An Open-phase Fault Detection Method for Six-phase Induction Motor Drives   N. Rios-Garcia, M.J. Duran, I. Gonzalez-Prieto, C. Martin and F. Barrero 2017/04/25

Abstrac

Induction machines (IM) with multiple sets of three-phase windings are a real alternative in safety-critical applications due to their inherent redundancy and extra number of freedom degrees. These properties can be used to develop a fault-tolerant system without extra hardware. The fault detection is mandatory in the creation of a fault tolerant system. Since, the fault localization allows to adapt the control scheme of this anomalous mode of operation. Nowadays, open-phase faults (OPFs) and six-phase IMs are hot topics in the literature of fault-tolerant drives. Thus, this paper presents an open-phase fault detection method for a six-phase IM drive. The detection method is based on the vector space decomposition (VSD), taking the components of the secondary orthogonal subspace to localize the open-phase fault. The goodness of the proposed method is validated with simulation results.

Authors and affiliations

N. Rios-Garcia(1), M.J. Duran(1), I. Gonzalez-Prieto(1), C. Martin(2) and F. Barrero(2)
1. Department of Electrical Engineering. E.T.S.I.I., Malaga University 29071 Malaga (Spain)
2. Department of Electronic Engineering. E.T.S.I, Sevilla University 41092 Seville (Spain)

Key word

Multiphase motor drives, open-phase fault, fault detection, fault localization.

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