A sensorless rotor temperature estimator for induction machines based on a current harmonic spectral estimation scheme

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 407-416

  Gao, Zhi ^a   Habetler, Thomas G ^a   Harley, Ronald G ^a   Colby, Roy S ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Center for Innovation and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; Induction machines; Motor parameter estimation; Motor thermal protection; Rotor resistance estimation; Rotor slot harmonics; Rotor speed detection

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; INDUCTION MOTORS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROTORS; VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT;

MOTOR PARAMETER ESTIMATION; MOTOR THERMAL PROTECTION; ROTOR RESISTANCE ESTIMATION; ROTOR SLOT HARMONICS; ROTOR SPEED DETECTION;

ASYNCHRONOUS MACHINERY;

EID: 38349018985     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2007.896282     Document Type: Article

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