Stator interturn fault detection of synchronous machines using field current and rotor search-coil voltage signature analysis

IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 911-920

  Neti, Prabhakar ^a   Nandi, Subhasis ^b  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Interturn fault; Modified winding function approach (MWFA); Synchronous motor; Winding function approach (WFA)

Indexed keywords

EVEN-HARMONIC; FIELD CURRENTS; FIELD WINDING; HARMONIC COMPONENTS; IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION; INTERTURN FAULT; MODIFIED WINDING FUNCTION APPROACH (MWFA); SEARCH COILS; SIGNATURE ANALYSIS; STATOR FAULT; STRUCTURAL ASYMMETRY; SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE; TIME HARMONIC; WINDING FUNCTION APPROACH (WFA);

ELECTRIC MOTORS; FAULT DETECTION; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; INDUCTION MOTORS; ROTORS (WINDINGS); STATORS; WINDING;

SYNCHRONOUS MOTORS;

EID: 66949140799     PISSN: 00939994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIA.2009.2018905     Document Type: Article

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