A new portable, self-powered, and wireless instrument for the early detection of broken rotor bars in induction motors

IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics

Volumn 58, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 4917-4930

  Cabanas, Manés F ^a   Pedrayes, Francisco ^a   Rojas, Carlos H ^a   Melero, Manuel G ^a   Norniella, Joaquín G ^a   Orcajo, Gonzalo A ^a   Cano, José M ^a   Nuño, Fernando ^a   Fuentes, David R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

AC motor drives; electronic equipment; fault diagnosis; finite element methods; induction motors; magnetic field measurement; microcontrollers; monitoring; torque; wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

AC MOTOR DRIVES; BROKEN ROTOR BAR; DIAGNOSTIC METHODS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; EARLY DETECTION; END RING; FINITE ELEMENT; LOAD CONDITION; LOAD TORQUES; MOTOR PHASE; PORTABLE ELECTRONICS; RESEARCH TOPICS; ROTOR ASYMMETRY; SELF-POWERED; SPURIOUS EFFECTS; SQUIRREL CAGE INDUCTION MOTOR; STATOR TOOTH; WIRELESS INSTRUMENTS; WIRELESS LAN;

AC MOTORS; ELECTRIC DRIVES; ELECTRIC FAULT CURRENTS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MAGNETIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FLUX; ROTORS (WINDINGS); SQUIRREL CAGE MOTORS; TORQUE; TORQUE MEASUREMENT;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS;

EID: 80052390981     PISSN: 02780046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIE.2011.2109340     Document Type: Article

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