Detection of airgap eccentricity for induction motors using the single-phase rotation test

IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 689-696

  Hyun, Doosoo ^a   Lee, Sungho ^a   Hong, Jongman ^a   Bin Lee, Sang ^a   Nandi, Subhasis ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Condition monitoring; eccentricity; electrical fault detection; inductance measurement; induction motors; preventive maintenance; spectral analysis; testing

Indexed keywords

AIR-GAP ECCENTRICITY; BROKEN BAR; BROKEN ROTOR BAR; ECCENTRICITY; ELECTRICAL FAULTS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HIGH SENSITIVITY; MIXED ECCENTRICITY; MOTOR FAILURE; OFFLINE TEST; ROTOR POSITION;

CONDITION MONITORING; DEGRADATION; INDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; INDUCTION MOTORS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TESTING;

ELECTRIC MOTORS;

EID: 84864629616     PISSN: 08858969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TEC.2012.2198218     Document Type: Article

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