate under zero frequency. The authors propose a stable method categorized in the former group even in regenerating mode at low speeds. The proposed method is based on an adaptive flux observer. First, a new observer gain design is shown. Next, a method avoiding zero-frequency operation with controlling a rotor flux level is proposed.

Combining the principles of sliding mode, direct torque control, and space vector modulation in a high-performance sensorless AC drive

Abstract: A sensorless induction motor drive is presented, in which the principles of sliding-mode control, direct torque control (DTC), and space-vector modulation are combined to ensure high-performance operation, both in the steady state and under transient conditions. Merits of the classic DTC transient behavior are preserved, while the steady-state operation is significantly improved. The torque and flux controllers, and motor state observer are of the sliding-mode type. The inverter is directly controlled on the basis of torque and flux errors, using space-vector pulsewidth modulation. Computer simulations and experimental results presented demonstrate the robustness, accuracy, quickness, and low-chattering, wide-speed-range operation of the drive.

Sliding mode observers for electric machines-an overview

Abstract: In electric machine control practice, it is not desirable or possible to measure all the state variables needed for control implementation A good observer-based method to obtain state variables for use in the control law is always pursued by researchers Observation algorithms make use of the machine model equations and allow the estimation of rotor speed and/or flux from the motor terminal measurement of current and voltage Among different observation methods the sliding mode observer is a promising approach This paper attempts to provide a status review and synopsis of the main approaches used in the sliding mode observer design for electric machines Both induction machine and permanent magnet synchronous machine are covered in this paper The research work expands from flux estimation, machine parameter estimation to sensorless control issue

Extension of winding function theory for nonuniform air gap in electric machinery

Abstract: This paper extends the winding function theory for nonuniform air gap in rotating electric machinery. It shows that the winding function differs from that used in the symmetrical case, although several papers employ the uniform air-gap winding function to study electric motor performance under fault conditions. The extended theory will be particularly helpful in the study of squirrel-cage induction motors with a nonuniform air gap such as that caused by eccentricity of the rotor and stator.

Stator winding turn-fault detection for closed-loop induction motor drives

Abstract: Sensorless diagnostics for line-connected machines is based on extracting fault signatures from the spectrum of the line currents. However, for closed-loop drives, the power supply is a regulated current source and hence, the motor voltages must also be monitored for fault information. In this paper, a previously proposed neural network scheme for turn fault detection in line-connected induction machines is extended to inverter-fed machines, with special emphasis on closed-loop drives. Experimental results are provided to illustrate that the method is impervious to machine and instrumentation nonidealities, and that it requires lesser data memory and computation requirements than existing schemes, which are based on data look-up tables.

On-field experience with online diagnosis of large induction motors cage failures using MCSA

Abstract: The experience gained by ENEL Produzione (previously the Italian Electric Board) on monitoring the cage condition of large induction motors is reported in this paper The diagnostic procedure is based on the motor current signature analysis and, in particular, on the two sideband current components near the frequency fundamental line that appear in the current power spectrum when a rotor bar/ring breakage occurs According to the developed procedure, a diagnostic index obtained from these components is stored and its trend as a function of time allows for the detection of the occurrence of a failure in most cases This event is clearly shown by the overcoming of a prefixed and triggered threshold Moreover, machines with particular rotor magnetic structure are considered In this case, unexpectedly high sideband components appear, even in the presence of healthy cages, and the test procedure was adapted to account for these conditions

Design and loss comparison of matrix converters, and voltage-source converters for modern AC drives

Abstract: This paper compares a matrix converter (MC) and a DC-voltage link converter with an active front end for a 7.5 kW, 460 V induction motor drive. Part count, semiconductor losses, input filter design, and protection aspects are discussed. It is shown that the matrix converter's semiconductor losses are smaller only at full load operation for the same silicon area in both converters. A 33% reduction of the device current rating of the MC is possible, resulting in comparable thermal device stress. The overall passive component count and rating is only slightly better for the MC.

