A nonintrusive and in-service motor-efficiency estimation method using air-gap torque with considerations of condition monitoring

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1666-1674

  Lu, Bin ^a   Habetler, Thomas G ^b   Harley, Ronald G ^b  

^a EATON CORPORATION   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Air gap torque (AGT); Condition monitoring; Efficiency estimation; Electric machines; IEEE Standard 112; Inservice testing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC MACHINERY; GALLIUM ALLOYS; INDUCTION MOTORS; LABELS; MOTORS; NAMEPLATES; STANDARDS; THEOREM PROVING;

AND STATOR RESISTANCES; CORE LOSSES; DATA COLLECTIONS; EFFICIENCY ESTIMATION; EFFICIENCY ESTIMATIONS; ELECTRIC MACHINES; EMPIRICAL VALUES; ENERGY SAVINGS; ENERGY USAGES; IEEE STANDARD 112; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES; INPUT CURRENTS; INSERVICE TESTING; INTEGRATED PRODUCTS; LOAD LOSSES; MONITORING REQUIREMENTS; MOTOR EFFICIENCIES; MOTOR TERMINALS; NONINTRUSIVE; NONINTRUSIVE METHODS; NORMAL LOADS; ROTATIONAL LOSSES; ROTOR SPEEDS; STUMBLING BLOCKS;

CONDITION MONITORING;

EID: 57049167548     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2008.2006297     Document Type: Article

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