Practical rules for assessment of inverter-induced bearing currents in inverter-fed AC motors up to 500 kW

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1614-1622

  Muetze, Annette ^a,b   Binder, Andreas ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bearings (mechanical); Failure analysis; Fault diagnosis; Variable speed drives

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATING CURRENT; BEARINGS (MECHANICAL); DESIGN PARAMETERS; DETAILED MODELING; DRIVE SYSTEMS; FAULT DIAGNOSIS; INVERTER-INDUCED BEARING CURRENTS; MITIGATION TECHNIQUES;

BEARINGS (MACHINE PARTS); BEARINGS (STRUCTURAL); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLOWCHARTING; MECHANICAL DRIVES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 36248996843     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.894698     Document Type: Article

References (36)

1. S. Chen, T. A. Lipo, and D. Fitzgerald, "Modelling of bearing currents in inverter drives," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol.32, no.1, pp. 21-32, Jan./Feb. 1996.
2. S. Chen, "Bearing current, EMI and soft switching in induction motor drives," Ph.D. dissertation, Univ. Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 1996.
3. J. Erdman, R. Kerkman, and D. Schlegel, "Effect of PWM inverters on AC motor bearing currents and shaft voltages," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol.32, no.2, pp. 250-259, Mar./Apr. 1996.
4. D. Busse, J. Erdman, R. Kerkman, D. Schlegel, and G. Skibinski, "The effect of PWM voltage source inverters on the mechanical performance of rolling bearings," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol.33, no.2, pp. 567-576, Mar./Apr. 1997.
5. D. Busse, J. Erdman, R. Kerkman, and D. Schlegel, "Bearing currents and their relationship to PWM drives," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol.12, no.2, pp. 243-252, Mar. 1997.
6. D. Busse, J. Erdman, R. Kerkman, D. Schlegel, and G. Skibinski, "System electrical parameters and their influence effect on bearing currents," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol.33, no.2, pp. 577-584, Mar./Apr. 1997.
7. D. Busse, J. Erdman, R. Kerkman, D. Schlegel, and G. Skibinski, "An evaluation of the electrostatical shielded induction motor: A solution for rotor shaft voltage buildup and bearing current," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol.33, no.6, pp. 1563-1570, Nov./Dec. 1997.
8. D. Busse, J. Erdman, R. Kerkman, D. Schlegel, and G. Skibinski, "Characteristics of shaft voltage and bearing currents," IEEE Ind. Appl. Mag., vol.3, no.6, pp. 21-32, Nov./Dec. 1997.
9. J. Ollila, T. Hammar, J. Lisakkala, and H. Tuusa, "A new reason for bearing current damages in variable speed drives," in Proc. 7th EPE, Trondheim, Norway, 1997, pp. 2539-2542.
10. Z. Krzemien, "Bearing currents in induction motors supplied with power from PWM inverters," in Proc. ICEM, Istanbul, Turkey, 1998, pp. 592-596.
11. S. Bell, T. J. Cookson, S. A. Cope, R. A. Epperly, A. Fischer, D.W. Schlegel, and G. L. Skibinski, "Experience with variable-frequency drives and motor bearing reliability," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol.37, no.5, pp. 1438-1446, Sep./Oct. 1998.
12. S. Chen and T. A. Lipo, "Circulating type bearing current in inverter drives," IEEE Ind. Appl. Mag., vol.4, no.1, pp. 32-38, Jan./Feb. 1998.
13. P. Link, "Minimizing electric bearing currents in ASD systems," IEEE Ind. Appl. Mag., vol.5, no.4, pp. 55-66, Jul./Aug. 1999.
14. A. Binder, R. Aust, and A. Schrepfer, "Bearing currents - A danger to inverter-fed AC-motors?" Iron Steel Eng., vol.76, pp. 47-52, Jul. 1999.