Dynamic Phasors in Modeling and Analysis of Unbalanced Polyphase Ac Machines

Abstract: The paper describes a novel approach to dynamical modeling of asymmetries in electric machines and polyphase systems (e.g., the ones caused by unbalanced supply waveforms). The proposed technique is a polyphase generalization of the dynamic phasor approach from power electronics and electric drives. The technique is applicable to nonlinear models, and offers distinct advantages in modeling, simulation, and control with respect to standard time-domain models. In a steady state, the dynamic phasors reduce to standard phasors from ac circuit theory. We performed experiments and simulations involving a three-phase induction motor and a three-phase synchronous permanent magnet motor, and we demonstrate that models based on dynamic phasors provide very accurate descriptions of observed transients. In a steady state, our approach yields improved equivalent circuits that contain coupling between the positive and negative sequence subcircuits.

Space Vector PWM Control of Dual Inverter Fed Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drive

Abstract: The technique of space vector PWM control of dual voltage source inverter fed three phase open-end winding induction motor is presented in this paper. A space vector PWM technique is developed based on the combination of space vectors from dual inverters feeding the induction motor from both ends (open-end winding without neutral point). A total of 64 voltage space vector combinations are available for PWM voltage control of the inverter fed machine with open-end winding A space phasor based PWM scheme is proposed with minimum number of switching in a cycle per inverter coupled with equal number of switching for each inverter. All the voltage space vector combinations are utilized for generating the reference voltage vector to cover the entire speed range. The open-end winding structure can have significant third harmonic currents unless suitable third harmonic filters are used to suppress it. The third harmonic currents are suppressed by using isolated transformers for both inverters.

Speed control of induction motors using a novel fuzzy sliding-mode structure

Abstract: This paper presents a new approach to indirect vector control of induction motors. Two nonlinear controllers, one of sliding mode type and the other PI-fuzzy logic-based, define a new control structure. Both controllers are combined by means of an expert system based on Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy reasoning. The sliding-mode controller acts mainly in a transient state while the PI-like fuzzy controller acts in the steady state. The new structure embodies the advantages that both nonlinear controllers offer: sliding-mode controllers increasing system stability limits, and PI-like fuzzy logic based controllers reducing the chattering in permanent state. The scheme has been implemented and experimentally validated.

A new experimental application of least-squares techniques for the estimation of the induction motor parameters

Abstract: This paper deals with a new experimental approach to the parameter estimation of induction motors with least-squares techniques. In particular, it exploits the robustness of total least-squares (TLS) techniques in noisy environments by using a new neuron, the TLS EXIN, which is easily implemented online. After showing that ordinary least-squares (OLS) algorithms, classically employed in the literature, are quite unreliable in the presence of noisy measurements, which is not the case for TLS, the TLS EXIN neuron is applied numerically and experimentally for retrieving the parameters of an induction motor by means of a test bench. Additionally, for the case of very noisy data, a refinement of the TLS estimation has been obtained by the application of a constrained optimization algorithm which explicitly takes into account the relationships among the K-parameters. The strength of this approach and the enhancement obtained is fully demonstrated first numerically and then verified experimentally.

Novel frequency-domain-based technique to detect stator interturn faults in induction machines using stator-induced voltages after switch-off

Abstract: Traditionally, for medium- and high-voltage motors and generators, condition-based monitoring of stator faults is performed by measuring partial discharge activities. For low-voltage machines, negative-sequence impedance or currents are measured for the same. Such diagnostic schemes should be carefully implemented as supply voltage unbalance, manufacturing-related asymmetry, etc., also produce negative-sequence voltages. A few approaches based on motor current signature analysis have already been proposed to detect stator interturn faults. However, little or no physical insight was provided to explain the occurrence of certain harmonics in the line current or the influence of voltage unbalance on these harmonics. Also, in at least one of these papers, a large portion of the stator winding was shorted to emulate the faults. The method proposed in this paper monitors certain rotor-slot-related harmonics at the terminal voltage of the machine, once it is switched off. In the absence of supply voltage, issues such as voltage unbalance, time harmonics do not influence the measurements except as initial conditions, which is a very desirable feature when the machine is fed from an adjustable-speed drive. Satisfactory simulation and experimental results have been obtained with only about 1.5% (5/324) of the total number of turns shorted.