15. V. Hausberg and H.-O. Seinsch, "Kapazitive Lagerspannungen und -stroeme bei umrichtergespeisten Induktionsmaschinen," Electr. Eng., vol.82, pp. 153-162, 2000. (Pubitemid 30564047)
16. V. Hausberg and H.-O. Seinsch, "Wellenspannungen und zirkulierende Lagerstroeme bei umrichtergespeisten Induktionsmaschinen," Electr. Eng., vol.82, pp. 313-326, 2000. (Pubitemid 32073828)
17. V. Hausberg and H.-O. Seinsch, "Schutzmaßnahmen gegen Lagerschaeden umrichtergespeister Motoren," Electr. Eng., vol.82, pp. 339-345, 2000.
18. H. E. Boyanton and G. Hodges, "Bearing fluting," IEEE Ind. Appl. Mag., vol.8, no.5, pp. 53-57, Sep./Oct. 2002.
19. R. Naik, T. A. Nondahl, M. J. Melfi, R. F. Schiferl, and J.-S. Wang, "Circuit model for shaft voltage prediction in induction motors fed by PWM-based AC drives," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol.39, no.5, pp. 1294-1299, Sep./Oct. 2003.
20. R. F. Schiferl and M. J. Melfi, "Bearing current remediation options," IEEE Ind. Appl. Mag., vol.10, no.4, pp. 40-50, Jul./Aug. 2004.
21. A. Muetze and A. Binder, "Don't lose your bearings-Mitigation techniques for bearing currents in inverter-supplied drive systems," IEEE Ind. Appl. Mag., vol.12, no.4, pp. 22-31, Jul./Aug. 2006.
22. A. Muetze and A. Binder, "Systematic approach to bearing current evaluation in variable speed drive systems," Eur. Trans. Electr. Power, vol.15, no.3, pp. 217-227, 2005.
23. J. Braendlein, P. Eschmann, L. Hasbargen, and K. Weigand, Die Waelzlagerpraxis. Mainz, Germany: Vereinte Fachverlage GmbH, 1998.
24. W. Beitz and K.-H. Kuetttner, Eds., "Dubbel," in Taschenbuch fuer den Maschinenbau. Heidelberg, Germany: Springer-Verlag, 1990.
25. S. Andreason, "Stromdurchgang durch Waelzlager," Die Kugellagerzeitschrift (SKF), vol.153, pp. 6-12, 1968.
26. H. Pittroff, "Waelzlager im elektrischen Stromkreis," Elektrische Bahnen, vol.39, no.3, pp. 54-61, 1968.
27. Waelzlager in elektrischen Maschinen und Geraeten, SKF-Druckschrift, 3rd ed., Schweinfurt, Germany, 1966.
28. Waelzlager in Elektromaschinen und in der Buerotechnik, FAGDruckschrift, Schweinfurt, Germany, 1989.
29. G. Kure and W. Palmetshofer, "Stromisolierte Waelzlager," Evolution, vol.3, pp. 22-24, 1996.
30. A. Muetze, A. Binder, H. Vogel, and J. Hering, "What can bearings bear?-How much current is too much? How much current reduction is enough?" IEEE Ind. Appl. Mag., vol.12, no.6, pp. 57-64, Nov./Dec. 2006.
31. A. Muetze and A. Binder, "Calculation of circulating bearing currents in machines of inverter-based drive systems," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol.54, no.2, pp. 935-938, Apr. 2007.
32. A. Muetze, "Bearing currents in inverter-fed AC motors," Ph.D. dissertation, Darmstadt Univ. Technol., Aachen, Germany, 2004.
33. A. Hirofumi and S. Tamura, "A passive EMI filter for elimination both bearing current and ground leakage current from an inverter-driven motor," IEEE Trans. Power Electron., vol.21, no.5, pp. 1459-1469, Sep. 2006.
34. D. Hyypio, "Mitigation of bearing electro-erosion of inverter-fed motors through passive common-mode voltage suppression," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol.41, no.2, pp. 576-583, Mar./Apr. 2005.
35. J. R. Stack, T. G. Habetler, and R. G. Harley, "Fault-signature modelling and detection of inner-race bearing faults," IEEE Trans. Ind. Appl., vol.42, no.1, pp. 61-68, Jan./Feb. 2006.
36. M. S. Ballal, Z. J. Khan, H. M. Suryawanshi, and R. L. Sonolikar, "Adaptive neural fuzzy inference system for the detection of inter-turn insulation and bearing wear faults in induction motor," IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron., vol.54, no.1, pp. 250-258, Feb. 2007.